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As it happened: Grace Brown outsprints Elisa Longo Borghini, Demi Vollering at Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes

LIEGE BELGIUM APRIL 24 Grace Brown of Australia and Team FDJ Suez celebrates at finish line as race winner during the 8th Liege Bastogne Liege Femmes 2024 a 1529km one day race from Bastogne to Liege UCIWWT on April 24 2024 in Liege Belgium Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images

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It's the finale of the Spr🌌ing Classics and the last of the Ardennes races for this year.

With Amstel Gold and Fléche Wallonne already behind us, it's been a🎀n exciting week of racing already.

The riders will set of in about half an hour and they will do so in bitterly cold conditions, similaꦗr to ꦇFléche Wallonne on Wednesday.

AG Insurance - Soudal at Liege Bastogne Liege Femmes 2024

AG Insurance - Soudal at Liege Bastogne Liege Femmes 20🐻24 (Image credit: Getty Images)

With less than hꦇalf an hour to go, it's started ꧅to snow at the start in Bastogne.

So who are the contenders for the race today?

Liége - Bastogne - Li&eac🍸ute;ge is one of three monument races that the women's peloton shares with the men's - the others being the Tour of💧 Flanders and Paris Roubaix.

We're roughly ten minutes from the neutral start.

This is the longest ever edition of Liége - Bastogne - Liége Femmes. The organisers have added 10 kilometres onto the route from last year to make i🌃t 152.9km in total. That makes this race one of the longest of the year.

There are nine classified cli♎mbs on the route to🔯day.

One rider who impressed on Wednesday at Fléche Wallonne was Pauline Rooijakkers. Sh🍃e made a key attack in the finale and still managed to finish sixth at the l🅺ine. After that, she has set her eyes on a podium result today.

Neutral Start

Demi Vollering has vow🧜ed to figh🅠t back after losing her Fléche Wallonne crown mid-week. 'Liège is a very different race' she said as she looked to put her focus on what lies ahead.

One rider from the original start-list will not take part this afterno🌳on, that's Barbara Malcotti of Human Powered Health.

We're moments away from the official start. 

152.9km to go

After 14km, the riders w🤡ill take on the first of our nine classified climbs on the route - although there are maꩲny unclassified bumps too.

No attacks yet in the opening kilometres.

The wind looks like it will be a factor today. It's a strong headwind, currently 26 km/h. Usually that means that riders will not at🍷tack as a solo rider or a smaller group in a headwꦡind will be at a big disadvantage to the peloton.

Lotte Kopecky of Belgium and Team SD Worx - Protime, Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy and Team Lidl - Trek and Katarzyna Niewiadoma of Poland and Team Canyon//SRAM Racing prior to the 8th Liege - Bastogne - Liege Femmes 2024

Kopeck✤y, Longo Borghini and Niewiadoma before the start (Image credit: Getty Images)

146km to go

Here's a full list of the climbs on the menu todaꦚy as the riders approach the first o🎐ne:

A general view of the peloton competing during the 8th Liege - Bastogne - Liege Femmes 2024 a 152.9km one day race from Bastogne to Liege

The riders in the neutral zone. (Image credit: Getty Images)

The first attack of the race. It Špela Kern (Cofidis) and Titia Ryo (Arkéa - B&B Hotels) 🌜with a small gap over the peloton.

140km to go

Ryo is one of the youngest riders on the start-list tod𝓀ay at just 19. This is her first ever WorldTour race. 

The riders have just starﷺted the Côte de Saint-Roch (1 km at 11,2%).&ꦉnbsp;

The attackers have been caught on the climb🃏. 

The pel🦂oton are all together now as they d💝escend over the top of the Saint-Roch.

135km to go

The ♚race is calm during ♚this flatter section of road. There haven't been any more attacks. 

Juliette Labous of Team dsm-firmenich-Post NL is one of the contenders for today, having looked 💯good midweek. She's aiming high 🌞today. 

Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance - Soudal) has attacked and has 10 seconds ove❀r ൩the bunch.

130km to go

Niewiadoma is back in the bunch. 

2024 Tour Down Under winner Gigan🌌te's le𝕴ad has now grown to 35 seconds.

The peloton seems somewhat pleased to let Gigante be out front. Her lead has grꦑown now to around a minute.

125km to go

Gigante's lead🍸 is now heading out to the two-minute mark.

The riders are curr💞ently riding into a 22km/h headwind and the temperature is 5 degrees.

Gigan💜te's lead has now grown to 2:20 over the peloton. 

Anne Knijnenburg (Volkerwesse🐲ls) has attacked to try to bridge the gap.

120km to go

Knijnenburg has built a lead of 30 seconds over the 🦋peloton. Still a way to go before she catches the leader, though💦.

