Alejandro Valverde entered the realms of the Liege-Bastogne-Liege greats by becoming only the sixth man to win the oldest of the Classics three times or more.

Valverde’s third triumph arrived courtesy of a strong sprint to beat Julian Alaphilippe (Etixx-QuickStep) – the same man he beat to win La Fleche Wallonne earlier in the week.

That finale had arrived at the end of a day packed with action, though, with attacks aplenty as you would expect on the Ardennes hills.

And UCI WorldTour photographer Stefano Sirotti was on hand to capture the best of the action – check out the story of the race in the wide-screen gallery below.