Bahrain Victorious went into Sunday's Liege-Bastogne-Liege as one of the strongest teams in the peloton, with Milan-San Remo winner Matej Mohoric and La Fleche Wallonne winner Dylan Tuns. [However, more than six hours after leaving Liège, the team returned to the quai in the Ardennes.

The Belgian and Haig were in a chase group that finished 43 seconds behind solo race winner Remco Evenpole (Quick-Step Alphavinil), but like the others at the front of the race on the Côte de la Redoute, the young Belgian jumped out with 29 km to go When they decided to do so, there was little they could do.

"It's a bit of a disappointing result," said the Belgian. I wanted to be in contention for the podium, but it didn't work out the way I wanted it to." [Ideally, someone would have been able to stay with Lemko, but he was clearly on another level. I think we had a relatively good race as a team, but maybe we should have been a little more aggressive when we had the numbers. After La Redoute, Lemko was gone, and by then it was very difficult to race aggressively. [6th and 12th were good results, but that was not what we came here for.

It was a disappointing end to the Spring Classic for the team, but the team can look forward to the next season with a Monument, a Classic, and a record of top-five and top-10 finishes that will be the envy of the peloton world.

Landa, who had been leading the peloton during the day, made the first move from the team at the Côte de Desniers with 42 km to go.

After Evenpoel's attack, the team sprang back into action and tried to bring the 23-year-old Landa back in numbers at the front. But it didn't work, and Evenpoel extended his advantage on the final run after the final climb of the Côte de Roche aux Faucons, where Tuns attacked several times. There, the chasing group, plagued by interest and team battles, only lost time to the dedicated Evenpoel.

"There were a lot of riders, the most riders, pulling hard at the front, trying to pull him back, but they couldn't. I tried to close the gap so Dylan could bridge it at Roche-aux-Focons. Today Lemko proved to be the strongest and he deserved this victory."

Teuns, who was soaring after Fresh Wallonne's victory, said that after Evenpoel jumped out in La Redoute, he felt lost in the group, adding that Bahrain Victorious tried to pull him back, but to little effect.

On the following climb of Roche aux Faucons, he said he accelerated several times with his teammates leading, but after gapping Colombian climbers Sergio Iguita and Dani Martinez, there was little cooperation.

"They brought me into a good position and I waited a bit," he said. 'I still had one teammate left. I still had one teammate left, I think I had four tries, we just didn't work together a little bit.

"We went out with three, but we still had a chance to come back. Valverde and Van Aert's group came back and that was it. "