Gigante's lead has reduced a bit. It's now 1:55.

Knijnenburg has been caught by the peloton. 

Spela Kern of Slovenia and Cofidis Women Team and Titia Ryo of France and Team Arkea - B&B Hotels Women compete during the 8th Liege - Bastogne - Liege Femmes 2024 a 152.9km one day race

Early attackers &Scaronౠ;pela Kern and Titia Ryo on the Côte de Saint-Roch (Image credit: Getty Images)

Stina Kagevi (Coop-Repsol) is the latest rider to try to bridge across to Gigante. She is🐎 1:35 behind, with the peloton a further 35 seconds adrift. 

Sarah Gigante of Australia and Team AG Insurance - Soudal Team competes in the breakaway during the 8th Liege - Bastogne - Liege Femmes 2024 a 152.9km one day race from Bastogne to Liege

Sarah Gigante in a solo breakaways (Image credit: Getty Images)

Stina Kagevi is m👍aking a dent in Gigante's lead. S🌳he is now 55 seconds ahead of the peloton, but still has 1:25 to make up on the leader. 

110km to go

The peloton have slowed slightly. Gigante is now 2:40 ahead. Kagevi is 1:20 be🌼hind her🦩.

Before the start, Fléche Wallonne winner Kasia Niewiadoma reflected on Liége -🐽 Bastogne - Liége F♛emmes' evolution over the last eight years. 

Marta Cavalli of Italy and Team FDJ Suez competes during the 8th Liege - Bastogne - Liege Femmes 2024 a 152.9km one day race from Bastogne to Liege

Marta Cavalli in the peloton (Image credit: Getty Images)

Gigant🎐e's lead over the pe🍰loton is now 3:10. Kagevi is 1:15 behind the Australian. 

♒The riders are now on an unclassified incline for the next two kilometres. They will then descend before hitting the Côte de Mont-le-S♛oie (1,7 km at 7,9%)

100km to go

Stina Kagevi of Sweden and Team Coop - Repsol competes in the chase group during the 8th Liege - Bastogne - Liege Femmes 2024 a 152.9km one day race from Bastogne to Liege

Stina Kagevi in pursuit of Gigante (Image credit: Getty Images)

On unclassified hill Kim Cadzow (EF Education-Cannondale) and Sara Martín (Movistar) have atᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚtacked the peloton. They've got 45 secon🧸ds over the group and are closing in on Kagevi. 

Martín has had an active week. She was in the breakaway at Fléch🌊e Wallonne.

The riders have starteꦡd the second classified climb of the day: Côte de Mont-le-Soie (1,7 km at 7꧃,9%)

Gigante now on her favoured 🍸terrain, but how much has the lastဣ hour taken out of her. She still has more than three minutes over the peloton.

95km to go

A general view of the peloton passing through a landscape during the 8th Liege - Bastogne - Liege Femmes 2024 a 152.9km one day race from Bastogne to Liege

The peloton head thr𝄹ough farmland in pursuit of the attackers (Image credit: Getty Images)

Martín and Cadzow have cauꦍght Kagevi on the climb. They now have over a minute on the peloton and trail Gigante by 1:50.

The riders are now over the t🍬op of the Côte de Mont-le-Soie and are descending.

90km to go

Gigante is on the Côte de Wanne now. Her gap has decreased to 2:35. 1:55 to th🎶e chasing trio. 

Gigante now on the steepest pitches of the Côte de Wanne, aro﷽und 13%.

Kagevi🎀 has been dropped by her companions on the Côtꦓe de Wanne. 

80km to go

It's a short descent aftไer Stock🎐eu, then the riders bounce into the Côte de la Haute-Levée (2,2 km at 7,5%)

Gigante's lead is coming down now. It's 1:50 after the Côte de Sto🦩ckeu. 

75km to go

The gap is coming down quite dramatic💃ally as the peloton lift the pace on the climb.

It's just started to rain heavily on﷽ the course. 

Elise Chabbey (Canyon//SRAM) has attacked the peloton on the climb. She has a gap of 25 seconds over the peloton, 50 s🐭econds behind Gigante. 

75km to go

Chabbey has🔴 been joined by Lotte Claes (Arkea). 🍌;

The chasers are not making fu🃏rther inroads into Gigante's lead. Gigante has a minute over Chabbey and Claes. The peloton are 1:50 down.

70km to go

Gigant𓂃e is still a minu♓te ahead of the seven chasers.

Elise Chabbey of Switzerland and Team Canyon//SRAM Racing attacks in the chase group during the 8th Liege - Bastogne - Liege Femmes 2024 a 152.9km one day race from Bastogne to Liege

Chabbey leads the chase group (Image credit: Getty Images)

Gigante is doing an amazing job to hold off this group in between the climbs. She s🎃till has a minute. 

