Liege-Bastogne-Liege 2022 LIVE: Alaphilippe caught out in high speed crash while Bahrain Victorious seize the initiative

Stay tuned for live comments from Nick Christian on Sunday Ad/> 8km to go: Remco is on a mission Liège — Bastogne — LiègePogacar pulls out of Liege-Bastogne-Liege following death of partner's motherYESTERDAY AT 14:18 Time trialling his way through the Liege suburbs. His advantage did come down to 21 seconds but as the chasers slow to recover, up it goes to half a minute again. 10km to go: Bahrain Victorious back on the front But it’s hard to see them bringing the boy back.

The peloton is maybe 20 riders strong as they take on some of the last unclassified climbing metres of the race. Ten seconds of the gap is gone in a flash, but they’re having to suffer to take them. Wout van Aert has been dropped.

15km to go: The elastic snaps And a still-seated Remco doesn’t look back, as Armirail watches him disappear up the road. “They’re not going to catch him” says Adam Blythe. Movistar have been doing the work but halfway up the climb, the peloton are largely looking at each other.

Cosnefroy and Madouas have both been dropped. 20km to go: Evenepoel catches Armirail He doesn’t seem too fussed about keeping the Frenchman’s company, but Armirail will do his back to hold Remco’s wheel. 35 seconds the gap as they arrive at the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons (1.3km à 10.5%).

22km to go: Evenepoel hunting for Armirail He locks onto and overtakes Sylvain Moniquet, which means there’s only Armirail ahead of him, by about twenty seconds, on the road. The peloton, being pulled by Mikel Landa, is about thirty seconds off Remco’s wheel. One climb to go, the Côte de la Roche-aux-Faucons.