2014 La Flèche Wallonne (World Tour)

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Bastogne - Huy, 199 km

Rated ascents:

• Km 84.0: Côte de Bellaire, 1 km @ 6.8% average gradient
• Km 101.0: Côte d'Ahin, 2.1 km @ 5.9%
• Km 111.5: Mur de Huy (1st pass), 1.3 km @ 9.3%
• Km 124.5: Côte d'Ereffe, 2.2 km @ 5.9%
• Km 143.5: Côte de Bellaire, 1 km @ 6.8%
• Km 151.0: Côte de Bohisseau, 1.3 km @ 7.6%
• Km 154.0: Côte de Bousalle, 1.7 km @ 4.9%
• Km 165.0: Côte d'Ahin, 2.1 km @ 5.9%
• Km 175.5: Mur de Huy (2nd pass), 1.3 km @ 9.3%
• Km 188.5: Côte d'Ereffe, 2.2 km @ 5.9%
• Km 199.0: Mur de Huy (3rd pass), 1.3 km @ 9.3%

More photos below results and maps |

The Race: With forty kilometers to go, Ramunas Navardauskas and Preben van Hecke were dangling about a minute in front of a fast-moving peloton powered by an especially hard-working Katusha team. The pair were caught by the 50-odd riders making up the front group with about 10 km remaining, as were all the attackers who tried their luck after that.

It looked like it would be a shoot-out with Philppe Gilbert and whoever else could get up the Mur de Huy. but three kilometers from the end Damiano Cunego and several other rides went down, slightly delaying Gilbert, Vincenzo Nibali and several others. With the pack moving at an insane speed, it was difficult for the delayed favorites to regain their position.

On the final ascent of the Mur de Huy several riders attacked but Alejandro Valverde waited and waited for the perfect moment and then blasted away with an astonishing display of power. He had enough gap to salute the crowd and coast across the line.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 43.144 km/hr

