Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) has shocked his key rivals at Liège-Bastogne-Liège by getting into a massive early breakaway of more than 50 riders, with both Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) missing the split.

The breakaway had a lead of 3:30 heading into the final 180km, with UAE and Decathlon both committing riders to the chase. All of the categorised climbs on the 260km route are still to be ridden.

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Heading south out of Liège, it's not entirely clear what caused the split, but there was an early crash for Ion Izagirre (Cofidis) and Andrea Vendrame (Jayco AlUla) that could have played a part.

As is the case with several races, even Monuments, Liège-Bastogne-Liège isn't broadcast in its entirety, so the live pictures still haven't started.…