Boonen in cyclingnews:
"I'm always calm," he explained. "But the main thing was: In the finale with Hincapie and Flecha, I knew I was the calmest of us three, because Hincapie hasn't won a big race yet;
"I knew that over the final stages, with Hincapie and Flecha, it would be the calmest of us three who would win the race.
"Hincapie has never won a big race before, while Flecha has won the Zurich GP but does not really have the experience for such situations. I was calm, and that is without a doubt what made the difference."
in other quotes he said he had to get rid of the fast riders like Michaelson and Backstedt.
In other quotes P Lefevere says: look at the palmares of Hincapie and Flecha they have never won anythin.
It was Eddy Merckx who said Boonen would never win Liege.
I said the recent winners all tended to be small.
I give you the last ten winners of Liege:
2004 Davide Rebellin, ITA
2003 Tyler Hamilton, USA
2002 Paolo Bettini, ITA
2001 Oscar Camenzind, SWI
2000 Paolo Bettini, ITA
1999 Frank Vandenbroucke, BEL
1998 Michele Bartoli, ITA
1997 Michele Bartoli, ITA
1996 Pascal Richard, SWI
1995 Mauro Gianetti, SWI
1994 Evgeni Berzin, RUS
All about half the size of Boonen, no?