Welcome to live coverage of the final Classic of the season - the oldest one in the calendar, Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Known as 'La Doyenne', this is the last of three Ardennes Classics, and takes the riders on an undulating 261.5km route from Liege to Ans in Belgium, a route which features almost 5,000 vertical metres of climbing.
Liège - Bastogne - Liège Men
Men | 21.04.2013
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Updated 21/04/2013 at 16:07 GMT
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1. Martin, 2. Rodriguez +3, 3. Valverde +9, 4. Betancur +9, 5. Scarponi +9, 6. Gasparotto +19, 7. Gilbert +18, 8. Hesjedal +18, 9. Costa +18, 10. Gerrans +18.
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Valverde took third place to complete the podium, pipping Betancur and Scarponi for the scaps.
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Victory for Daniel Martin! What a victory for the Irishman - Sean Kelly's pick for the win. He attacked before the final bend, and had time to celebrate in style ahead of Rodriguez.
0.3km
Martin and Rodriguez are together as Martin launches a huge dig!
0.5km
It's uphill here to the finish, and Martin is chasing him down!
1km
ATTACK: Rodriguez goes just ahead of the Flamme Rouge. Scarponi reacts.
1.5km
Astana leading the chase for the second group, eight seconds back.
2km
Still Hesjedal is driving the pace for the six leaders - him, Martin, Valverde, Rodriguez, Betancur and Scarponi.
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Rodriguez and Valverde are in this leading group too.
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They've done the climb and are now playing games on the flat lead-in to the finish. Garmin have noth Martin and Hesjedal. Nibali and Gilbert still chasing back on to the wheels of the seven leaders.
5km
Hesjedal has been caught. Martin is there, with Scarponi and Betancur. Gilbert, Valverde and Nibali in pursuit.
5.5km
Just as he did in the Fleche, Betancur goes for broke. And the Colombian has Hesjedal in his sights.
6km
Garmin also have the Dan Martin card - he's right there. Carlos Betancur attacks!
6km
Crash for Daniel Moreno, who has to twist his handlebars back before continuing on his way. That's his race over.
7km
Grivko calls it a day as he peels back. Hesjedal is now on the steep part of the narrow climb. He has 15 seconds, but Astana are in pursuit. Gilbert tucked in in third place.
8km
Big right-hander for the pack, with Katusha and Astana on the front. Hesjedal drives on in time trial mode. He's just about to start the Côte de Saint-Nicolas – 1.2km at 8.6%.
9km
The Uran-Contador chasing group has been swept up by the pack. Hesjedal has 21 seconds but still has to get up the Saint-Nicolas.
10km
It will all come down to the last climb for the 2012 Giro d'Italia champion. He has 16 seconds over the pack though - which will not be enough, surely.
11km
Now Uran ups the pace in the chase group and opens up a small gap. Meanwhile, Andy Schleck is off the back of the pack.
12km
Hesjedal has 10 seconds on the chasing group and another 10 seconds on the pack. The five chasers are Uran, Caruso, Contador, Costa and Anton - so Contador is still there. Back with the pack, it's Grivko leading the chase for Astana.