2015 La Flèche Wallonne (World Tour)

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Waremme - Huy, 205.5 km

Rated ascents:

• Km 22: Côte des 36 Tournants, 2.9 km @ 4.8% gradient
• Km 92: Côte de Bellaire, 1 km @ 6.3%
• Km 100: Côte de Bohissau, 2.4 km @ 5.5%
• Km 118: Mur de Huy, 1.3 km @ 9.6%
• Km 131: Côte d'Ereffe, 2.1 km @ 5%
• Km 150: Côte de Bellaire, 1 km @ 6.3%
• Km 158.5: Côte de Bohissau, 2.4 km @ 5.5%
• Km 176.5: Mur de Huy, 1.3 km @ 9.6%
• Km 189.0: Côte d'Ereffe, 2.1 km @ 5%
• Km 200: Côte de Cherave, 1.3 km @ 8.1%
• Km 205.5: Huy (Mur de Huy), 1.3 km @ 9.6%

Alejandro Valverde gets a clean win at the 2015 Flèche Wallonne.

The Race: Alejandro Valverde has won his third Flèche Wallonne. Previously he has won both the 2006 and the 2014 editions.

Going into the race, he was everybody's favorite to win. And on the final climb, the Mur de Huy, he simply put daylight between himself and the rest of the field.

At the base of the final ascent Paul Wellens had a 15-second lead gained on the Côte de Cherave, the next-to-last climb, but that quickly disappeared.

So with four hundred meters to go, Joaquim Rodriguez, a superb punchy climber in his own right, had grabbed Valverde's wheel. But even an accomplished climber like Rodriguez was no match for Valverde today.

Several prominent hopefuls were knocked out the race by crashes, including Dan Martin, Philippe Gilbert and Chris Froome.

Complete Results:

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205.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.985 km/hr