1	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	4hr 36min 45sec
2	Daniel Martin	GARMIN - SHARP	@ 3 seconds
3	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:00:04
4	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
5	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	0:00:06
6	Jelle Vanendert	LOTTO-BELISOL
7	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:00:08
8	Roman Kreuziger	TINKOFF-SAXO
9	Daniel Moreno Fernandez	TEAM KATUSHA	0:00:11
10	Philippe Gilbert	BMC RACING TEAM	0:00:15
11	Julian Arredondo	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:00:17
12	Wouter Poels	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:00:19
13	Paul Martens	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:00:23
14	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:00:24
15	Mathias Frank	IAM CYCLING	0:00:26
16	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:00:28
17	Diego Ulissi	LAMPRE - MERIDA
18	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
19	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
20	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
21	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
22	Gorka Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:00:32
23	Warren Barguil	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:00:37
24	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	0:00:40
25	Daan Olivier	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:00:43
26	Lars-Peter Nordhaug	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:00:45
27	Ivan Santaromita	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:00:48
28	Thomas Sprengers	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:00:51
29	Thomas Degand	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	0:00:54
30	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
31	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
32	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE
33	Gianpaolo Caruso	TEAM KATUSHA
34	Samuel Sanchez	BMC RACING TEAM
35	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:00:58
36	Carlos Betancur Gomez	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:01:00
37	Chris Anker Sorensen	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:01:03
38	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	0:01:04
39	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
40	Jérôme Coppel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:01:12
41	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:01:14
42	Thomas Lövkvist	IAM CYCLING	0:01:17
43	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:01:17
44	Benoît Vaugrenard	FDJ.FR	0:01:23
45	Ben Hermans	BMC RACING TEAM	0:01:25
46	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR
47	Cameron Meyer	ORICA GREENEDGE
48	Alexandr Kolobnev	TEAM KATUSHA	0:01:30
49	Eduard Vorganov	TEAM KATUSHA
50	Bart De Clercq	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:01:32
51	Romain Sicard	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:01:40
52	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM
53	Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:01:44
54	Gianluca Brambilla	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:01:45
55	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:01:51
56	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:01:51
57	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE
58	Nathan Haas	GARMIN - SHARP	0:01:54
59	Andres Torres Agudelo	COLOMBIA	0:01:56
60	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:01:57
61	Tim Wellens	LOTTO-BELISOL	0:02:02
62	Pieter Serry	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:02:08
63	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:02:13
64	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:02:30
65	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:03:01
66	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE
67	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	0:03:54
68	Eliot Lietaer	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:04:01
69	Damiano Cunego	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:04:04
70	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	0:04:06
71	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:04:12
72	Pieter Weening	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:04:14
73	Angel Vicioso	TEAM KATUSHA	0:04:17
74	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:05:02
75	Guillaume Levarlet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:05:12
76	Francis De Greef	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
77	Fabian Wegmann	GARMIN - SHARP
78	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE
79	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM
80	Victor Campenaerts	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
81	Natnael Berhane	TEAM EUROPCAR
82	Luis Angel Mate Mardones	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
83	Laurent Pichon	FDJ.FR
84	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
85	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
86	John Darwin Atapuma	BMC RACING TEAM
87	Robinson Eduardo Chalapud	COLOMBIA
88	Pieter Jacobs	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
89	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
90	Stef Clement	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
91	Romain Zingle	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
92	Edwin Alcibiades Avila	COLOMBIA
93	Serge Pauwels	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:05:19
94	Enrico Gasparotto	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:05:23
95	Karsten Kroon	TINKOFF-SAXO
96	Linus Gerdemann	MTN-QHUBEKA
97	Adam Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE
98	Alberto Bettiol	CANNONDALE
99	Davide Villella	CANNONDALE
100	Carlos Verona	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
101	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	0:05:28
102	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:05:30
103	Thierry Hupond	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	0:05:32
104	Thomas Damuseau	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
105	Rein Taaramae	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
106	Dennis Vanendert	LOTTO-BELISOL
107	Jacobus Venter	MTN-QHUBEKA
108	Jesper Hansen	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:05:35
109	Rory Sutherland	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:05:35
110	Alberto Losada	TEAM KATUSHA
111	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR
112	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING
113	Rafael Valls Ferri	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:05:42
114	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
115	Matteo Bono	LAMPRE - MERIDA
116	Jonathan Hivert	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	0:05:47
117	Jérôme Baugnies	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
118	Kevin Seeldrayers	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	0:05:49
119	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	0:05:49
120	Daniele Ratto	CANNONDALE
121	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:05:59
122	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	0:06:04
123	Preben Van Hecke	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:06:05
124	Anthony Roux	FDJ.FR	0:06:06
125	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE
126	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	0:06:18
127	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:07:52
128	Edward Beltran Suarez	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:07:52
129	Alessandro Bazzana	UNITEDHEALTHCARE	0:09:21
130	Gustav Larsson	IAM CYCLING
131	Guillaume Bonnafond	AG2R LA MONDIALE
132	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN-QHUBEKA
133	Dennis Van Niekerk	MTN-QHUBEKA
134	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM CYCLING
135	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY
136	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ.FR
137	Matej Mohoric	CANNONDALE
138	Mattia Cattaneo	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:09:27
139	Lucas Euser	UNITEDHEALTHCARE
140	Michel Koch	CANNONDALE
141	Pieter Van Speybrouck	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:09:35
142	Davide Frattini	UNITEDHEALTHCARE	0:10:07
143	Bob Jungels	TREK FACTORY RACING
144	David Tanner	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
145	Fabio Felline	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:10:22

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Course map and profile:

2014 Flèche Wallone course map

Course profile

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Race Day photos:

Cofidis is presented during the starting ceremonies.

World Champion Rui Costa at the start

Panorama

Schlecks on Treks

Pierre Rolland

One of three ascents of the Mur de Huy

The day's serious break: Ramunas Navadauskas, Jonathan Clarke and Preben van Hecke.

Rui Costa and Damiano Cunego

Cyril Gautier on the Mur de Huy

Ben Hermans

Mikael Cherel

Laurens Ten Dam ascends the Mur de Huy.

Tanel Kangert

Mirko Selvaggi

Bob Jungels

Pierrick Fedrigo

Andy Schleck

Guillaume Bonnafond

Riders get themselves sorted after a crash.

