Met Luik-Bastenaken-Luik wordt zondag het seizoen van voorjaarsklassiekers afgesloten. LBL, ook wel La Doyenne genoemd, is één van de oudste eendagskoersen op het programma en één van de vijf Monumenten in het wielrennen. Eddy Merckx is met vijf zeges nog steeds recordhouder in LBL. Alejandro Valverde is met drie overwinningen de volgende onder de nog actieve renners. Afgelopen woensdag bewees hij in de Waalse Pijl met een tweede plaats dat hij ook dit jaar weer in vorm is. Kan Valverde dit weekend Merckx evenaren? Of weet team Quick-Step roet in het eten te gooien? Hierbij de volledige startlijst Luik-Bastenaken-Luik met alle deelnemers, teams en rugnummers.
Winnaars Luik-Bastenaken-Luik de voorbije jaren
2017: Alejandro Valverde (Spa)
2016: Wout Poels (Ned)
2015: Alejandro Valverde (Spa)
2014: Simon Gerrans (Aus)
2013: Daniel Martin (Ier)
2012: Maksim Iglinski (Kaz)
2011: Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
2010: Aleksandr Vinokoerov (Kaz)
2009: Andy Schleck (Lux)
2008: Alejandro Valverde (Spa)
Volledige startlijst Luik-Bastenaken-Luik 2018, met alle deelnemers, teams en rugnummers
| 1 | VALVERDE Alejandro | Movistar Team |
| 2 | AMADOR Andrey | Movistar Team |
| 3 | ANACONA Winner | Movistar Team |
| 4 | BETANCUR Carlos | Movistar Team |
| 5 | ERVITI Imanol | Movistar Team |
| 6 | LANDA Mikel | Movistar Team |
| 7 | ROJAS José Joaquín | Movistar Team |
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| 11 | MARTIN Daniel | UAE-Team Emirates |
| 12 | BONO Matteo | UAE-Team Emirates |
| 13 | COSTA Rui | UAE-Team Emirates |
| 14 | MORI Manuele | UAE-Team Emirates |
| 15 | RIABUSHENKO Alexandr | UAE-Team Emirates |
| 16 | SUTHERLAND Rory | UAE-Team Emirates |
| 17 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates |
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| 21 | POELS Wout | Team Sky |
| 22 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao | Team Sky |
| 23 | HENAO Sergio Luis | Team Sky |
| 24 | KIRYIENKA Vasil | Team Sky |
| 25 | KWIATKOWSKI Michal | Team Sky |
| 26 | THOMAS Geraint | Team Sky |
| 27 | WISNIOWSKI Lukasz | Team Sky |
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| 31 | DUMOULIN Tom | Team Sunweb |
| 32 | MATTHEWS Michael | Team Sunweb |
| 33 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | Team Sunweb |
| 34 | GESCHKE Simon | Team Sunweb |
| 35 | HAGA Chad | Team Sunweb |
| 36 | HAMILTON Chris | Team Sunweb |
| 37 | OOMEN Sam | Team Sunweb |
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| 41 | NIBALI Vincenzo | Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team |
| 42 | GASPAROTTO Enrico | Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team |
| 43 | IZAGIRRE Gorka | Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team |
| 44 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team |
| 45 | PELLIZOTTI Franco | Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team |
| 46 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team |
| 47 | VISCONTI Giovanni | Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team |
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| 51 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Floors |
| 52 | CAVAGNA Rémi | Quick-Step Floors |
| 53 | GILBERT Philippe | Quick-Step Floors |
| 54 | JUNGELS Bob | Quick-Step Floors |
| 55 | MAS Enric | Quick-Step Floors |
| 56 | SCHACHMANN Maximilian | Quick-Step Floors |
| 57 | SERRY Pieter | Quick-Step Floors |
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| 61 | BARDET Romain | AG2R La Mondiale |
| 63 | CHÉREL Mickaël | AG2R La Mondiale |
| 64 | DOMONT Axel | AG2R La Mondiale |
| 65 | GASTAUER Ben | AG2R La Mondiale |
| 66 | GAUTIER Cyril | AG2R La Mondiale |
| 67 | VUILLERMOZ Alexis | AG2R La Mondiale |
