Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2025: Tadej Pogacar Claims Third Title, Kim Le Court First African Winner; Top 10 Runners

Tadej Pogacar claimed his third victory in the Liege-Bastogne-Liege road cycling Spring Classic on Sunday (27 April 2025).

The Slovenian attacked on the Cote de la Redoute climb with 35km of the 252km course remaining and took a massive lead to defend his title that he also won in 2021.

Italy’s Giulio Ciccone edged out Ireland’s Ben Healy to claim second place, finishing just over a minute down on Pogacar.

Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel was unable to keep up with Pogacar and finished down the field. A great duel that was highly anticipated between the two did not take off.

Pogacar, the reigning world champion, has become the first rider to finish on the podium in six successive ‘Monuments’ – the five most prestigious one-day races in men’s cycling.

After winning Liege and Il Lombardia last year, the three-time Tour de France champion finished third at this year’s Milan-San Remo, won the Tour of Flanders and was runner-up at Paris-Roubaix.

The three-time Tour de France champion has also finished on the podium in the past eight Monuments he has entered, winning five.

This is Pogacar’s ninth Monument win overall. Only Eddy Merckx, widely regarded as the greatest cyclist of all time, with 19, and fellow Belgian great Roger de Vlaeminck (11) have more victories in these famous races.

Meanwhile, Mauritian Kim le Court clinched the biggest win of her career in the women’s race. Le Court had two fifth-place finishes this spring in the Milan-San Remo and Tour of Flanders. With this, she became the first African winner of a Monument race.

“I can’t believe it. On the climb to La Roche-aux-Faucons [13 km from the finish line], I was completely out of breath. So to win ahead of the stars of the peloton, I can’t believe it,” said Le Court.

World champion Lotte Kopecky finished fifth in the race.