2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes

The second edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes, a road cycling one-day race in Belgium, was held on 22 April 2018. It was the ninth event of the 2018 UCI Women's World Tour. The race started in Bastogne and finished in Ans, containing four categorized climbs, covering a total distance of 135.5 km.

2018 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes
2018 UCI Women's World Tour, race 9 of 23
From left to right: Kasia Niewiadoma, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Ashleigh Moolman and Sabrina Stultiens leading the peloton on the Côte de La Redoute, at 36 km from the finish.
Race details
Dates22 April 2018
Distance135.5 km (84.20 mi)
Winning time3h 14' 23"
Results
  Winner  Anna van der Breggen (NED) (Boels–Dolmans)
  Second  Amanda Spratt (AUS) (Mitchelton–Scott)
  Third  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (Mitchelton–Scott)

Anna van der Breggen won the race after she broke clear from Amanda Spratt on the uphill run-up towards the finish. Annemiek van Vleuten was third. It was van der Breggen's second Ardennes classics win of the week after she won Flèche Wallonne, and her fourth World Tour one-day victory of 2018.

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