Christophe Kern looks at the damage.

Lawrence Warbasse at the front.

Alejandro Valverde coasts across the line.

Daniel Martin finishes a few seconds later.

Then came Michal Kwiatkowski and Bauke Mollema

Philippe Gilbert couldn't regain his position in the pack after being delayed by a late crash and so finished 10th.

Vincenzo Nibali finishes.

Jelle Vanendert is done for the day.

2014 Flèche Wallonne podium, from left: Daniel Martin, Alejandro Valverde and Michal Kwiatkowski

Alejandro Valverde and his trophy.

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Pre-Race photos:

The famous Mur de Huy

Alberto Losada and Joaquin Rodriguez lead Katusha up the Mur de Huy.

Daniel Moreno

Ag2r hits the Mur de Huy.

Trek Factory Racing

Andy Schleck with teammates

Frank Schleck has a chat.

Peter Kennaugh

Danny Pate

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Start list with backnumbers: April 22, 2014

	TEAM KATUSHA
	Director: José Azevedo
1	Daniel Moreno Fernandez
2	Gianpaolo Caruso
3	Alexandr Kolobnev
4	Dmitry Kozontchuk
5	Alberto Losada
6	Joaquim Rodriguez
7	Angel Vicioso
8	Eduard Vorganov
	TEAM SKY
	Director: Nicolas Portal
11	Peter Kennaugh
12	Nathan Earle
13	Josh Edmondson
14	David Lopez Garcia
15	Danny Pate
16	Ben Swift
	AG2R LA MONDIALE
	Director: Julien Jurdie
21	Carlos Betancur Gomez
22	Romain Bardet
23	Guillaume Bonnafond
24	Mikael Cherel
25	Ben Gastauer
26	Sébastien Minard
27	Matteo Montaguti
28	Christophe Riblon
	GARMIN - SHARP
	Director: Eric van Lancker
31	Daniel Martin
32	Thomas Dekker
33	Nathan Haas
34	Ryder Hesjedal
35	Alex Howes
36	Ramunas Navardauskas
37	Tom Jelte Slagter
38	Fabian Wegmann
	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
	Director: Wilfried Peeters
41	Michal Kwiatkowski
42	Jan Bakelants
43	Gianluca Brambilla
44	Michal Golas
45	Serge Pauwels
46	Wouter Poels
47	Pieter Serry
48	Carlos Verona
	MOVISTAR TEAM
	Director: José Luis Arrieta
51	Alejandro Valverde
52	Imanol Erviti Ollo
53	John Gadret
54	José Ivan Gutierrez
55	Jesus Herrada Lopez
56	Benat Intxausti
57	Gorka Izaguirre Insausti
58	Jon Izaguirre Insausti
	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
	Director: Merijn Zeeman
61	Bauke Mollema
62	Jack Bobridge
63	Stef Clement
64	Jonathan Hivert
65	Paul Martens
66	Lars-Peter Nordhaug
67	David Tanner
68	Laurens Ten Dam
	CANNONDALE
	Director: Alberto Volpi
71	Marco Marcato
72	Alberto Bettiol
73	Alessandro De Marchi
74	Michel Koch
75	Jean Marc Marino
76	Matej Mohoric
77	Daniele Ratto
78	Davide Villella
	LAMPRE - MERIDA
	Director: José Antonio Fernandez
81	Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
82	Matteo Bono
83	Mattia Cattaneo
84	Damiano Cunego
85	Kristijan Durasek
86	Nelson Simoes
87	Diego Ulissi
88	Rafael Valls Ferri
	BMC RACING TEAM
	Director: Valerio Piva
91	Philippe Gilbert
92	John Darwin Atapuma
93	Marcus Burghardt
95	Ben Hermans
96	Amaël Moinard
97	Samuel Sanchez
98	Lawrence Warbasse
100	Danilo Wyss
	TREK FACTORY RACING
	Director: Kim Andersen
101	Frank Schleck
102	Julian Arredondo
103	Matthew Busche
104	Fabio Felline
105	Bob Jungels