| 69 | COSNEFROY Benoit | AG2R La Mondiale |
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| 71 | KREUZIGER Roman | Mitchelton-Scott |
| 72 | ALBASINI Michael | Mitchelton-Scott |
| 73 | HAIG Jack | Mitchelton-Scott |
| 74 | IMPEY Daryl | Mitchelton-Scott |
| 75 | JUUL-JENSEN Christopher | Mitchelton-Scott |
| 76 | NIEVE Mikel | Mitchelton-Scott |
| 77 | VERONA Carlos | Mitchelton-Scott |
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| 81 | URAN Rigoberto | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale |
| 82 | CRADDOCK Lawson | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale |
| 83 | HOWES Alex | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale |
| 84 | MAGNUSSON Kim | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale |
| 85 | MARTINEZ Daniel Felipe | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale |
| 86 | ROLLAND Pierre | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale |
| 87 | WOODS Michael | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale |
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| 91 | MAJKA Rafał | BORA - hansgrohe |
| 92 | BENEDETTI Cesare | BORA - hansgrohe |
| 93 | FORMOLO Davide | BORA - hansgrohe |
| 94 | KONRAD Patrick | BORA - hansgrohe |
| 95 | MCCARTHY Jay | BORA - hansgrohe |
| 96 | MÜHLBERGER Gregor | BORA - hansgrohe |
| 97 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | BORA - hansgrohe |
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| 101 | TEUNS Dylan | BMC Racing Team |
| 102 | BETTIOL Alberto | BMC Racing Team |
| 103 | CARUSO Damiano | BMC Racing Team |
| 104 | DE MARCHI Alessandro | BMC Racing Team |
| 105 | GERRANS Simon | BMC Racing Team |
| 106 | ROSSKOPF Joey | BMC Racing Team |
| 108 | VLIEGEN Loïc | BMC Racing Team |
| | |
| 111 | FUGLSANG Jakob | Astana Pro Team |
| 112 | CATALDO Dario | Astana Pro Team |
| 113 | FRAILE Omar | Astana Pro Team |
| 114 | HOULE Hugo | Astana Pro Team |
| 115 | KANGERT Tanel | Astana Pro Team |
| 116 | VALGREN Michael | Astana Pro Team |
| 117 | VILLELLA Davide | Astana Pro Team |
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| 121 | MOLLEMA Bauke | Trek - Segafredo |
| 122 | BERNARD Julien | Trek - Segafredo |
| 123 | DANIEL Gregory | Trek - Segafredo |
| 124 | GOGL Michael | Trek - Segafredo |
| 125 | GRMAY Tsgabu | Trek - Segafredo |
| 126 | GUERREIRO Ruben | Trek - Segafredo |
| 127 | SKUJIŅŠ Toms | Trek - Segafredo |
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| 131 | MOLARD Rudy | Groupama - FDJ |
| 132 | GAUDU David | Groupama - FDJ |
| 133 | MADOUAS Valentin | Groupama - FDJ |
| 134 | ROUX Anthony | Groupama - FDJ |
| 135 | SEIGLE Romain | Groupama - FDJ |
| 136 | VAUGRENARD Benoit | Groupama - FDJ |
| 137 | VINCENT Léo | Groupama - FDJ |
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| 141 | HERRADA Jesús | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits |
| 142 | EDET Nicolas | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits |
| 143 | HERRADA José | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits |
| 144 | MATÉ Luis Ángel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits |
| 145 | NAVARRO Daniel | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits |
| 146 | PEREZ Anthony | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits |
| 147 | SIMON Julien | Cofidis, Solutions Crédits |
| | |
| 151 | WELLENS Tim | Lotto Soudal |
| 152 | BENOOT Tiesj | Lotto Soudal |
| 153 | LAMBRECHT Bjorg | Lotto Soudal |
| 154 | MARCZYNSKI Tomasz | Lotto Soudal |
| 155 | MONFORT Maxime | Lotto Soudal |
| 156 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh | Lotto Soudal |
| 157 | VANENDERT Jelle | Lotto Soudal |
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| 161 | SLAGTER Tom-Jelte | Dimension Data |
| 162 | BERHANE Natnael | Dimension Data |
| 163 | CUMMINGS Stephen | Dimension Data |
| 164 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data |
| 165 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques | Dimension Data |
| 166 | KING Benjamin | Dimension Data |
| 167 | PAUWELS Serge | Dimension Data |
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| 171 | WARBASSE Larry | Aqua Blue Sport |
| 172 | CHRISTIAN Mark | Aqua Blue Sport |
| 173 | DUNBAR Edward | Aqua Blue Sport |
| 174 | HANSEN Lasse Norman | Aqua Blue Sport |
| 176 | PEDERSEN Casper | Aqua Blue Sport |
| 177 | GATE Aaron | Aqua Blue Sport |
| 177 | WATSON Calvin | Aqua Blue Sport |
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| 181 | BARGUIL Warren | Fortuneo - Samsic |
| 182 | GESBERT Elie | Fortuneo - Samsic |
| 183 | HARDY Romain | Fortuneo - Samsic |
| 184 | LEDANOIS Kevin | Fortuneo - Samsic |
| 185 | MOINARD Amaël | Fortuneo - Samsic |
| 186 | PICHON Laurent | Fortuneo - Samsic |
| 187 | VACHON Florian | Fortuneo - Samsic |
| | |
| 191 | GESINK Robert | Team LottoNL-Jumbo |
| 192 | DE TIER Floris | Team LottoNL-Jumbo |
| 193 | LINDEMAN Bert-Jan | Team LottoNL-Jumbo |
| 194 | MARTENS Paul | Team LottoNL-Jumbo |
| 195 | TANKINK Bram | Team LottoNL-Jumbo |
| 196 | VAN EMDEN Jos | Team LottoNL-Jumbo |
| 197 | VAN POPPEL Danny | Team LottoNL-Jumbo |
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| 201 | ZAKARIN Ilnur | Team Katusha - Alpecin |
| 202 | BELKOV Maxim | Team Katusha - Alpecin |
| 203 | BOSWELL Ian | Team Katusha - Alpecin |
| 204 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto | Team Katusha - Alpecin |
| 205 | KIŠERLOVSKI Robert | Team Katusha - Alpecin |
| 206 | KOCHETKOV Pavel | Team Katusha - Alpecin |
| 207 | LAMMERTINK Maurits | Team Katusha - Alpecin |
| | |
| 211 | MARTIN Guillaume | Wanty - Groupe Gobert |
| 212 | BAUGNIES Jerome | Wanty - Groupe Gobert |
| 213 | DEGAND Thomas | Wanty - Groupe Gobert |
| 214 | DOUBEY Fabien | Wanty - Groupe Gobert |
| 215 | MEURISSE Xandro | Wanty - Groupe Gobert |
| 216 | MINNAARD Marco | Wanty - Groupe Gobert |
| 217 | SMITH Dion | Wanty - Groupe Gobert |
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| 221 | CALMEJANE Lilian | Direct Energie |
| 222 | GRELLIER Fabien | Direct Energie |
| 223 | HIVERT Jonathan | Direct Energie |
| 224 | NAULEAU Bryan | Direct Energie |
| 225 | OURSELIN Paul | Direct Energie |
| 226 | SICARD Romain | Direct Energie |
| 227 | TAARAMÄE Rein | Direct Energie |
| | |
| 231 | DECLERCQ Benjamin | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise |
| 232 | ALLEGAERT Piet | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise |
| 233 | DELTOMBE Kevin | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise |
| 234 | SPRENGERS Thomas | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise |
| 235 | VAN GESTEL Dries | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise |
| 236 | VAN GOMPEL Mathias | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise |
| 237 | VAN HECKE Preben | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise |
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| 241 | VANTOMME Maxime | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic |
| 242 | DERUETTE Thomas | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic |
| 243 | JULES Justin | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic |
| 244 | MASSON Christophe | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic |
| 245 | MORTIER Julien | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic |
| 246 | PEYSKENS Dimitri | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic |
| 247 | WARNIER Antoine | WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic |
foto: Tim van Hengel