Colnago on the attack at Liege-Bastogne-Liege

Colnago bikes were in the thick of the action dur­ing Liege-Bastogne-Liege thanks to an aggres­sive per­for­mance by Team Type 1 - Sanofi, Landbouwkrediet-Euphony and Team Europcar.

Reinier Honig (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) and Alessandro Bazzana (Team Type 1 - Sanofi) were part of the six-rider break­away that dom­i­nated much of the hilly race. Riding their Colnago M10 bikes they helped the move open a 12-minute lead and stayed clear until close to the 200km point.

Rolland had rid­den the Giro del Trentino stage race just before Liege-Bastogne-Liege but went on the attack early, tak­ing a move up to the break­away on the Levée climb. He was rid­ing his spe­cial lime-green Colnago M10 and lead the race over the famous La Redoute climb. He was still rid­ing well when the big-name favourites came across to the group, includ­ing team leader Thomas Voeckler, who was strong despite a crash at the foot of the climb.

Vincenzo Nibali went on the attack alone in the finale but again Rolland tried to go across to him, while Voeckler saved his strength for the fin­ish in Liege. It proved to be the right tac­tic and while Maxim Iglinskiy went on to catch and beat Nibali, Voeckler was strong enough to fight out the sprint and fin­ished fourth.

It was a impres­sive end to Voeckler’s and Colnago’s spring clas­sic cam­paign: The ever-aggressive Frenchman fin­ished in the top ten three times in April: he was eighth at the Tour of Flanders, fifth at the Amstel Gold Race and then fourth at Liege-Bastogne-Liege. Few other rid­ers have such tal­ent and consistency.

Immediately after the race, Voeckler also flew to Africa for the Tropicale Amissa Bongo (the Tour of Gabon). The clas­sics may be over but the rac­ing and suc­cess for Colnago con­tin­ues. Next up in Europe is the Tour de Romandie and then the Giro d’Italia.