Liege Bastogne Liege 2025
26 April 2025
Days
3 Nights / 4 Days
CHOICE OF DISTANCE
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$1385 AUD
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Key Features
- 3 nights | 4 days
- Local staff to assist you throughout
- Stay at one of the best hotels in Liege
- Mechanic will be available to assist you throughout the tour
- Breakfast
- Spread your payments
2025 Liege Bastogne Liege with Sportive Breaks
Book before the end of September and get a 10% discount.
Use code 25Spring10
Sportive Breaks are here to support you taking on the hardest sportive of the Spring Classics. The full route of Liege Bastogne Liege is a full 258km and a massive 4,400 metres of climbing – more than Stelvio Santini or the Etape du Tour! Also known as La Doyenne des Classiques, the old lady of classics featuresfamous cycling climbs such as La Redoute and is one epic ride steeped in history. Let us take care of your trip so you can focus on the event.
The following day, Sunday 27 April you can watch the pros tackle the course and battle it out in the last of the spring races.
LBL Challenge
You can choose from three distances to ride; 79km, 155km or the full route of 253km. Whichever challenge you decide to take, you will ride the Cote de la Roche-aux-Faucons and Cote de Cortil. To ride the famous La Redoute you need to enter either the 155km or 253km ride. To support you through the weekend Sportive Breaks stay in Liege, with a mechanic and knowledgeable staff on hand to assist. We will also drive you to the start line of the Sportive and on the Sunday we run a mini bus to take you to heart of the race.
2025 Liege Bastogne Liege Pro Race
The day after the LBL Challenge, watch the Men’s and Women’s Elite take on the challenging route. Sportive Breaks will take you to one of the great viewing points on the race course. Alternatively you can book hospitality tickets for the Liege Bastogne Liege 2025 race. Choose from either the Start Village, Finish Hospitality or combine both.
Package and Prices
Liège-Bastogne-Liège is the 4th Monument of the season.As it has been around for so long, it’s also called ‘La Doyenne des Classiques’ (the old lady of the classics). LBL marks the end of the Ardennes Classics period usually as Amstel Gold, Fleche Wallonne and LBL follow on from each other in a week. It also spells the end of the Spring Classics season as the next stop is the Giro d’Italia for many of the riders.
The professionals ride on Sunday and on Saturday it’s the turn of amateur riders to ride their LBL Challenge.
Prices
$1385 based on 2 people sharing a twin room (2 single beds) or double (1 bed for couple)
$1995 based on single occupancy of a room
Included with your weekend
- 3 Nights at a 4* hotel in the centre of Liege near the sportive start and finish as well as the pro race start and finish
- Daily breakfasts
- Hotel taxes included
- The services of our local team including mechanic
- Guided warm up ride on Friday afternoon
- Private feed stop during the sportive only available for Sportive Breaks clients.
Also available
- Airport transfers from Brussels international airport (BRU) at $150 return per person –More info here
- Sportive Entry available from $149
- Scott Addict bike rental or similar rental from $425 More info here
What's Included?
INCLUDES
- Spread your payments
- Services ot our local team
- Guided warm up ride on Friday afternoon
- Watch Sunday's Pro Race live
- Private feed stop during the sportive only available for Sportive Breaks clients.
- Stay at one of the best hotels in Liege: The Penta hotel is a 4* hotel located in the centre of Liege.
- Daily breakfasts
- Mechanic available throughout the weekend.
- Return race day transfers for riders
ADDITONAL COSTS
- Scott carbon bike with Shimano 12 speed Di2 at $425 AUD
- 70 KM ENTRY = $149 AUD
- 147 KM ENTRY = $169 AUD
- 257 KM ENTRY = $269 AUD
- Return Airport Transfer Brussels - Liege = $150 per person
2025 Liege Bastogne Liege
The dates for the 2025 Liege Bastogne Liege weekend are Saturday 26th April for the Cyclo Sportive and Sunday 27th April for the Men’s and Women’s pro race. Dates are still to be confirmed.
2025 Liege Bastogne Liege Weekend Tour
Sportive Breaks offer a package which includes a 4* hotel in Liege which is perfectly placed for both the Cyclo sportive and the pro race, guided ride and mechanic and staff support throughout the weekend.
2025 Liege Bastogne Liege Hospitality
Coming soon. Book hospitality tickets for the 2025 Liege Bastongne Liege race. Choose from either the Start Village, Finish Hospitality or you can combine both. Liege Bastogne Liege Hospitality – Sportive Breaks
Itinerary
Arrive Liege
Date
Friday 25th April
Location
Liege Belgium
Please make your own arrangements to Liege or meet us at Brussels International Airport (Zaventem). We will run one transfer from the airport today at 11.30. Please allow an hour from your flight landing time to your transfer time, to allow you to get through passport control and collect your luggage. The transfer takes approximately 1 hour so we will get to Liege for about 12.30.
