U23 Liège–Bastogne–Liège

Arno Wallaard Memorial
Race details
Date Late-April
Region Wallonia, Belgium
English name Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Europe Tour
Type Single-day
History
First edition 1986 (1986)
Editions 27 (as of 2011)
First winner  Frans Maassen (NED)
Most wins  Raivis Belohvosciks (LAT) (2 wins)
Most recent  Tosh Van Der Sande (BEL)

The U23 Liège–Bastogne–Liège or Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs is a cycling race in Belgium patterned 8 days before the cycling classic, the Liège–Bastogne–Liège. This amateur version of the race began in 1986. Since 2005 it has been open to professionals under the age of 23.

Winners

Rider Team
1986 Maassen, FransFrans Maassen (NED)
1987 Rakers, StephanStephan Rakers (NED)
1988 Derix, MarcelMarcel Derix (NED)
1989 Mathy, PhilippePhilippe Mathy (BEL)
1990 Bottelberghe, SandroSandro Bottelberghe (BEL)
1991 Herinne, PierrePierre Herinne (BEL)
1992 Eudeline, LaurentLaurent Eudeline (FRA)
1993 Janssens, MarcMarc Janssens (BEL)
1994 Laurance, FranckFranck Laurance (FRA)
1995 Belohvosciks, RaivisRaivis Belohvosciks (LAT)
1996 Belohvosciks, RaivisRaivis Belohvosciks (LAT)
1997 Poos, ChristianChristian Poos (LUX)
1998 Drillaud, FrédéricFrédéric Drillaud (FRA)
1999 Koehler, PhilippePhilippe Koehler (FRA)
2000 Van Goolen, JurgenJurgen Van Goolen (BEL)
2001 Gryschenko, RuslanRuslan Gryschenko (UKR)
2002 Kern, ChristopheChristophe Kern (FRA)
2003 Van Summeren, JohanJohan Van Summeren (BEL) Quick Step-Latexco
2004 Samoilau, BranislauBranislau Samoilau (BLR) US Palazzago Vellutex
2005 Pedersen, MartinMartin Pedersen (DEN) Team GLS
2006 Reus, KaiKai Reus (NED) Rabobank Continental Team
2007 Bole, GregaGrega Bole (SLO) Slovenia (national team)
2008 Bakelants, JanJan Bakelants (BEL) Team Beveren 2000
2009 Guldhammer, RasmusRasmus Guldhammer (DEN) Team Capinordic
2010 Navardauskas, RamunasRamunas Navardauskas (LTU) VC La Pomme Marseille
2011 Van Der Sande, ToshTosh Van Der Sande (BEL) Omega Pharma-Lotto-Davo

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