65km to go

The group of seven is closing in ꦑon Gigante. The gap is down to 40 seconds now.&nbs🌄p;

As Gi⛦gante hits the steeper section of the Col du Rosier, the chasing group is now just 15 seconꦕds behind the Australian. 

Gigante has been caught by the grou🦂p. It's now nine riders in the lead, 1:30 ahead of the p🗹eloton. 

60km to go

We're approaching the final third of the race now and the final four climbs, including the renowned🌞 Côte de la Redoute and Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons💟 where the race is usually decided.

Cofidis' Julie Bego is not happy with the 𓃲pace in the peloton and she has attacked on the descent of the Rosier. She has 30 second🐭s on the peloton and is just over a minute behind the lead.

This is a fascinating tactical situation headingไ into the finale with all the big teams represented in the front group.

Bego is a talented young rider. She won the Junior World Championships last year in Glasgow. The 19-year-old is not making a dent in the lead group🙈 yet, though.

The riders are sti🐻ll on the descent on their way towards the Côte de Desn🐟ié (1,6 km at 8,1%)

An interesting addendum to Gigante's long solo move today is that her team's title sponsor, AG Insurance, is also sponsoring tওhe classified climbs. Possibly an additional reason that she was keen to be first over the top of the first five hills. 

50km to go

T▨he lead group is flying up the Côte de Desnié. 2:30 now their lead. 

It's Team dsm-firmenich-Post NL taking responsibility at the front of the peloton. They have Juliette Labous in their squad who looked good on W🐓ednesday at Fléche Wꦑallonne. 

45km to go

There's a plateꦕau over the top of the Côte de Desnié now before the descent into the foot of the Côte de la Redoute (1,6 km at 9,4%), a key point in the race. 

Grace Brown of Australia and Team FDJ Suez competes in the breakaway during the 8th Liege - Bastogne - Liege Femmes 2024 a 152.9km one day race from Bastogne to Liege

Grace Brown on the front in the leading group (Image credit: Getty Images)

That gap between the peloton and the leaders 🉐is growing♊ further. It's at three minutes now. The peloton are still not chasing this dangerous group.

Francesca Barale of Italy and Team dsm-firmenich PostNL leads the peloton during the 8th Liege - Bastogne - Liege Femmes 2024 a 152.9km one day race from Bastogne to Liege

Francesca Barale leads the chase in the peloton for Team dsm-firmeni🤪ch PওostNL (Image credit: Getty Images)

40km to go

There really isn't much intent in the peloton behind. C&ocir꧋c;te de la Redoute will be the key moment if anyone wants to change that.𒊎 It's possible that we will see some favourites on the attack on this climb, which has so often been the decisive moment of this race. 

Lidl-Trek are now leading the main group on this dꩲescent through Ellen van Dijk. Is this to set up a move from Longo Borghini?

35km to go

Lidl-🔴Trek have knocked more than 30 seconds off the gap on 🐬that descent. The advantage for the leaders is 2:25.

It's Grace Brown driving the pace on th🧸e front of the leᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚad group on the early slopes of the climb.

This is a remarkable ride from Sarah Gigante. A reminder that she was away solo into a strong headwind for much of the day.𝔍 She is sitting third wheel in thisꦍ group and still looks good. 

Brown still putting her foot down. Eva Van Agt, Mikayla Harvey and Mischa Bredewol꧅d are being dista♚nced.

With Bredewold falling behind, is this the time that SD Worx-Protime start to move ꦓbehindꦉ?

Chabbey lifts the pace in the lead group. Now we have just three at the fron🦩t: Chabbey, Brown and Cadzow. Gigante is𝓀 fighting to stay in contact, but is 10 seconds behind.

In the 🔴peloton, Gaia Realini is making the pace hard with Eli🥂sa Longo Borghini in her wheel. 

Pa✃ulina Rooijakkers now lifts the pace in the peloton.

The leading trio are over the top 🦹of the Côte de la Redoute. Gigante is not far 🌞behind. 

R🐼🦩ooijakkers still leads the peloton, only about 20 left in the group of favourites as they near the top. 

With Bredewol༺d🐽 dropped from the leaders, Niamh Fisher-Black of SD Worx-Protime is now on the front of the peloton behind. 

There is now another short climb befꦿore the descent to the Côte des Forges (1🐼,3 km at 7,8%)

In total, the leaders only lost about 20 seconds to the favourites on the Cꦿôte de la Redoute. There is s🐲till a lot of power in this trio in front.

