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Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the oldest Monument of all of them, returns on Sunday to conclude the spring Classics season with its 108th version and the fourth since La Doyenne deserted the hilltop end in Ans for a flat run within the metropolis centre. The previous two editions of the race have seen the end contested by an elite five-man group, two dramatic sprints to the road after over six-and-a-half-hours of racing. Final yr's high two finishers, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Group Emirates) and Julian Alaphilippe (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), return to headline the 2022 race, whereas Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) traces up for his race debut to finish a triumvirate of superstars heading up the beginning record. 257 kilometres of near-non-stop climbing and hills lie between them and glory because the riders head south by way of the Ardennes to Bastogne earlier than turning again round to face an much more difficult run again to Liège. Climbs such because the Côte de Saint-Roch (1km at 9.9 per ce...