Fleche-Wallone

2022 - 4 - 20

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La Fleche Wallonne - Live coverage (Cyclingnews.com)

Julian Alaphilippe on his fourth place: "The first feeling is that I'm relieved, relieved the race is over. I obviously had quite a bit of pressure on my ...

Remco Evenepoel (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) stops for a bike change, but he is very quickly back in the peloton. The peloton continues to trundle along at a brisk pace, but no sign yet of an early break taking shape. A year ago, Tadej Pogačar and UAE Team Emirates missed this race due to what later emerged to be false positives for COVID-19 on the team. QuickStep, certainly, are in dire need of a big result in the Classics after their lacklustre campaign on the cobbles. The Breton made a strong start to 2022 at the Volta ao Algarve, and the Ardennes were an important target after his third place in Liège last year. Winner Anacona (Arkea-Samsic) is among them, but he gets a replacement bike from a teammate and presses on quickly. The peloton hasn't yet split in the crosswind section, but there is considerable tension at this point. The Breton is among the team cars and should make it back by the next climb, the Côte de Cherave. Ferron leads the peloton on the Mur de Huy, where Guglielmi loses contact through the famous S-bend. Carr, meanwhile, closes to within 17 seconds. The two leaders retain a gap of 17 seconds over the peloton, but they surely won't survive over the Cherave. UAE, QuickStep, Ineos and Bahrain are all posted near the head of this peloton. Andersen looks for a turn from Vansevenant, but the Belgian shakes his head, given that he has Alaphilippe and Evenepoel in the peloton behind.

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Flèche Wallonne LIVE (podiumcafe.com)

Huy - Huy 133.4 km / Blegny - Huy 202.1 km. Double sprint up the Mur feature. Slightly better odds for some meaningful action before the final Mur in the ...

I want to say Niewiadoma but Annemiek only has so many chances to put this on her palmares and when then queen of Huy is gone, this is her window and she is the natural choice. Double sprint up the Mur feature. Anna van der Valverde of the Day: Annemiek van Vleuten / Tadej Pogačar

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La Flèche Wallonne Femmes Debrief: Marta Cavalli's clever mastery ... (Rouleur)

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time” - Leo Tolstoy. Cycling is a sport associated with adrenaline, with high-paced action and furious ...

With huge turns on the front of the bunch, Chapman pulled back the dangerous breakaway of 15 riders, halving the gap from over a minute and a half to just 30 seconds, sacrificing her chances for her teammate. Fifth at Paris-Roubaix a few days ago, FDJ’s Italian superstar’s versatility is noteworthy, and puts her in good stead as a top competitor for the upcoming Tour de France Femmes. In the Amstel Gold Race a few weeks ago, she launched her winning move right as a lull fell in the lead group and her competitors glanced the other way. The Mur’s short distance is cruelly misleading, and it means that many riders get it wrong, like pre-race favourite Annemiek van Vleuten did today when she hit out at her competitors still with 400m to go. As it has been time and time again, this year’s edition of Flèche Wallonne Femmes was decided atop the mighty Mur de Huy. While only 900m long, it’s a stinging climb. By exhibiting an exemplary display of self-control, and above all, by mastering the art of patience.

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Demi Vollering struggles in La Flèche Wallonne finale: 'I didn't feel ... (VeloNews)

The Dutch rider takes third on Mur de Huy after a rare off-day.

She was also really strong, so it was perfect for us that she stayed away.” “In the beginning of the race it was a bit of a boring race I think,” Vollering said. I think my breakfast was still on the way.”

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Marta Cavalli stamps her authority on the Ardennes Classics with ... (Cycling Weekly)

Italian rider backs up Amstel Gold Race success after a canny closing sprint up the Mur de Huy.

Koster was the last to be caught, just short of the top, a group of 10 swallowing the former Dutch champion. As they climbed the Mur for the penultimate time with a lead of 2-40 it seemed as though not only would the race have a new winner, but also a new winning formula. Brit Anna Shackley (SD Worx), Anouska Koster (Jumbo-Visma), Alena Amialiusik and Elise Chabbey (Canyon-SRAM), Leah Thomas (Trek-Segafredo), Jelena Erić (Movistar), Esme Peperkamp (DSM), Krista Doebel-Hickok (EF Education-Tibco-SVB), Amanda Spratt (BikeExchage-Jayco) and Yara Kastelijn (Plantur-Pura) joined the leading group. But the 20-year-old didn’t last long, the action kicking off behind, and a group bridging to leaders. Only after 25km did three women get away; Katia Ragusa (Liv Xstra), Anastasia Carbonari (Valcar Travel and Service) and Kylie Waterrus (Lotto-Soudal) building a lead of 50 seconds before a counterattack from the peloton. But as soon as they led her onto the narrow section at the start of the steepest slopes she was alone.

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Cycling: Marta Cavalli wins women's La Flèche Wallonne (ANSA)

Italy secured another victory in women's road cycling classics on Wednesday when Marta Cavalli triumphed in the women's La Flèche Wallonne Féminine race in ...

(ANSA) - ROME, APR 20 - Italy secured another victory in women's road cycling classics on Wednesday when Marta Cavalli triumphed in the women's La Flèche Wallonne Féminine race in Belgium. (ANSA) - ROME, APR 20 - Italy secured another victory in women's road cycling classics on Wednesday when Marta Cavalli triumphed in the women's La Flèche Wallonne Féminine race in Belgium. (ANSA) - ROME, APR 20 - Italy secured another victory in women's road cycling classics on Wednesday when Marta Cavalli triumphed in the women's La Flèche Wallonne Féminine race in Belgium.

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Teuns edges Valverde for Fleche Wallonne victory (FRANCE 24)

Belgian rider Dylan Teuns of the Bahrain team won the Fleche Wallonne one-day classic on Wednesday at the top of the Mur de Huy.

Fortunately, I still had some strength". "I was on his wheel. "I have never felt so strong in the spring classics," added the Belgian.

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Woods sixth in La Flèche Wallonne as Dylan Teuns scores biggest ... (Canadian Cycling Magazine)

Dylan Teuns (Belgium/Bahrain-Victorious) was the strongest on the mighty Mur de Huy at Wednesday's La Flèche Wallonne, taking the biggest one-day race win ...

By the top of Mur de Huy I the gap was down to a minute. The last Cherave peaking was 6 km from the finish atop the Mur de Huy. There was a further decanting on Côte d’Ereffe II. Tadej Pogačar experienced an unfortunately timed flat on the way to Cherave, where Jonas Vingegaard was distanced by the peloton. Valverde and Alexandr Vlasov followed. A trio containing one each from Cofidis, Quick Step and DSM tipped over with a slight lead. The 120 km mark was the beginning of the first of three 27.5 km circuits, each containing narrow climbs Côte d’Ereffe (2 km at 5.8 percent), Côte de Cherave (1.5 km at 6.9 percent and gradients in the double digits) and the mighty Mur, 1.2 km of 10.2 percent that grew steeper at the top. Mas had teammate Valverde on his wheel. It was Bahrain-Victorious’ second WorldTour triumph of the season after Matej Mohoric’s Milan-San Remo triumph. Three Cofidis riders and one Quick Step chap tried to skip away. Ineos and UAE took their turns at the front. Pidcock climbed off the bike. What a race!

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