View group transfer information here -Link
We will have your Sportive Entry available for you so no need to visit the expo today to collect your bib for tomorrow’s LBL challenge. If you have hired a bike with us, we will take you to collect your bike.
The option for an afternoon group ride to test the legs and your bike.
Daily Highlights
- Expert Staff
- Fitting of rental bikes. Assistance with bike building
- Central Hotel close to start / finish line
Rides
Short group ride to test the bikes
Meals
No meals
Liege Bastogne Liege Sportive
Date
Saturday 26 April
Location
Today is the day! We have an early start this morning. Early breakfasts are arranged in the hotel restaurant. It’s 25km to the Sportive start location so we offer transport to get there. The challenge operates rolling start times rather than a mass start.
- 257 km: between 6:30 am and 7:30 am
- 147 km: between 6:30 am and 9:30 am
- 70 km: between 8 am and 10 am
Daily Highlights
- Services ot our local team
- Private feed stop during the sportive only available for Sportive Breaks clients.
- Return transfer to start / finish area
Ride
Your choice of race distances
Meals
Breakfast
Liege Bastogne Liege Pro Race Day
Date
Sunday 27 April
Location
Liege Belgium
After breakfast we will head to Quai des Ardennes to enjoy the build up to the race. The race starts for about 09.15 and finishes at about 16.00.
After the riders are on the way, we provide a guided shuttle to watch the riders come past several times in different locations. We will be back in Liege for the finish.
If you’d prefer to rest your legs today, you can stay in Liege where there will be plenty of like-minded fans watching the race unfold in a cafe before heading outside to catch the finish.
In the afternoon, we will collect rental bikes plus we assist with re-packing your bikes for travel.
Daily Highlights
- Expert Staff
- Guided shuttles to watch the race
- Live viewing of the Pro Race
Rides
TBC
Meals
Breakfast
Departure day
Date
Monday 28 April
Location
Liege Belgium
Today we say thankyou and goodbye for now.
We will run one airport transfer to Brussels Airport on departure at 09.00 for flights departing after 12.00. (available at a supplement)
Daily Highlights
- Services ot our local team
Ride
No rides today
Meals
Breakfast
More About the Event
The Liege Bastogne Liege Sportive on Saturday 26 April is thehardest sportive of the spring classics. The full route of the Liege Bastogne Liege Sportive is a full 258km and a massive 4,400 metres of climbing – more than Stelvio Santini or the Etape du Tour! The following day on Sunday 27 April,the Pros tackle the 2025 Liege Bastogne Liegethus making this a great weekend to explore a rarely visited part of Belgium.
We offer a hotel for 3 nights in Liege so it’s easy to get to both the start and the finish of the Sportive as well as to watch the Pro race the next day.We offer transport to get to the start and back from the finish of the Sportive. For amateur riders, the ultimate challenge is to cover the entire distance of Liège-Bastogne-Liège like the pros the following day. Famous hills such as the Côte de Saint-Roch (the wall of Houffalize), Côte de Wanne, Côte de Stockeu will make an impression on the longest distance of the Liège-Bastogne-Liège Challenge.
Shorter distances of 147k and 70 km are also available with all Sportive distances starting and finishing near Liege.
Please note that the start and the finish of the LBL Challenge are no longer in the centre of Liege. The new start and finish location is in Banneux, rue de l’esplanade (4141 Banneux, Sprimont)
Bike rental information?
We provide the option to hire a Ridley bike for the weekend. All bikes come with a carbon frame, disc brakes and Shimano 12 Speed Di2 gearing.
Click here to find more details about the bike – Link
Bike Hire
Bike rental information?
We provide the option to hire a Scott bikes for the weekend. All bikes come with a carbon frame, disc brakes and Shimano 12 Speed Di2 gearing.
From $425 AUD
Click here to find more details about the bike – Link
You're in safe hands
We have a team of highly experienced professionals who have been organising cycling trips for over 25 years.
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Spread your payments
Our payment plan is an interest-free payment method where you will have the opportunity to spread payment for your booking. *Selected products. Terms and Conditions apply
Logistics covered
We know the routes, we know the roads. We know how the event works and the best hotels for the start and finish. We organise everything for you; transfers, bike transport, additional feed stops, rep support and more.
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