106	Andy Schleck
107	Boy Van Poppel
108	Calvin Watson
	TINKOFF-SAXO
	Director: Philippe Mauduit
111	Roman Kreuziger
112	Michael Valgren Andersen
113	Edward Beltran Suarez
114	Jesper Hansen
115	Karsten Kroon
116	Bruno Pires
117	Chris Anker Sorensen
118	Rory Sutherland
	FDJ.FR
	Director: Franck Pineau
121	Pierrick Fedrigo
122	Arnold Jeannesson
123	Laurent Mangel
124	Laurent Pichon
125	Anthony Roux
126	Jérémy Roy
127	Benoît Vaugrenard
128	Jussi Veikkanen
	ORICA GREENEDGE
	Director: Matthew White
131	Michael Albasini
132	Simon Clarke
133	Christian Meier
134	Cameron Meyer
135	Ivan Santaromita
136	Pieter Weening
137	Adam Yates
138	Simon Yates
	IAM CYCLING
	Director: Kjell Carlstrom
141	Mathias Frank
142	Jonathan Fumeaux
143	Reto Hollenstein
144	Pirmin Lang
145	Gustav Larsson
146	Thomas Lövkvist
147	Sébastien Reichenbach
148	Marcel Wyss
	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
	Director: Christian Guiberteau
151	Warren Barguil
152	Thomas Damuseau
153	Tom Dumoulin
154	Johannes Fröhlinger
155	Thierry Hupond
156	Cheng Ji
157	Daan Olivier
158	Thomas Peterson
	ASTANA PRO TEAM
	Director: Stefano Zanini
161	Vincenzo Nibali
162	Jakob Fuglsang
163	Enrico Gasparotto
164	Andriy Grivko
165	Maxim Iglinskiy
166	Tanel Kangert
167	Alexey Lutsenko
168	Lieuwe Westra
	COLOMBIA
	Director: Oscar Pellicioli
171	Edwin Alcibiades Avila
172	Robinson Eduardo Chalapud
173	Fabian Diaz Cardenas
174	Darwin Pantoja
175	Felipe Paredes
176	Jeffry Romero
177	Andres Torres Agudelo
178	Juan Pablo Valencia
	LOTTO-BELISOL
	Director: Herman Frison
181	Jelle Vanendert
182	Sander Armee
183	Bart De Clercq
184	Gert Dockx
185	Tony Gallopin
186	Jurgen Van Den Broeck
187	Dennis Vanendert
188	Tim Wellens
	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
	Director: Thierry Marichal
191	Thomas Degand
192	Jérôme Baugnies
193	Francis De Greef
195	Gregory Habeaux
196	Marco Minnaard
197	Kevin Seeldrayers
198	Mirko Selvaggi
200	Nico Sijmens
	TEAM EUROPCAR
	Director: Andy Flickinger
201	Pierre Rolland
202	Natnael Berhane
203	Bryan Coquard
204	Cyril Gautier
205	Christophe Kern
206	Perrig Quemeneur
207	Romain Sicard
208	Angelo Tulik
	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
	Director: Andy Missotten
211	Preben Van Hecke
212	Victor Campenaerts
213	Kenny De Ketele
214	Pieter Jacobs
215	Eliot Lietaer
216	Thomas Sprengers
217	Arthur Vanoverberghe
219	Pieter Van Speybrouck
	UNITED HEALTHCARE
	Director: Roberto Damiani
221	Martijn Maaskant
222	Alessandro Bazzana
223	Jonathan Clarke
224	Marc De Maar
225	Lucas Euser
226	Davide Frattini
227	Christopher Jones
228	Kiel Reijnen
	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
	Director: Didier Rous
231	Daniel Navarro
232	Jérôme Coppel
233	Guillaume Levarlet
234	Luis Angel Mate Mardones
235	Rudy Molard
236	Julien Simon
237	Rein Taaramae
238	Romain Zingle
	MTN-QHUBEKA
	Director: Jens Zemke
241	Linus Gerdemann
242	Ignatas Konovalovas
243	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin
244	Youcef Reguigui
245	Jay Robert Thomson
246	Dennis Van Niekerk
247	Johann Van Zyl
248	Jacobus Venter