Practical info
Below you find all practical information about the Liège-Bastogne-Liège Challenge.
Participation package for each participant:
- Extensive supply at each checkpoint with sports nutrition and drinks from Maurten and a wide range of biscuits and fruit from Lidl
- 250 km – 5 supply stations
- 150 km – 3 supply stations
- 80 km – 1 supply station
- Cool LBL Challenge gadget in the starter pack
- Unique LBL Challenge medal for every finisher
- Accident insurance (no helmet = not insured)
- Signallers on the course and at the start/finish location
- Technical assistance
- Frame plate with chip for tracking points
- Frame sticker indicating hills and supplies
- Perfect signage on the course
- Medical service at each checkpoint and at the finish
* Supplies only on presentation of the frame plate! Participants without a frame plate will not be allowed on the course.
Frame plates and bib numbers can be picked up at the start-finish location in Banneux at the following times:
- Friday 24/04 from 1 pm – 7 pm
- Saturday 25/04:
- 250 km: 6:30 am – 7:30 am
- 150 km: 7:30 am – 10 am
- 80 km: 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Start- en finishlocation: Rue de l’Esplanade, 4141 Sprimont (Banneux)
Start hours (subject to change) :
- 250 km: 6:30 am – 7:30 am
- 150 km: 7:30 am – 10 am
- 80 km: 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Finish closes at 8 pm
Would you like to change your distance or name? That’s possible until midnight on 22 April 2026 via info@golazo.com. Afterwards any changes are only possible on site at the ‘changes name & distance’ booth.
We would like to receive the following information from the substitute in case of a name change:
- Reference number initial participant:
- Name + first name:
- Gender:
- Date of birth:
- Address:
- City + postal code:
- Phone number:
- Emergency phone number:
- E-mail address:
Afterwards any changes are only possible on site at the ‘changes name & distance’ booth.
Distance change
First collect your starter pack and have your distance changed at the booth ‘changes name & distance’. Changing to a shorter distance is free. For a change from a shorter to a longer distance the difference in price will be charged.
Name change
First collect the starter pack with the confirmation email of the person whose registration you are taking over. Then change the personal data at the ‘changes name & distance’ booth.
Don’t forget to bring your ID. For a name change an administration fee of € 5 will be charged on site.
The organizer recommends that everyone avoid strenuous efforts for which they are not physically prepared. Make wise choices regarding the distance you want to cover and/or the pace you want to impose on your body.
If you want to perform sports at a high intensity, you should have yourself checked annually by a (sports) doctor. The presentation of medical certificates is not mandatory.
It is up to the athlete to decide how to deal with the information provided during a medical check-up.
The organizer bears no responsibility in this regard.
Do you feel sick, cough, sneeze or have a fever? Given the current health situation, we advise you to stay at home and not come to the event.
A few weeks before the event, the necessary information about parking options and accessibility will be provided here.
A few weeks before the event, you will receive the necessary information about changing rooms/showers.
Are you injured or can’t participate for a different reason?
While registering you have the option to purchase a cancellation insurance for just € 14. If cancelled before the end of the day February 4, 2026, 100% of the registration total will be refunded.
Any extras such as T-shirts, merchandise, Sportograf pictures, medal engraving and cancellation policy itself will not be refunded (non-exhaustive). If you already registered without a cancellation insurance, then it is no longer possible to buy the insurance afterwards.
Cancellation requests should be submitted via this contact form by February 4, 2026 at the latest.
From February 5, 2026 onwards it is no longer possible to request a reimbursement.
Through our partner The Bike Rental Company, you can rent a high-quality road bike, delivered on-site.
Book your bike here.