1	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR TEAM	5hr 8min 22sec
2	Julian ALAPHILIPPE	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
3	Michael ALBASINI	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
4	Joaquim RODRIGUEZ	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
5	Daniel MORENO	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
6	Alexis VUILLERMOZ	AG2R LA MONDIALE	@ 4sec
7	Sergio HENAO	TEAM SKY	s.t.
8	Jakob FUGLSANG	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
9	Tom Jelte SLAGTER	TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
10	Wilco KELDERMAN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
11	Roman KREUZIGER	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:00:08
12	Rinaldo NOCENTINI	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:00:10
13	Dylan TEUNS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
14	Pierre ROLLAND	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:00:13
15	Enrico GASPAROTTO	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
16	Jonathan HIVERT	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	0:00:16
17	Mathias FRANK	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
18	Michele SCARPONI	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
19	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:00:19
20	Vincenzo NIBALI	ASTANA PRO TEAM	s.t.
21	Julien SIMON	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
22	Steve MORABITO	FDJ	s.t.
23	Ben HERMANS	BMC RACING TEAM	0:00:22
24	Sébastien REICHENBACH	IAM CYCLING	0:00:23
25	Robert GESINK	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	s.t.
26	Warren BARGUIL	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
27	Nicolas ROCHE	TEAM SKY	s.t.
28	Rui COSTA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:00:28
29	Rudy MOLARD	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	0:00:30
30	Fabio FELLINE	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:00:36
31	Tim WELLENS	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
32	Robert KISERLOVSKI	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
33	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:00:38
34	Gianluca BRAMBILLA	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:00:42
35	Davide FORMOLO	TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:00:43
36	Michel KREDER	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON	0:00:51
37	Georg PREIDLER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:00:53
38	Jose Joaquin ROJAS	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
39	Serge PAUWELS	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:00:57
40	Jan BAKELANTS	AG2R LA MONDIALE	@ 1min 9sec
41	Giovanni VISCONTI	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:01:16
42	Rafael VALLS	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:01:19
43	Floris DE TIER	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:01:32
44	Gorka IZAGUIRRE	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:01:37
45	Johan Esteban CHAVES	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:01:39
46	Gianpaolo CARUSO	TEAM KATUSHA	0:01:47
47	Marco MINNAARD	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	0:01:54
48	Luis Angel MATE	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
49	Francis DE GREEF	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
50	Diego ULISSI	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
51	Huub DUIJN	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON	s.t.
52	Victor CAMPENAERTS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:02:00
53	Brent BOOKWALTER	BMC RACING TEAM	0:02:01
54	Luis-Leon SANCHEZ	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:02:02
55	Pierrick FEDRIGO	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	0:02:05
56	Carlos BETANCUR	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
57	Stéphane ROSSETTO	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	s.t.
58	Frank SCHLECK	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
59	Lawrence WARBASSE	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
60	Jan POLANC	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
61	Marco CANOLA	UNITEDHEALTHCARE	s.t.
62	Simon YATES	ORICA GREENEDGE	s.t.
63	Mikael CHEREL	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
64	Kristan SBARAGLI	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:02:12
65	Marc DE MAAR	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON	s.t.
66	Bart DE CLERCQ	LOTTO-SOUDAL	0:02:16
67	Yukiya ARASHIRO	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
68	Sander ARMEE	LOTTO-SOUDAL	s.t.
69	Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:02:19
70	Maurits LAMMERTINK	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON	s.t.
71	Eduardo SEPULVEDA	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	0:02:22
72	Stephen CUMMINGS	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:02:27
73	Thomas SPRENGERS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
74	Florian VACHON	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
75	José HERRADA LOPEZ	MOVISTAR TEAM	0:02:43
76	Nairo Alexander QUINTANA	MOVISTAR TEAM	s.t.
77	Alberto LOSADA	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
78	Mirko SELVAGGI	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	0:02:50
79	Andriy GRIVKO	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:02:56
80	Tiago MACHADO	TEAM KATUSHA	0:03:29
81	Manuele BOARO	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:03:33
82	Rafal MAJKA	TINKOFF-SAXO	s.t.
83	Yannick EIJSSEN	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
84	Chris Anker SORENSEN	TINKOFF-SAXO	0:03:45
85	Johnny HOOGERLAND	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON	0:03:58
86	Pieter JACOBS	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:04:03
87	Louis VERVAEKE	LOTTO-SOUDAL	0:04:46
88	Arthur VICHOT	FDJ	0:04:49
89	Ben GASTAUER	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:05:44
90	Manuele MORI	LAMPRE - MERIDA	0:05:47
91	Valerio CONTI	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
92	Tony MARTIN	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
93	Vasil KIRYIENKA	TEAM SKY	s.t.
94	Pieter WEENING	ORICA GREENEDGE	0:05:50
95	Caleb FAIRLY	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	s.t.
96	Benoît VAUGRENARD	FDJ	0:05:53
97	Nathan HAAS	TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN	0:06:24
98	José Rodolfo SERPA	LAMPRE - MERIDA	s.t.
99	Thomas DE GENDT	LOTTO-SOUDAL	0:07:11
100	Michal GOLAS	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
101	Laurens TEN DAM	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:07:19
102	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	BMC RACING TEAM	0:07:59
103	Samuel SANCHEZ	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
104	Paul MARTENS	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:08:03
105	Sergey LAGUTIN	TEAM KATUSHA	s.t.
106	Maxime BOUET	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
107	Matthieu BOULO	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
108	Bryan COQUARD	TEAM EUROPCAR	s.t.
109	Pieter SERRY	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	s.t.
110	Youcef REGUIGUI	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:08:08
111	Alex HOWES	TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN	s.t.
112	Alessandro VANOTTI	ASTANA PRO TEAM	0:08:17
113	Laurent DIDIER	TREK FACTORY RACING	0:08:22
114	Jérôme BAUGNIES	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT	0:08:46
115	Mike TERPSTRA	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON	0:09:10
116	Armindo FONSECA	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	0:09:40
117	Brice FEILLU	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	s.t.
118	Danilo WYSS	BMC RACING TEAM	s.t.
119	Preben VAN HECKE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
120	Patrick SCHELLING	IAM CYCLING	s.t.
121	Pieter VAN SPEYBROUCK	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	0:09:52
122	Petr VAKOC	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	0:10:57
123	Christopher FROOME	TEAM SKY	0:12:19
124	Angelo TULIK	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:13:18
125	Johannes FRÖHLINGER	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	0:13:20
126	Fumiyuki BEPPU	TREK FACTORY RACING	s.t.
127	Bryan NAULEAU	TEAM EUROPCAR	0:13:28
128	Songezo JIM	MTN-QHUBEKA	0:13:42
129	Davide FRATTINI	UNITEDHEALTHCARE	0:13:51
130	Daniele RATTO	UNITEDHEALTHCARE	0:14:27
131	Frederico ZURLO	UNITEDHEALTHCARE	s.t.
132	Mike TEUNISSEN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	0:17:46
133	Reinier HONIG	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON	0:18:02

Abandons:

