Dates 21 April 2013 Distance 261.5 km (162.5 mi) Winner Dan Martin (IRE) | Stages 1 Winning time 6h 38' 07" | |
Second Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) | ||
The 2013 Liège–Bastogne–Liège was the 99th running of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, a single-day cycling race. It was held on 21 April 2013 over a distance of 261.5 kilometres (162.5 miles) and it was the thirteenth race of the 2013 UCI World Tour season. The race was won by Dan Martin of Garmin–Sharp after he placed a late attack out of a group led by his teammate Ryder Hesjedal, to catch and eventually distance Joaquim Rodríguez who had to settle for second, while Alejandro Valverde won the sprint for third place.
Teams
As Liège–Bastogne–Liège is a UCI World Tour event, all 19 UCI ProTeams were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad. Six other squads were given wildcard places into the race, and as such, will formed the event's 25-team peloton.
The 19 UCI ProTeams that competed in the race:
The 6 teams who were given wild cards: