La Flèche Wallonne 2024

La Flèche Wallonne 2024 overview

La Flèche Wallonne is the first of the two one-day races that bring the curtains down on the Spring Classics. The race takes place on Wednesday, 17 April in the French-speaking Wallonne region of Belgium.

Year after year, the race provides an explosive, albeit expected final sprint up the punishingly steep Mur de Huy. The is unique in the WorldTour as the only one-day race which concludes on a finishing climb on the fearsome 20+ per cent gradients of the Mur de Huy. While the race is not a Monument, and doesn’t have the unpredictability that other more beloved Classics have, the final climb makes this race a spectacle every year.

The first edition took place in 1936 and it has run ever since, with the only pause coming in 1940 during World War II. The 80+ years of history is a who’s-who of Classics and Grand Tour champions, including Fausto Coppi, Rik Van Steenbergen, Eddy Merckx, Raymond Poulidor, Roger De Vlaeminck, Bernard Hinault, Bernard Hinault, Alejandro Valverde and, most recently, Tadej Pogačar.

This is the first race in this year's Classics season that will be without any of the three Classics stars of the peloton. Mathieu van der Poel and Pogačar are skipping the event, as is Wout van Aert who is not racing due to injury. In their absence, all eyes will be on the likes of past winners Marc Hirschi and Dylan Teuns, as well as a whole host of other riders hoping to add their names to the prestigious list of former winners at the race.

La Flèche Wallonne 2024 key information

When is the 2024 La Flèche Wallonne? The race will take place on Wednesday, 17 April.

Where does the 2024 La Flèche Wallonne take place? The race will start in the Belgian town of Charleroi and end in the outskirts of Huy, with the finish on top of the fearsome Mur de Huy.

Who won La Flèche Wallonne in 2023? Tadej Pogačar won the race in 2023 ahead of Mattias Skjelmose and Mikel Landa.

When did La Flèche Wallonne start? Philémon De Meersman won the first edition of La Flèche Wallonne in 1936.

Who has the most wins at La Flèche Wallonne? Alejandro Valverde has the most wins at La Flèche Wallone at five titles.

Which teams are racing La Flèche Wallonne in 2024? La Flèche Wallone is a WorldTour race and will see the full collection of 18 WorldTour teams take part. Seven ProTour teams will also be at the race making up the full 25-team peloton of 175 riders.

WorldTour teams:

• Alpecin-Deceuninck
• Arkéa-B&B Hotels
• Astana Qazaqstan
• Bahrain Victorious
• Bora-Hansgrohe
• Cofidis
• Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
• EF Education-EasyPost
• Groupama-FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché-Wanty
• Lidl-Trek
• Movistar Team
• Soudal Quick-Step
• dsm-firmenich PostNL
• Jayco AlUla
• Visma-Lease a Bike
• UAE Team Emirates

ProTour teams:

• Lotto Dstny
• Israel-Premier Tech
• Uno-X Mobility
• TotalEnergies
• Euskaltel-Euskadi
• Bingoal WB
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling

What happened at the 2023 La Flèche Wallonne?

Tadej Pogačar won his first La Flèche Wallonne with a commanding acceleration on the Mur de Huy. Pogačar outkicked Mattias Skjelmose and Mikel Landa on the punishingly steep slopes of the final climb.

La Flèche Wallonne’s previous winners

2023 Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates

2022 Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain Victorious

2021 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep

2020 Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb

2019 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Deceuninck-Quickstep

2018 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors

2017 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team

2016 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team

2015 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team

2014 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team

2013 Daniel Moreno (Esp) Team Katusha

2012 Joaquim Rodríguez (Esp) Team Katusha

2011 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma–Lotto

2010 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team

2009 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Diquigiovanni–Androni

2008 Kim Kirchen Lux) Team High Road

2007 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner

2006 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears

2005 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas–Bianchi

2004 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner

2003 Igor Astarloa (Esp) Saeco Macchine per Caffè

2002 Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto–Adecco

2001 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto–Adecco

2000 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Vini Caldirola–Sidermec