Imanol ERVITI	MOVISTAR TEAM
Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS	TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN
Matej MOHORIC	TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN
Benjamin KING	TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN
Rein TAARAMAE	ASTANA PRO TEAM
Philip DEIGNAN	TEAM SKY
Daniel MARTIN	TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN
Dmitry KOZONTCHUK	TEAM KATUSHA
Lars-Petter NORDHAUG	TEAM SKY
Wouter POELS	TEAM SKY
Philippe GILBERT	BMC RACING TEAM
Rory SUTHERLAND	MOVISTAR TEAM
Amaël MOINARD	BMC RACING TEAM
Peter KENNAUGH	TEAM SKY
Romain HARDY	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
Laurent PICHON	FDJ
Kévin REZA	FDJ
Anthony ROUX	FDJ
Jussi VEIKKANEN	FDJ
Clément CHEVRIER	IAM CYCLING
Jonathan FUMEAUX	IAM CYCLING
Pirmin LANG	IAM CYCLING
Jarlinson PANTANO	IAM CYCLING
Arthur VANOVERBERGHE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
Otto VERGAERDE	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
Jérome COUSIN	TEAM EUROPCAR
Nicolas EDET	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
Cheng JI	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
Clément VENTURINI	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
Simone ANTONINI	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
Boris DRON	WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT
Andreas STAUFF	MTN-QHUBEKA
Jay Robert THOMSON	MTN-QHUBEKA
Pierre-Luc PERICHON	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
Jesper ASSELMAN	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON
Alessandro BAZZANA	UNITEDHEALTHCARE
Lucas EUSER	UNITEDHEALTHCARE
Christopher JONES	UNITEDHEALTHCARE
Kiel REIJNEN	UNITEDHEALTHCARE
Yoann BAGOT	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
Perrig QUEMENEUR	TEAM EUROPCAR
Evgeny PETROV	TINKOFF-SAXO
Ivan ROVNY	TINKOFF-SAXO
Michael VALGREN	TINKOFF-SAXO
Julian ARREDONDO	TREK FACTORY RACING
Bob JUNGELS	TREK FACTORY RACING
Calvin WATSON	TREK FACTORY RACING
Matteo BONO	LAMPRE - MERIDA
Sébastien MINARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE
Matteo MONTAGUTI	AG2R LA MONDIALE
Jelle VANENDERT	LOTTO-SOUDAL
Pim LIGTHART	LOTTO-SOUDAL
Olivier LE GAC	FDJ
Romain GUILLEMOIS	TEAM EUROPCAR
Fredrik LUDVIGSSON	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
Thomas LEEZER	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO
Bertjan LINDEMAN	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO
Nicky VAN DER LIJKE	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO
Simon CLARKE	ORICA GREENEDGE
Damien HOWSON	ORICA GREENEDGE
Michael MATTHEWS	ORICA GREENEDGE
Christian MEIER	ORICA GREENEDGE
Lawson CRADDOCK	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
Thierry HUPOND	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
Alexei TCATEVICH	TEAM KATUSHA
Dennis VANENDERT	LOTTO-SOUDAL

Race map and profile:

2015 Flèche Wallonne map

2015 Flèche Wallonne profile

2015 Flèche Wallonne Photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Brice Feillu leads an escape attempt.

A beautiful day for a race.

LottoNL-Jumbo sticking together.

Daniele Ratto gives it a shot.

World Champion Michal Kwiatkowski

Vincenzo Nibali

Samuel Sanchez

Pierre Rolland

Fumiyuki Beppu

Valverde gets a clean win.

Julian Alaphilippe is second.

Michael Albasini is third.

Rinaldo Nocentini looks like he's cooked.

Jan Bakelandts finishes

2015 Flèche Wallonne podium, from left: Julian Alaphilippe, Alejandro Valverde and Michael Albasini.

Alejandro Valverde enjoys his victory.

Start list:

