Liège–Bastogne–Liège [ljɛʒ.bas.tɔɲ.ljɛʒ] , also known as La Doyenne ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium. First run in 1892,...
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Party (PS). He was a Member of Walloon Parliament representing Arlon, Bastogne, and Marche from 20 July 2004 to 7 June 2009. Prior to that he was the...
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Jacques Anquetil of the Ford France team. "Liège-Bastogne-Liège (World Tour), Belgium". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 16 January 2018. "1966 Liège-Bastogne-Liège"...
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Foy, Belgium (category Bastogne)
Foy (pronounced [fwa]) is a village of Wallonia in the municipality of Bastogne, district of Noville, located in the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes...
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Anquetil, who adopted her son Ernest Victor, Jacques' grandfather, who would later die in World War I, leaving Jacques' father Ernest as the head of the family...
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entire Bastogne campaign by defending Bois Jacques, capturing and securing the crossroads and town of Foy, and capturing Noville. The "Bois Jacques" and...
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The 1920 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the tenth edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 6 June 1920. The race started and finished in...
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Tour Critérium du Dauphiné Eschborn–Frankfurt La Flèche Wallonne Liège–Bastogne–Liège Paris–Nice Paris–Roubaix Tour de France Volta a Catalunya Vuelta...
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The 327th Infantry Regiment (Bastogne Bulldogs) is an infantry regiment of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) of the United States Army. During...
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Jacques Forget (6 January 1852 – 1933) was a Belgian priest, biblical scholar and professor of Arabic at the Catholic University of Louvain. Jacques Forget...
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monument except Liège–Bastogne–Liège, in which he finished second in 1980. Frenchman Louison Bobet also won all but Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Belgian rider...
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The 1909 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the fifth edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 16 May 1909. The race started and finished in...
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The 1912 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the seventh edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 15 September 1912. The race started and finished...
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April, at the age of 22, Evenepoel won his first cycling monument in Liège–Bastogne–Liège after a 29.6 km solo effort with a 48-second lead on the runner-up...
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The 1949 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 35th edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 1 May 1949. The race started and finished in...
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offensive in the Ardennes. They were told to hold the vital cross-roads at Bastogne and were soon encircled by the Germans. E Company fought in frigid weather...
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Ardennes (redirect from Bois Jacques)
exceeding 10,000 inhabitants. (Exceptions include Belgium's Eupen and Bastogne.) The Eifel range in Germany adjoins the Ardennes and is part of the same...
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The 1911 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the sixth edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 12 June 1911. The race started and finished...
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place Elisa Longo Borghini Lidl–Trek 3rd place 21 April 2024 2024 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes 1 Grace Brown FDJ–Suez Winner Elisa Longo Borghini Lidl–Trek...
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The 1922 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 12th edition of the Liège–Bastogne–Liège cycle race and was held on 9 April 1922. The race started and finished...
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His distinguished career coincided with two other outstanding riders – Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx. This underdog position may have been the reason...
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Liège, both in southern Belgium. It took in the rolling roads of Liège–Bastogne–Liège. Induráin attacked with Johan Bruyneel following and the rest were...
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professional in 1975. He took breakthrough victories at both the Liège–Bastogne–Liège classic and the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré stage race in 1977....
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1030/1031), was a French bishop and poet. He was a son of Reginar of Bastogne, and a nephew of Adalberon, Archbishop of Reims. He studied at Reims and...
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biggest career accomplishments as a rider include winning the 1995 Liège–Bastogne–Liège and Amstel Gold Race and representing Switzerland at the 2000 Summer...
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Arlon-Marche-Bastogne was a parliamentary constituency in Belgium used to elect members of the Walloon Parliament from 1995 until 2019. It corresponds...
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4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 6th Brabantse Pijl 7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 1998 2nd Overall Bayern Rundfahrt 1st Stage 3 2nd Clásica de San...
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five 'Monuments' (Milan–San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, and the Giro di Lombardia) and the only one to have won them all...
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in the Belgian Ardennes and southern Limburg in the Netherlands: Liège–Bastogne–Liège, La Flèche Wallonne and Amstel Gold Race. First held in 1892, 1936...
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Baracchi (with Jacques Bossis) 4th Overall Tour Midi-Pyrénées 5th Overall Étoile des Espoirs 6th Overall Paris–Nice 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 9th Tour...
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