Alejandro Valverde (Team Movistar) wins 2017 Liege Bastogne Liege.

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) wins his fourth Liège-Bastogne-Liège of his career.

 Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) caught (Quick-Step Floors') Dan Martin and Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) with with a late attack to win the oldest classic of all time.

 The victory was shrouded in sorrow as the peloton mourned the loss of Italian Michele Scarponi, who was killed while training the day before the race. Valverde dedicated the victory to the fallen Astana rider, and promised to donate his prize money to Scarponi's family. "This win is for Michele Scarponi. He was a good friend of mine," Valverde said, fighting back the tears. "It hurts to think he's gone, I'll miss him. I'll give all my prize money from this victory to his family. This win is also dedicated to him.

 Valverde went into the race as the overwhelming favourite after winning Flèche Wallonne for the fifth time, but his victory was in doubt as Cannondale-Drapac's Davide Formolo put in a strong solo attack that lasted until 500m to go. Martin jumped across to the Italian, who quickly faded back, but Valvede latched onto Martin's wheel at the final turn and from there was unstoppable. "The team was fantastic, we worked excellently. We controlled the break because it was dangerous," Valverde said. "On the last climb Dan Martin attacked really hard but I managed to reach him at the right moment to then sprint to the finish line. The race started following a minute's applause in memory of Michele Scarponi and with the eight riders from the Astana squad standing at the front of the bunch in the Place de Saint-Lambert. Then having re-donned their helmets and glasses following the homage to their fallen colleague, the 200-strong peloton was off.

 Top Ten finishers result

 1, Alejandro Valverde (Spain) Movistar Team 6:24:27,
 2, Daniel Martin (Ireland) Quick-Step Floors,
3, Michal Kwiatkowski (Poland) Team Sky 0:00:03,  
4, Michael Matthews (Australia) Team Sunweb,    
5, Jon Izaguirre (Spain) Bahrain-Merida,  
 6 Romain Bardet (France) AG2R La Mondiale,  
 7, Michael Albasini (Swiden) Orica-Scott,
 8, Adam
Yates (Great Britain) Orica-Scott 0:00:07,  
 9, Michael Woods (Canada) Cannondale-Drapac.