Liège – Bastogne – Liège 2013
| Liège – Bastogne – Liège 2013 | |
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| Racing series | UCI WorldTour - Category 1.UWT |
| Host country |
 Belgium
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| Competition period | 21 April 2013 |
| Stages | 1 |
| overall length | 261.5 km |
| winner | |
| Overall rating | 1. Daniel Martin (GRS) 6:14:20 h 2. Joaquim Rodríguez (KAT) +0: 03 3. Alejandro Valverde (MOV) +0: 09 
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Liège – Bastogne – Liège 2013 was the 99th staging of the Belgian one-day race Liège – Bastogne – Liège . It was held on April 21, 2013 over a distance of 261.5 kilometers and was the thirteenth race of the UCI WorldTour 2013 . The race was won by Dan Martin of the Garmin Sharp team after he followed a late attack by Joaquim Rodríguez in a group led by his teammate Ryder Hesjedal and distanced him to second place. Alejandro Valverde won the sprint for third place.
Teams
Since Liège-Bastogne-Liège is a UCI World Tour race, all 19 UCI ProTeams were automatically invited and obliged to send a team. Six other teams were given a wildcard for the race and the field of drivers consisting of 25 teams was formed.
19 UCI ProTeams took part in the race:
| Surname | code | nationality |
|---|---|---|
| Ag2r | ALM |
 France
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| Astana Pro Team | AST |
 Kazakhstan
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| BMC Racing Team | BMC |
 United States
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| Movistar | MOV |
Spain
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| Euskaltel Euskadi | EUS |
Spain
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| Garmin Sharp | GRS |
United States
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| Lampre-Merida | LAM |
 Italy
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| Cannondale Pro Cycling | CAN |
Italy
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| RadioShack Leopard | RLT |
 Luxembourg
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| Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | BEL |
 Netherlands
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| Omega Pharma-Quick Step | OPQ |
Belgium
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| Team Saxo-Tinkoff | TST |
 Denmark
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| Sky ProCycling | SKY |
 United Kingdom
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| Vacansoleil DCM | VCD |
Netherlands
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| FDJ.fr | FDJ |
France
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| Lotto Belisol | LTB |
Belgium
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| Orica GreenEdge | OGE |
 Australia
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| Argos-Shimano team | ARG |
Netherlands
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| Katusha | CAT |
 Russia
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These 6 teams were given a wildcard:
| Name (UCI Code) | nationality |
|---|---|
| Accent Jobs-Wanty (ACC) |
Belgium
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| Cofidis, Solutions Crédits (COF) |
France
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| Crelan-Euphony (LAN) |
Belgium
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| Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise (TSV) |
Belgium
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| Team Europcar (EUC) |
France
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| IAM Cycling (IAM) |
 Switzerland
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Result
| space | driver | nation | team | time | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Daniel Martin | IRL |
Garmin Sharp | 6:38:07 h |
100 |
| 2. | Joaquim Rodríguez |
ESP
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Katusha | +3 ″ | 80 |
| 3. | Alejandro Valverde |
ESP
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Movistar | +9 ″ | 70 |
| 4th | Carlos Betancur |
 COL
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Ag2r | +9 ″ | 60 |
| 5. | Michele Scarponi |
ITA
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Lampre-Merida | +9 ″ | 50 |
| 6th | Enrico Gasparotto |
ITA
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Astana Pro Team | +18 ″ | 40 |
| 7th | Philippe Gilbert |
BEL
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BMC Racing Team | +18 ″ | 30th |
| 8th. | Ryder Hesjedal |
 CAN
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Garmin Sharp | +18 ″ | 20th |
| 9. | Rui Costa |
 POR
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Movistar | +18 ″ | 10 |
| 10. | Simon Gerrans |
OUT
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Orica GreenEdge | +18 ″ | 4th |
Liège – Bastogne – Liège was a 3rd category race in the 2013 UCI WorldTour . That is why the ten best drivers - provided they drive for a UCI WorldTeam - received points for the UCI WorldTour Ranking with the distribution of points shown in the table.
Web links
- Liège – Bastogne – Liège 2013 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
