2019 Flèche Wallonne
Male Team 24 Apr

Flèche Wallonne

195.5 Kilometers
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Participants list

  1. Alejandro Valverde
  2. Andrey Amador
  3. Winner Anacona
  4. Carlos Betancur
  5. Jaime Castrillo
  6. Imanol Erviti
  7. Carlos Verona
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TV

The race will be broadcast live on Eurosport 1, at 2.30pm CEST on Wednesday 24th April.
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Timetable

The neutralized start will be given at 11.15am on Wednesday 24th April; the finish up the Mur de Huy is expected at 4.11-4.41pm CEST.
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Social Media

The race's official Twitter account and hashtag are homonymous: @FlecheWallonne y #FlecheWallonne.
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Score

As most cycling fans know, Alejandro Valverde has five Flèche Wallonne wins to his name -which are all victories the Abarca Sports organisation has achieved in the race-: one in 2006, then four consecutive victories in 2014-2017.

Route

Ans - Mur de Huy (195.5km)
24 April

Analysis

The relocation of the race’s start in Ans, finish of Liège-Bastogne-Liege until 2018, is the first of only two main changes in the 2019 Flèche Wallonne, still gathering all of its spice inside the final 1.3km, at 9.6% average, of the Mur de Huy. A hill which has seen Alejandro Valverde becoming its all-time record holder (five wins), to be tackled three times into a final circuit very much known by all competitors.

The final loop doesn’t actually start in Huy, as it did in 2018, rather than prior to the two ascents preceeding the Mur. Ereffe (2.1km at 5%) and Cherave (1.3km at 8.1%) are significant enough to play as venue for some serious attacks before the end, yet not too hard -or such have been the previous results in this circuit- to avoid one of the most famous uphill sprints in the UCI calendar.