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CW How well do you know… Liège-Bastogne-Liège

1 In what year was the race first run?

2 Why was Bastogne selected as the mid point?

3 Léon Houa won the first edition. What was strange about his lone victory?

4 The first non-Belgian winner was in 1908, what nationality was he?

Belgian riders have won it 59

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