30km to go

The pace has slowed again in the fa🔜vourites' group and the gap balloons again. It's 2:40 now for the leaders. All the work the favourites did on Côte de la Redoute has disappeared. 

That's the end of the unclassified climb. The leaders are now on the descent to the foot of the penultimate climbe of the day, the Côte🍒 des Forges (1,3 km at 7,8%)

Silvia Persico (UAE Team ADQ) has attacked the pelꦚoton but is quickly brought back.

The scale seems to be ti🐟pping towards the three leaders nꦡow.

25km to go

O😼nto the C&oci💧rc;te des Forges (1,3 km at 7,8%) now. 

Now on the climb, the favourites have sped up again. The gap is back🐠 down to two minutes. ♎It's Gaia Realini on the front again. 

Brownဣ is driving hard in the front group. Cadzow is grimacing to hang on, which she does.

Elise Chabbey of Switzerland and Team Canyon//SRAM Racing competes in the breakaway during the 8th Liege - Bastogne - Liege Femmes 2024 a 152.9km one day race from Bastogne to Liege

Chabbey on the front of the leading group (Image credit: Getty Images)

Having dropped bac✃k from the break, Mischaꩵ Bredewold is now helping on the front of the peloton.

20km to go

The leaders are nearing the end of th♍is fast descent now. The gap is fal෴ling and is now 1:30.

15km to go

Perkins and Gigante have been caught before the😼 ♔climb.

Chabbey goes hard from the bℱottom and Cadzow is distanced.

Shirin Van Anrooij on the front of the chase group with Longo Borghini in the wheel. Vos, Kopecky and Niewiadoma are🍬 right there near the front.

Chabbey and Brown are still giving it everything up front. Cadzow 🐬is about 5 seconds behind. 

Attack by Elisa Longo Borghini𝔉ꦑ! Vollering on the chase. 

Longo Borghini, Vollering, Vos an🗹d Niewiadoma have got some separation from the re𝔍st.

Kim Cadzow has gritted her teeth on this clim🧸b and is back at the front.

Chabbey rode the front of the breakaway up the whole climb. It's still aꦰ front three as they crest the Côte 𓆉de la Roche-aux-Faucons. 

Longo Borghini, 🌟Vollering and Niewiadoma are 35 seconds be🥃hind as the crest the climb.

A short descent 𒀰is over almost instantly and then the leaders are on anꦛother unclassified climb, the final rise of the day.

Markus is working in the third group to bring team-leader Marianne Vos back🧔 up toward the front✃. They are only 12 seconds behind the second group led by Elisa Longo Borghini.

That third group also contains Niamh F♍isher-Black, Ricard Bauernfeind, Neve Bradbury and Juliette Labous. 

The gap to the chase group is coming down on th🐼is rise. Just 13 seconds now between the Chabbey and Vollering groups. 

10km to go

There's a short plateau now before they descenᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚd into Liége. Vollering is using this to close the gap to the front three. Just 5 seconds now between the first two groups.

7km to go

6km to go

C𝐆adzow and Brown are now behind as the front four come together. 

5km to go

Two Canyon//SRAM riders in this front group. A ♏tactical advantage for them. 

The Antipodea🐽n duo of Cadzow and Brown have made their way back up to make a front six as they head into the outskirts of Liége.

3km to go

2km to go

1km to go

Final corner, Niewiadoma 🧜still has a few metres as Cadzow fades. Longo Borghini now closes her down. 

Niewiadoma continues to drive it on the front.

Brown wins, Longo Borghini was second and Vollering third.&🐷nbsp;

Brown had been on the attack f🔴or 100 kilometres today, but she still had the power to overcome Longo Borghini in the dash to the line. 

She was second in this race in 2022, but Grace Brown has managed to go one better to🐷day.

Top 10:

LIEGE BELGIUM APRIL 24 LR Grace Brown of Australia and Team FDJ Suez celebrates at finish line as race winner ahead of Elisa Longo Borghini of Italy and Team Lidl Trek during the 8th Liege Bastogne Liege Femmes 2024 a 1529km one day race from Bastogne to Liege UCIWWT on April 24 2024 in Liege Belgium Photo by Dario BelingheriGetty Images

Grace Brown sprints to win Li&♑eacute;ge - 🍌Bastogne - Liége (Image credit: Getty Images)

Here's what Brown had to say after the race:

Demi Vollering of The Netherlands and Team SD Worx - Protime crosses the finish line as third place during the 8th Liege - Bastogne - Liege Femmes 2024 a 152.9km one day race from Bastogne to Liege

Vollering sprinted to third (Image credit: Getty Images)

That's the end of our live covera🃏ge of Liége - Bastogne - Li&eacutꦐe;ge Femmes. 

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