Hello and welcome to live coverage of the fourth monument of the season, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, otherwise known as La Doyenne, or Old Lady. It's the oldest one-day race in the pro calendar and the last hurrah of the spring classic season before the Grand Tours get underway with next month's Giro d'Italia. So, without further ado...

Liège - Bastogne - Liège Men

Men | 24.04.2016

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Updated 24/04/2016 at 15:18 GMT

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Not the podium we would have expected but a welcome change off-script as Alejandro Valverde's Ardennes reign comes to an end... Congratulations Wout Poels!

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Michael Albasini (Orica-GreenEdge) is second and Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) third. Samuel Sanchez (BMC) a few seconds back for fourth.

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Victory for Wout Poels (Team Sky) in a slow motion sprint. Finally Sky have their monument - and from the most unlikely of sources!

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Onto the final bend and it's Poels who takes it up... and he holds Albasini at bay to take the victory!!

0.5km

It's Zakarin for Katusha. And Poels attacks! Albasini latches on before Costa and Sanchez close the gap. The pack is closing in, but they may have left it too late.

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Under the flamme rouge and this quartet has about 10 seconds - it could stick! They're onto the final climb to the finish in Ans. One Katusha rider in pursuit, but no sign of Valverde et al...

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Albasini and Costa have a small gap over Sanchez and Poels, who sheds his arm warmers and tosses them on the road.

2.7km

Albasini has really blown the race apart - he has Sanchez and Poels in pursuit, and Rui Costa. They crest the summit with a gap over the others...

3km

Onto that cobbled climb of the Côte de la Rue Naniot (600 metres at 10.5%). Albasini takes it up for Orica-GreenEdge.

5km

Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) is still there. And the final categorised climb is approaching... 20-odd riders left now.

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Next up is that new cobbled climb, which is short and sharp, before the final rise to Ans. Rosa edges ahead - it looks like Zakarin has sat up. The Russian didn't look comfortable on a short cobbled section at the top of the Saint-Nicolas climb.

6.7km

Diego Rosa (Astana) uses the Bardet attack as a springboard for his own, taking Zakarin with him. They have a small gap as they hit the top of the climb.

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There's a lot of looking at each other as Lars Petter Nordhaug takes it up for Sky with Romain Bardet (Ag2R-La Mondiale) in his wheel. Meanwhile, Vincenzo Nibali, the Italian champion, has cracked. And now Bardet attacks!

7.5km

Betancur is brought back by Kwiatkowski and Albasini. Kreuziger's there too in this group of around 30 riders. Ilnur Zakarin now comes to the front for Katusha.

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Now a select bunch has reformed as they hit this urban climb, the Cote de Saint-Nicolas. And Betancur again attacks!

9km

That trio is being reeled in, but the pack is strung out and there aren't many riders left... it really will be a case of the survival of the fittest out there.

10.5km

Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) has come to the front - he's in a leading trio with Grivko and Betancur, who has been caught. The peloton is just a few seconds behind.

12km

It's Grivko who's edged ahead. We've approaching the penuiltimate climb, the Côte de Saint-Nicolas (1.2km at 8.6%).

15km

The pack has really strung out here under Etixx's pressure. Betancur's advantage is still small but it's a factor. Astana now send a rider to the front on a downhill drag.

16.5km

And the rain has returned - such demanding conditions out there... Tim Wellens will regret having thrown away that cape.

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