Gilbert confirms Liège-Bastogne-Liège participation

Philippe Gilbert (BMC) has confirmed that he will line up at this weekend’s Liège-Bastogne-Liège, despite still suffering the after-effects of his crash at Flèche Wallonne. Gilbert injured his knee in the incident and has had trouble applying pressure on the pedals. At a press conference yesterday, Gilbert was named as the team’s leader but said that a final decision would be made on Saturday.

Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism at university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour de France. In 2012 I started at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.