This Sunday, the Ardennes spring season wraps with one final uphill battle—Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes. It’s the last of the triple crown: Amstel, Flèche, and now Liège. A race where climbers thrive, legends are forged, and history is written—or confirmed.

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At 152.9 kilometers, this isn’t a gentle farewell to spring. Starting in Bastogne, the women’s peloton tackles a brutal course loaded with nine categorized climbs. From the Côte de Saint-Roch to the Wanne–Stockeu–Haute-Levée triple threat, it’s a race that slowly erodes the legs until only the strongest remain. The final blow? Côte de La Roche-aux-Faucons, just 13km from the line—where the winning move is made or missed.

Right now, Puck Pieterse looks like she’s ready to go all in. The 22-year-old Dutch phenom stunned the world at Flèche Wallonne, dropping Demi Vollering with a mountain biker’s punch 150 meters from the top of the Mur de Huy. “I kept thinking someone would pass me,” she said after. No one did.

Fenix–Deceuninck didn’t just win—they owned it. Their first-ever women’s classics victory—and possibly not their last.

Because Pieterse isn’t finished. She’s landed top-10 in all ten of her spring races this year and returns to familiar ground: she won the Liège stage at last year’s Tour de France Femmes. “Whatever happens on Sunday, my spring is already a success,” she said with a grin. But a cherry on top wouldn’t hurt.

Standing in her way? Grace Brown, the defending champion. Last year, she outsprinted Elisa Longo Borghini and Vollering from a breakaway. Vollering, still hunting for form, hasn’t looked like the 2023 version of herself—the one who swept the Ardennes triple.

The challengers are stacked. Longo Borghini is always in the mix. Liane Lippert, Gaia Realini, Ashleigh Moolman, and Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig all have the legs—and the teams—to blow this race wide open.

And then there’s Anna van der Breggen, seven-time Flèche winner, now racing again after three seasons as director at SD Worx–Protime. She’ll team up with Lotte Kopecky, who’s quietly building a monster spring—and starting to climb like a contender.

This is it. The last shot at spring glory before the stage racing begins. The Ardennes end with the hardest test. This isn’t a sprint—it’s survival. Only the strongest make it to Liège. Only one will raise their arms.