AG2R-LA MONDIALE

BAKELANTS Jan

BETANCUR Carlos Alberto

CHEREL Mickaël

GASTAUER Ben

MINARD Sébastien

MONTAGUTI Matteo

NOCENTINI Rinaldo

VUILLERMOZ Alexis

ASTANA

FUGLSANG Jakob

GRIVKO Andriy

NIBALI Vincenzo

SANCHEZ Luis Leon

SCARPONI Michele

TAARAMAE Rein

VANOTTI Alessandro

WESTRA Lieuwe

BMC

BOOKWALTER Brent

GILBERT Philippe

HERMANS Ben

MOINARD Amaël

SANCHEZ Samuel

TEUNS Dylan

VAN GARDEREN Tejay

WYSS Danilo

BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT

BOULO Matthieu

FEDRIGO Pierrick

FEILLU Brice

FONSECA Armindo

HIVERT Jonathan

PERICHON Pierre-Luc

SEPULVEDA Eduardo

VACHON Florian

COFIDIS

BAGOT Yohan

EDET Nicolas

HARDY Romain

MATE Luis Angel

MOLARD Rudy

ROSSETTO Stéphane

SIMON Julien

VENTURINI Clément

ETIXX-QUICK STEP

ALAPHILIPPE Julian

BOUET Maxime

BRAMBILLA Gianluca

GOLAS Michal

KWIATKOWSKI Michal

MARTIN Tony

SERRY Pieter

VAKOC Petr

FDJ

LE GAC Olivier

MORABITO Steve

PICHON Laurent

REZA Kevin

ROUX Anthony

VAUGRENARD Benoît

VEIKKANEN Jussi

VICHOT Arthur

IAM CYCLING

CHEVRIER Clement

DEVENYNS Dries

FRANK Mathias

FUMEAUX Jonathan

LANG Pirmin

PANTANO Jarlinson

REICHENBACH Sébastien

WARBASSE Larry

LAMPRE-MERIDA

BONO Matteo

CONTI Valerio

FARIARui Alberto

MORI Manuele

POLANC Jan

SERPA Jose Rodolfo

ULISSI Diego

VALLS FERRI Rafael

LOTTO-SOUDAL

ARMEE Sander

DE CLERCQ Bart

DE GENDT Thomas

LIGTHART Pim

VANENDERT Dennis

VANENDERT Jelle

VERVAEKE Louis

WELLENS Tim

MOVISTAR

ERVITI Imanol

HERRADA LOPEZ José

IZAGUIRRE Gorka

QUINTANA Nairo Alexander

ROJAS Jose Joaquin

SUTHERLAND Rory

VALVERDE Alejandro

VISCONTI Giovanni

MTN-QHUBEKA

CUMMINGS Stephen

JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques

JIM Songezo

PAUWELS Serge

REGUIGUI Youcef

SBARAGLI Kristian

STAUFF Andreas

THOMSON Jay Robert

ORICA-GREENEDGE

ALBASINI Michael

CHAVES Johan Esteban

CLARKE Simon

HOWSON Damien

MATTHEWS Michael

MEIER Christian

WEENING Pieter

YATES Simon

CANNONDALE-GARMIN

FORMOLO Davide

HAAS Nathan

HOWES Alex

KING Benjamin

MARTIN Daniel

MOHORIC Matej

NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas

SLAGTER Tom Jelte

EUROPCAR

ARASHIRO Yukiya

COQUARD Bryan

COUSIN Jerome

GAUTIER Cyril

GUILLEMOIS Romain

NAULLEAU Bryan

QUEMENEUR Perrig

ROLLAND Pierre

GIANT-ALPECIN

BARGUIL Warren

CRADDOCK Lawson

FAIRLY Caleb

FROHLINGER Johannes

HUPOND Thierry

LUDVIGSSON Fredrik

OLIVIER Daan

PREIDLER Georg

KATUSHA

CARUSO Giampaolo

KOZONTCHUK DmitrIy

LAGUTIN Sergey

LOSADA Alberto

MACHADO Tiago

MORENO Daniel

RODRIGUEZ Joaquin

TSATEVITCH Alexey

LOTTO NL-JUMBO

DE WEERT Kevin

GESINK Robert

KELDERMAN Wilco

LEEZER Tom

LINDEMAN Bertjan

MARTENS Paul

TEN DAM Laurens

TEUNISSEN Mike

ROOMPOT

ASSELMAN Jesper

DE MAAR Marc

DUYN Huub

HONIG Reinier

HOOGERLAND Johnny

KREDER Michel

LAMMERTINK Maurits

TERPSTRA Mike

SKY

DEIGNAN Philip

FROOME Christopher

HENAO Sergio

KENNAUGH Peter

KIRYIENKA Vasil

NORDHAUG Lars Petter

POELS Wouter

ROCHE Nicholas

TINKOFF-SAXO

BOARO Manuele

KISERLOVSKI Robert

KREUZIGER Roman

MAJKA Rafal

PETROV Evgeni

ROVNY Ivan

SØRENSEN Chris Anker

VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael

TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE

CAMPENAERTS Victor

DE TIER Floris

JACOBS Pieter

SPRENGERS Thomas

VAN HECKE Preben

VANOVERBERGHE Arthur

VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter

VERGAERDE Otto

TREK

ARREDONDO Julian

BEPPU Fumiyuki

DIDIER Laurent

FELLINE Fabio

JUNGELS Bob

MOLLEMA Bauke

SCHLECK Frank

WATSON Calvin

UNITED HEALTHCARE

BAZZANA Alessandro

CANOLA Marco

EUSER Lucas

FRATTINI Davide

JONES Christopher

RATTO Daniele

REIJNEN Kiel

ZURLO Federico

WANTY–GROUPE GOBERT

ANTONINI Simone

BAUGNIES Jérôme

DE GREEF Francis

DRON Boris

EIJSSEN Yannick

GASPAROTTO Enrico

MINNAARD Marco

SELVAGGI Mirko