1999 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei–Quick-Step

1998 Bo Hamburger (Den) Casino–Ag2r

1997 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE

1996 Lance Armstrong (USA) Motorola

1995 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) ONCE

1994 Moreno Argentin (Ita) Gewiss–Ballan

1993 Maurizio Fondriest (Ita) Lampre

1992 Giorgio Furlan (Ita) Ariostea

1991 Moreno Argentin (Ita) Ariostea

1990 Moreno Argentin (Ita) Ariostea

1989 Claude Criquielion (Bel) Hitachi-Merckx-Mavic

1988 Rolf Golz (Ger) Superconfex-Yoko

1987 Jean-Claude Leclercq (Fra) Toshiba-Look

1986 Laurent Fignon (Fra) Système U

1985 Claude Criquielion (Bel) Hitachi-Splendor-Sunair

1984 Kim Andersen (Den) Coop-Hoonved

1983 Bernard Hinault (Fra) Renault-Elf-Gitane

1982 Mario Beccia (Ita) Hoonved-Bottechia

1981 Daniel Willems (Bel) Capri Sonne-Koga Miyata

1980 Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) Gis Gelati-Colnago

1979 Bernard Hinault (Fra) Renault-Gitane-Campagnolo

1978 Michel Laurent (Fra) Peugeot-Esso-Michelin

1977 Francesco Moser (Ita) Sanson

1976 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) GAN-Mercier-Hutchinson

1975 Andre Dierickx (Bel) Rokado

1974 Frans Verbeeck (Bel) Watney-Maes

1973 Andre Dierickx (Bel) Flandria-Shimano-Carpenter

1972 Eddy Merckx (Bel) Molteni

1971 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) Mars-Flandria

1970 Eddy Merckx (Bel) Faemino

1969 Jos Huysmans (Bel) Dr.Mann-Grundig

1968 Rik van Looy (Bel) Willem II-Gazelle

1967 Eddy Merckx (Bel) Peugeot-BP-Michelin

1966 Michele Dancelli (Ita) Molteni

1965 Roberto Poggiali (Ita) Ignis

1964 Gilbert Desmet (Bel) Wiel's-Groene Leeuw

1963 Raymond Poulidor (Fra) Mercier-BP-Hutchinson

1962 Henri Dewolf (Bel) Baratti-Milano

1961 Willy Vannitsen (Bel) Gitane-Geminiani-Leroux-Dunlop

1960 Pino Cerami (Bel) Peugeot-BP-Dunlop

1959 Jos Hoevenaars (Bel) Faema

1958 Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) Elvé-Peugeot-Marvan

1957 Raymond Impanis (Bel) Peugeot-BP

1956 Richard van Genechten (Bel) Elvé-Peugeot

1955 Stan Ockers (Bel) Elvé-Peugeot

1954 Germain Derijcke (Bel) Alcyon-Dunlop

1953 Stan Ockers (Bel) Peugeot-Dunlop

1952 Ferdi Kubler (Sui) Tebag

1951 Ferdi Kubler (Sui) Tebag

1950 Fausto Coppi (Ita) Bianchi-Ursus

1949 Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) Mercier-Hutchinson

1948 Fermo Camellini (Ita) Métropole

1947 Ernest Sterckx (Bel) Alcyon-Dunlop

1946 Desire Keteleer (Bel) Groene Leeuw

1945 Marcel Kint (Bel)

1944 Marcel Kint (Bel)

1943 Marcel Kint (Bel)

1942 Karel Thijs (Bel)

1941 Sylvain Grysolle (Bel)

1940 No race

1939 Edmond Delathouwer (Bel) Leducq-Mercier

1938 Émile Masson Jr. (Bel)

1937 Adolphe Braeckeveldt (Bel) Helyett

1936 Philemon Demeersman (Bel) La Française

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