Liège-Bastogne-Liège preview from DS Matt White:

261 km…12 categorized climbs…17 un-categorized climbs

There is no other word except brutal to describe this great classic.

Friday, we completed the usual reconnaissance of the course which involved the last eight climbs, including a very challenging, brand new penultimate climb! The trend over the last couple of years has been to have big groups still intact late in the race.

But this year, not a chance!

We certainly aren’t going into this race as favourites. So the plan will be to move before the likes of Evans, Rebellin and Cunego do. Ryder, Dave and Pat have had a good week here, albeit some poor luck. But they are looking for a big hit out today, their last before the upcoming Giro. The rest of the boys will be fired up and looking for that early break.