Liège celebrates 100th year of La Doyenne with book, exhibition, memorials

Liège-Bastogne-Liège is set to celebrate the 100th edition of the race in style, with a plaque due to be unveiled in honour of Léon Houa, the first ever winner of the race back in 1892, this Saturday at midday on the outer wall of the house in central Liège where Houa was born.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.