La Flèche Wallonne 2017 [LAST 2 KM]

April 19, 2017

La Flèche Wallonne 2017– Binche – Mur du Huy – 204,5 km

The 2017 La Flèche Wallonne is a road cycling one-day race that is scheduled to take place on 19 April. It will be the 81st edition of the La Flèche Wallonne and will be the seventeenth event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.

Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) won Flèche Wallonne for the fourth successive year after he once again proved the strongest atop the Mur de Huy. Dan Martin (Quick-Step) made his traditional late charge to place second, while Dylan Teuns (BMC) saw off Sergio Henao (Sky) for third.

Diego Rosa (Sky) set the pace at the base of the climb for Michal Kwiatkowski, but the first telling acceleration didn’t come until close to the summit, when highly-touted youngster David Gaudu (FDJ) jumped clear.

Valverde responded in kind, drawing level and then ripping clear to establish a winning lead. Martin came from a long way back and through a lot of traffic to take second place, but nobody threatened to make any inroads into Valverde’s lead.

Teuns pipped Henao for third, while Michael Albasini (Orica-Scott) took fifth.

It was Valverde’s fifth Fleche Wallonne win in total, and he attributed this latest success to “confidence and strength.”

The finale was animated by an attack from Bob Jungels (Quick-Step), who bridged across to Alessandro De Marchi (BMC) following the penultimate ascent of the Mur de Huy, and then forged clear alone with 12 kilometres to go.

Jungels had a lead of 50 seconds at the base of the second last climb, the Cote de Cherave, and led into the base of the Mur de Huy, but was caught as Rosa wound up the pace on the lower slopes.

Results :
1 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 5:15:37
2 Daniel Martin (Irl) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:01
3 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team
4 Sergio Henao (Col) Team Sky
5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica-Scott
6 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Sunweb
7 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky
8 Rudy Molard (Fra) FDJ
9 David Gaudu (Fra) FDJ
10 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
11 Michael Woods (Can) Cannondale-Drapac
12 Jon Izaguirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
13 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:08
14 Pierre Roger Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
15 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
16 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
17 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:13
18 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
19 Jay McCarthy (Aus) Bora-Hansgrohe
20 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Direct Energie 0:00:16
21 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) Cannondale-Drapac
22 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
23 Rigoberto Uran (Col) Cannondale-Drapac 0:00:21
24 Eduardo Sepulveda (Arg) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
25 Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:24
26 Alexis Vuillermoz (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
27 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:29
28 Igor Anton (Spa) Dimension Data
29 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:35
30 Diego Rosa (Ita) Team Sky
31 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:37
32 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Sunweb 0:00:39
33 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:42
34 Arthur Vichot (Fra) FDJ
35 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:00:45
36 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data
37 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:48
38 Paul Martens (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:00:50
39 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:53
40 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:00:54
41 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
42 Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
43 Rúben Guerreiro (Por) Trek-Segafredo
44 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
45 Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE Team Emirates
46 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 0:01:01
47 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team
48 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
49 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Movistar Team
50 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
51 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors
52 Cyril Gautier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
53 Simone Petilli (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
54 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
55 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:13
56 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
57 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Astana Pro Team
58 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:01:17
59 Floris De Tier (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:01:21
60 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data
61 Lilian Calmejane (Fra) Direct Energie
62 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team
63 Armindo Fonseca (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:01:26
64 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky
65 Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:34
66 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
67 Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb
68 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
69 Jose Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:38
70 Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:01:44
71 Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:01:52
72 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Orica-Scott 0:02:09
73 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data
74 André Cardoso (Por) Trek-Segafredo
75 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team
76 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Trek-Segafredo
77 Luis Angel Mate (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
78 Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:02:13
79 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Movistar Team
80 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data
81 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal
82 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
83 Alex Howes (USA) Cannondale-Drapac
84 Simon Clarke (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac
85 Brendan Canty (Aus) Cannondale-Drapac
86 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept
87 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:02:20
88 Alexey Vermeulen (USA) Team LottoNl-Jumbo
89 Andrea Pasqualon (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:02:23
90 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Direct Energie
91 Romain Sicard (Fra) Direct Energie 0:02:27
92 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
93 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:02:31
94 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
95 Antoine Warnier (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
96 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
97 Bryan Nauleau (Fra) Direct Energie
98 Amael Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
99 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 0:02:41
100 Christophe Masson (Fra) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
101 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 0:02:46
102 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Bahrain-Merida
103 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:56
104 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky
105 Michel Kreder (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport
106 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:00
107 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:04
108 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb
109 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Katusha-Alpecin 0:03:11
110 Fabien Grellier (Fra) Direct Energie 0:03:14
111 Kevin Reza (Fra) FDJ 0:03:19
112 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky 0:03:22
113 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo – Vital Concept 0:03:30
114 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:03:32
115 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors
116 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 0:03:55
117 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
118 Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty – Groupe Gobert 0:04:20
119 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Lotto Soudal 0:04:36
120 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
121 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
122 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:05:51
123 Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky
124 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe
125 Jack Haig (Aus) Orica-Scott
126 Petr Vakoc (Cze) Quick-Step Floors 0:05:54
127 Matej Mohoric (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
128 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
129 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data
130 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Orica-Scott 0:06:09
131 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida 0:06:16
132 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0:06:42
133 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-Scott 0:07:04
134 Toms Skujins (Lat) Cannondale-Drapac
135 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team
136 Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 0:07:14
137 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica-Scott 0:07:16
138 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:07:46
139 Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ 0:08:56
140 Quentin Jauregui (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
141 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:08:59
142 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie
143 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe
144 Anthony Perez (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
145 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team
146 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team
147 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:09:05
148 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Sunweb
149 Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Team Sunweb
150 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
151 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin