It’s the day of the punchers! La Flèche Wallonne will celebrate its 86th edition on Wednesday, and like every year – barring a completely unexpected race scenario – it’s in the Mur de Huy that the most explosive riders in the peloton will compete and give us a great show. . Triple winner of the event and title holder, Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) will try to come back to a single length from Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) – who will compete in one of his favorite events for the last time in his career – and his five victories.Video – To know everything about the course of La Flèche Wallonne 2022 A duel Julian Alaphilippe – Tadej Pogacar? Having fallen heavily on the Flèche Brabançonne last week, the double world champion certainly arrives as the main contender for victory, but he does not seem untouchable as he has been able to be on a few occasions in recent years. And if he will not find his runner-up for the 2021 edition, Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo-Visma), absent due to a knee injury, he will have to take over another extremely dangerous Slovenian, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), who returns to La Flèche Wallonne after being forced to miss the race last year. 🠆 It was a day for world champions in 2021! 🌈@alafpolak1 won it after a sprint between tough guys in the Mur de Huy! �’�🎬 Relive the #FlecheWallonne 2021 🠹 pic.twitter.com/lNvODIWJMk — La Flèche Wallonne (@flechewallonne) April 19, 2022 Cosnefroy, Hirschi, Barguil, Matthews… they have already shone on La Flèche Wallonne In addition to the Frenchman and the Slovenian, there will be a string of candidates for victory or the podium at the start, including Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroën Team), Dylan Teuns, Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious), Aleksandr Vlasov, Jai Hindley (BORA -hansgrohe), Victor Lafay, Jesus Herrada (Cofidis), Daniel Martinez, Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers), Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech), Jonas Vingegaard (Team Jumbo-Visma), Enric Mas (Movistar Team), Remco Evenepoel (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team), Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange-Jayco), Bauke Mollema, Mattias Skjelmose Jensen (Trek-Segafredo), Diego Ulissi, Marc Hirschi, Juan Ayuso (UAE Team Emirates), Warren Barguil (Team Arkéa- Samsic), Alexis Vuillermoz (Team TotalEnergies) and Tobias Halland Johannessen (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team). The entry list QUICK-STEP ALPHA VINYL TEAM 1 Alaphilippe, Julian
2 Evenepoel, Remco
3 Serry, Pieter
4 Vansevenant, Mauri
5 Van Tricht, Stan
6 Van Wilder, Ilan
7 Vervaeke, Louis JUMBO-VISMA 11 Vingegaard, Jonas
12 Benoot, Tiesj
13 Eenkhoorn, Pascal
14 Gesink, Robert
15 Hessmann, Michael
16 Leemreize, Gijs
17 Van Emden, Jos MOVISTAR TEAM 21 Valverde, Alejandro
22 Izagirre, Gorka
23 Lazkano, Oier
24 Mas, Lluis
25 Mas, Enric
26 Muhlberger, Gregor
27 Verona, Carlos ISRAEL-PREMIER TECH 31 Woods, Michael
32 Biermans, Jenthe
33 Boivin, William
34 Fuglsang, Jakob
35 Hollenstein, Reto
36 Swell, Hugo
37 Impey, Daryl TEAM ARKEA-SAMSIC 41 Barguil, Warren
42 Anacona, Winner
43 Delaplace, Anthony
44 Gesbert, Elijah
45 Guglielmi, Simon
46 Owsian, Lukasz
47 Riou, Alan UAE TEAM EMIRATES 51 Pogacar, Tadej
52 Ayuso, Juan
53 Hirschi, Mark
54 Laengen, Vegard Stake
55 Polanc, Jan
56 Soler, Mark
57 Ulissi, Diego INEOS GRENADIERS 61 Pidcock, Tom
62 More, Laurens
63 Frail, Omar
64 Kwiatkowski, Michal
65 Martinez, Daniel
66 Rodriguez, Carlos
67 Thomas, Geraint GROUPAMA-FDJ 71 Molard, Rudy
72 Armirail, Bruno
73 Geniets, Kevin
74 Ladagnous, Matthew
75 Pacher, Quentin
76 Reichenbach, Sebastian
77 Roux, Anthony TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE-JAYCO 81 Matthews, Michael
82 Balmer, Alexander
83 Grmay, Tsgabu
84 Juul-Jensen, Christopher
85 Maas, Jan
86 Pena, Jesus David
87 Schultz, Nick BORA-HANSGROHE 91 Vlasov, Aleksandr
92 Aleotti, Giovanni
93 Benedetti, Cesare
94 Hindley, Jai
95 Konrad, Patrick
96 Schelling, Ide
97 Wandahl, Frederik TREK-SEGAFREDO 101 Mollema, Bauke
102 Bernard, Julien
103 Brambilla, Gianluca
104 Gallopin, Tony
105 Skjelmose Jensen, Mattias
106 Kamp, Alexander
107 Tolhoek, Antwan ALPECIN-FENIX 111 Meurisse, Xandro
112 De Tier, Floris
113 Janssens, Jimmy
114 Sbaragli, Kristian
115 Stannard, Robert
116 Thwaites, Scott
117 Vermeersch, Gianni ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM 121 Nibali, Vincenzo
122 Basso, Leonardo
123 by Bod, Stefan
124 Fedorov, Yevgeniy
125 Nibali, Antonio
126 Velasco, Simone
127 Zeits, Andrey INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT 131 Pozzovivo, Domenico
132 Bakelants, Jan
133 Delacroix, Theo
134 Hermans, Quinten
135 Huys, Laurens
136 Petilli, Simone
137 Zimmermann, Georg COFIDIS 141 Izagirre, Ion
142 Geschke, Simon
143 Herrada, Jesus
144 Lafay, Victor
145 Perez, Anthony
146 Rochas, Remy
147 Zingle, Axel AG2R CITROËN TEAM 151 Cosnefroy, Benoît
152 Chérel, Mikael
153 Godon, Dorian
154 Jungels, Bob
155 Lapeira, Paul
156 Paret-Painter, Aurélien
157 Warbasse, Larry UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM 161 Johannessen, Tobias Halland
162 Andersen, Idar
163 Dversnes, Fredrick
164 Hulgaard, Morten
165 Hindsgaul Madsen, Jacob
166 Sleen, Torjus
167 Gregaard, Jonas BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 171 Poels, Wout
172 Caruso, Damiano
173 Haig, Jack
174 Mader, Gino
175 Sanchez, Luis Leon
176 Teuns, Dylan
177 Williams, Stephen TEAM DSM 181 Andersen, Søren Kragh
182 Combaud, Roman
183 Heinschke, Leon
184 Nieuwenhuis, Joris
185 Stork, Florian
186 Vandenabeele, Henry
187 Vermaerke, Kevin TOTALENERGIES 191 Vuillermoz, Alexis
192 Cabot, Jeremy
193 Doubey, Fabian
194 Ferron, Valentine
195 Jousseaume, Alan
196 Ourselin, Paul
197 Rodriguez, Cristian EF EDUCATION-EASYPOST 201 Uran, Rigoberto
202 Guerreiro, Reuben
203 Bettiol, Alberto
204 Carr, Simon
205 Eiking, Odd Christian
206 Healy, Ben
207 Powless, Neilson LOTTO SOUDAL 211 Wellens, Tim
212 De Gendt, Thomas
213 Grignard, Sebastien
214 Holmes, Matthew
215 Kron, Andreas
216 Moniquet, Sylvain
217 Verschaeve, Viktor SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 221 Berckmoes, Jenno
222 Apers, Reuben
223 Bonneu, Kamiel
224 De Wilde, Gilles
225 Herregodts, Rune
226 Reynders, Jens
227 Van Poucke, Aaron BINGOAL PAUWELS SAUCES WB 231 Paasschens, Mathijs
232 Meens, John
233 Mertz, Remy
234 Molly, Kenny
235 Paquot, Tom
236 Tizza, Marco
237 Wirtgen, Luc B&B HOTELS-KTM 241 Bonnamour, Franck
242 Boileau, Alan
243 Gautier, Cyril
244 Wintert, Jonathan
245 Koretzky, Victor
246 Lietaer, Eliot
247 Rolland, Pierre The profile of the Flèche Wallonne Blegny – Mur de Huy, 202.1 kilometers (actual start at 11:30 a.m., arrival around 4:30 p.m.) Listed climbs Côte de Tancrémont (summit at km 44.2): 2.6 km to 5.9%
Côte des Forges (km 55.1): 1.3 km at 7.8%
Côte d’Ereffe (km 121.3): 2.1 km at 5%
Côte de Cherave (km 134.1): 1.3 km at 8.1%
Wall of Huy (km 139.8): 1.3 km at 9.6%
Côte d’Ereffe (km 152.5): 2.1 km at 5%
Côte de Cherave (km 165.2): 1.3 km at 8.1%
Wall of Huy (km 170.9): 1.3 km at 9.6%
Côte d’Ereffe (km 183.6): 2.1 km at 5%
Côte de Cherave (km 196.4): 1.3 km at 8.1%
Mur de Huy (km 202.1): 1.3 km at 9.6% Broadcast From 1 p.m. on Eurosport Player, from 2:30 p.m. on Eurosport 2 and from 3:05 p.m. on France 3 The winners The last ten editions of 2021: 1. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 2. Primoz Roglic (NED) 3. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 2020: 1. Marc Hirschi (SUI) 2. Benoît Cosnefroy (FRA) 3. Michael Woods (CAN) 2019: 1. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 2. Jakob Fuglsang (DAN) 3. Diego Ulissi (ITA) 2018: 1. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 2. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 3. Jelle Vanendert (BEL) 2017: 1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 2. Dan Martin (IRL) 3. Dylan Teuns (BEL) 2016: 1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 2. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 3. Dan Martin (IRL) 2015: 1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 2. Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 3 Michael Albasini (SUI) 2014: 1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 2. Dan Martin (IRL) 3. Michal Kwiatkowski (POL) 2013: 1. Daniel Moreno (ESP) 2. Sergio Henao (COL) 3. Carlos Betancur ( COL) 2012: 1. Joaquim Rodriguez (ESP) 2. Michael Albasini (S UI) 3. Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Most successful Flèche Wallonne 5: Alejandro Valverde (2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017) 3: Marcel Kint (1943, 1944, 1945), Eddy Merckx (1967, 1970, 1972), Moreno Argentin (1990, 1991, 1994), Davide Rebellin (2004, 2007, 2009) and Julian Alaphilippe (2018, 2019, 2021). 2: Ferdi Kübler (1951, 1952), Stan Ockers (1953, 1955), Rik Van Steenbergen (1949, 1958), André Dierickx (1973, 1975), Bernard Hinault (1979, 1983), Claude Criquielion (1985, 1989) and Laurent Jalabert (1995, 1997). Victories by country 38: Belgium 18: Italy 11: France 8: Spain 3: Switzerland 2: Denmark 1: Germany, Australia, United States, Luxembourg and the Netherlands