[1] Anna van der Breggen won the race after she broke clear from Amanda Spratt on the uphill run-up towards the finish.

[2] It was van der Breggen's second Ardennes classics win of the week after she won Flèche Wallonne, and her fourth World Tour one-day victory of 2018.

It started in Bastogne, from where it headed north past Liège to finish in the industrial suburb of Ans on the same location as the men's race.

Pauline Ferrand-Prévot broke away after the top and soon had a 55-second lead, but was caught back by the chasers on the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons, at 20 km from the finish.

The Dutch olympic champion caught Spratt with 5km to go and powered away on the uphill run-in to the finish to win her second consecutive Liège–Bastogne–Liège.