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Liège-Bastogne-Liège Challenge 2026
Sold-out official Liège-Bastogne-Liège cyclo challenge on 25 April 2026 from Banneux, with 80 km, 163 km and 250 km routes over Ardennes climbs including La Redoute and Roche-aux-Faucons.
Sprimont, Wallonia, BelgiumSold out
- Dates
- Sat, Apr 25, 2026
- Type
- Road
- Routes
- 80 km
- elevation range
- 1,500–1,500 m
- places
- 8,000
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The course
Track, profile and categorized climbs at a glance. The map and altimetry come from the real GPX track; tap a numbered climb for its detail.
Official profile
Official distance and elevation with a hilly profile. We estimate your times from those numbers.
Estimate by level
Without a GPX we still estimate your time from the official distance, elevation and terrain profile. We will refine it once the track is processed.
Map, point-to-point profile and categorized climbs will appear here once we process the GPX track for this route.
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Can I do this?
How long you would be in the saddle at your level. Not one single time — the one that matches you.
Your level
A Intermediate rider (3.0 W/kg W/kg) would cross 80 km in
3h02
regular group rides · 72 kg reference · no drafting · variable pacing
See all four levels
Beginnerfirst long rides
2.5 W/kg
3h26
Intermediateregular group rides
3.0 W/kg
3h02
Advancedstructured training
3.5 W/kg
2h44
Eliteamateur racer
4.0 W/kg
2h32
72 kg referencesurface-based bike and tiresno draftingvariable pacing
Calculate your exact timeEnter your FTP and weight in the simulator to see your time on every route.
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Do I have time to get ready?
What each route demands versus the time left to the start.
This edition has already been raced. Use it as a reference and prepare the next one with margin.
Compare what each route demands
80 km10 weeks
Make it your goal80 km asks for ~10 weeks of specific preparation. Start your plan with margin and arrive ready.
Get ready for 80 km[ 04 ]
What do I need to know?
Ridium's training read and the caveats before you trust the times.
Training read · Ridium AIThe 80 km route at Liège-Bastogne-Liège Challenge 2026 is a climbing-heavy road ride that combines significant cumulative elevation with sustained and steep ascents.
- Climbing
Train both sustained tempo climbing and short steep efforts, since the route's ascents reward riders who can change gears and effort comfortably across varied gradients.
- Endurance
Build long aerobic rides toward the 80 km distance with meaningful climbing in each, allowing roughly 10 weeks of progressive volume so late-route climbs are not done on empty.
- Pacing
Hold back on the early climbs and keep a sustainable effort, since over a long day with this much climbing, going too hard early makes the final ascents disproportionately costly.
- Fueling
Plan structured hourly carbohydrate intake and practice it in training, because many hours of climbing demand steady fueling well before you feel empty.
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