Fleche Wallone

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.”

When it looked like Alejandro Valverde was going to make history, Dylan Teuns fought off the old man for the win. Vlasov third, Alaphilippe fourth.

Since moving to Spain and finding out how to use a computer, he has gone from contributor of Daily Distractions at the 2002 Vuelta a España to editor at PezCyclingNews. On the final time up the Côte de Cherave, Cofidis attacked for Rémy Rochas. He had Mauri Vansevenant and Søren Kragh Andersen with him, but on the descent Rochas was unable to keep up with the Dane’s pace. Teuns took the win ahead of Valverde, Vlasov, Alaphilippe and Daniel Felipe Mártinez. At 900 metres from the finish, a regrouping followed, after which it was up to the top men. The second pass of the Huy was climbed by a large peloton and despite some attacks, everything stayed together as they started the third lap. It was too fast for Jumbo-Visma leader Jonas Vingegaard and he was dropped, but was able to return in the run-up to the final of the race. These laps included the Côte d’Ereffe (2km at 5.5%), Côte de Cherave (1.4km at 7.9%) and the Mur du Huy (1.2km at 10.4%). On the first passage of the Mur, more than 60 kilometres from the finish, the leading group still had 1 minute in hand. He was only able to rejoin the peloton just before the Côte de Cherave, just as EF Education-EasyPost accelerated and Simon Carr got away. Meanwhile, Armirail, Janssens, Ferron, Guglielmi and Impey were still at the front on the second ascent of the Côte d’Ereffe. They had Jan Bakelants after them, as he had counter-attacked alone, but he was quickly brought back. Just when it looked like Alejandro Valverde was going to make history, Dylan Teuns of Bahrain-Victorious fought off the ‘old man’ of Movistar off for the win. La Flèche Wallonne Race Report: As usual the final result of La Flèche Wallonne was decided in the last steep metres. The Route: The parcours of Flèche Wallonne has changed a little, for the first time the start is from Blegny, a village with just under 13,000 inhabitants, right between Liège and Maastricht. There is then 115 kilometres with two climbs; the Côte de Tancrémont and Côte des Forges after 44 and 55 kilometres, but the route goes up and down continuously.

Spaniard finishes on podium for eight time in final time up Mur de Huy.

Valverde was clearly grateful that he was allowed the honour of a team working for him at Flèche one last time. "I want to thank my team for the excellent work they’ve done for me the whole day," he said. In his 20 year career, Flèche Wallonne been the race that has come to give him his best success: five victories, two second places and one third place.

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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!

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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Today, I made the second move and I felt him coming but I still had a little left in the legs to keep him behind me." "It isn’t easy to beat Annemiek, everybody knows how strong she is, and to be able to attack her in the last 100 metres and win is a great emotion. Maybe I was the strongest today," Teuns said.

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After a few big gulps of air and a swig of water he was then back out of his seat and on his feet, celebrating with someone over the side of the barriers. And although Teuns has finished third here before, and displayed his form with a recent sixth at Flanders, few would have predicted he would prove mightiest when it came to today’s crescendo. As the gradient gripped, the metres left to go dwindling, Teuns squeezed himself through the middle of Valverde and Aleksandr Vlasov. Pogačar also tried to surge before sitting back down in the saddle.

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Entering the second ascent of the Mur de Huy, the front group had shrunk to 10 as all five from the initial break were dropped. The unrelenting climbs brought with them a succession of attacks and accelerations behind. Finally happy to let a group go, the pace slowed slightly in the peloton and allowed another three chasers to attempt to bridge to the front of the race. After almost an hour of racing, it was Liv Racing Xstra’s Katia Ragusa who finally managed to force and maintain a gap, quickly stretching out a lead of 17 seconds over the uncategorized hills of the opening loop. Though the categorized climbs wouldn’t come until the final 70km, the opening loop of hilly Ardennes terrain made for a tough start and despite an almost constant succession of attacks, no one was allowed more than a few seconds. After taking victory at the Amstel Gold Race just 10 days ago, the 24-year-old Italian was glued to Van Vleuten’s wheel up the final Mur de Huy climb as the two distanced Demi Vollering (SD Worx) behind.

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“On the first part, you have to be quiet, because it’s just 900m but it’s more than four minutes of effort. She waited until the final 75 meters when the road finally eases up to come around Van Vleuten, and once she had the race was over. As Van Vleuten fought her way up the climb Cavalli looked like she was on a Sunday coffee ride on the former world champions wheel. Once the race finally hit the climb for the final time Van Vleuten successfully got rid of all of her competition…but she couldn’t drop Cavalli. Once her team had brought the breakaway within ten seconds, all Cavalli had to do was be patient. Chapman and the young French national champion jumped on the front with just under 20 km to go.

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In fact, her team was one of the strongest on the day, and offered her excellent support in the finale. Britain’s Simon Carr (EF Education-EasyPost) was especially aggressive, and appeared on a one-man mission to liven the race up, but couldn’t prevent the inevitable. The onus was on them to do much of the chasing, and Cavalli especially has Brodie Chapman to thank for her turn following the penultimate ascent of the Mur de Huy that brought it down to around 30 seconds. Whereas the triumph at Amstel Gold was the result of great tactical nous, with the Italian picking her moment perfectly to ride to victory, this was a display of pure power. Though the finish at the Mur de Huy now loomed close, the tactical riding wasn’t over yet, as SD Worx adopted their familiar tactics of firing riders up the road one-by-one. And he’s also among one of the peloton’s most impressively diverse riders, having only a few weeks ago placed sixth at the Tour of Flanders.

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He was narrowly beaten in both Milan-San Remo and the Tour of Flanders — despite his overwhelming strength — but Wednesday was the first time he had been beaten on a climb all season. I was quite excited to be there, and I thought that I could do it but then the lactate hit me and I barely got to the finish. I pushed myself over the limit and I came to the front row with 200m to go.

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"I think we rode the perfect race as a team, but the win wasn't on the cards," he said. Liège-Bastogne-Liège is a different race, much longer with longer efforts and less nerves in the peloton as the parcours isn't as technical." "We'll see," he said of Liège. "I struggled with the pollen today, so I hope I don't get sicker. I'd like to have won for the team and for myself, especially with the rainbow jersey for a second time. "I have been stronger in the past, but I'm not far off either," he said. "I obviously had quite a bit of pressure on my shoulders before the start and I just focused on doing the best race possible.

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“There are days when you have the sensation that you could suffer a little more to achieve the victory, but today I gave everything,” he said. “Dylan made a very good and solid attack,” Valverde said. “I was missing a little bit, and on the final climb, my arms almost hurt more than my legs for how hard I was pulling on the last ramps.

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The former world champion set a pace up the climb that distanced the majority of the group and eventually attacked in the final 400 meters. Behind Koster, a selection of pre-race favourites led by Vollering detached from the rest of the race. A selection of 15 riders containing a few strong climbers separated themselves from the peloton inside the final 40 km of the race.