[1] It was the fourth leg of the 1998 UCI Road World Cup, coming between Paris–Roubaix and the Amstel Gold Race.

Italian Michele Bartoli won the race, for the second year running, after a solo attack at 16 km (9.9 mi) from the finish.

[3] Russian Evgeni Berzin, winner of the 1994 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, moved away from the peloton after 200 km (120 mi) and held a maximum lead of one minute over the chasing pack.

Bartoli attacked at 16 km (9.9 mi) from the finish and caught Berzin on the Côte de Sart Tilman in Angleur.

Jalabert counterattacked in the final kilometres, but was unable to join Bartoli, who soloed to his second consecutive win in La Doyenne.