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Fleche Wallonne Discussion
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| Laurens147 |
Posted on 03-01-2026 10:10
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 [PT] Fleche Wallonne
Report by Imladrik
| Year | Winner | Runner-up | Third | | | | | | | | 2024 | LOPEZ Miguel Angel | ARDILA Andres Camilo | ARERUYA Joseph | | | | | | | | 2023 | LOPEZ Miguel Angel | LUTSENKO Alexey | GIDICH Yevgeniy | | | | | | | | 2022 | LOPEZ Miguel Angel | FORMOLO Davide | BUCHMANN Emanuel | | | | | | | | 2021 | DE BIE Sean | VAKOC Peter | LUTSENKO Alexey | | | | | | | | 2020 | KINOSHITA Tomohiro | KORETZKY Clement | SKUJINS Toms | | | | | | | | 2019 | BAKELANTS Jan | PONZI Simone | MOHORIC Matej | | | | | | | | 2018 | PONZI Simone | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | SAGAN Peter | | | | | | | | 2017 | GINANNI Francesco | BAKELANTS Jan | KELDERMAN Wilco | | | | | | | | 2016 | KELDERMAN Wilco | TROFIMOV Yuri | BAKELANTS Jan | | | | | | | | 2015 | PONZI Simone | SPILAK Simon | TROFIMOV Yuri | | | | | | | | 2014 | GINANNI Francesco | PONZI Simone | TROFIMOV Yuri | | | | | | | | 2013 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | VAN GARDEREN Tejay | CLAEYS Dimitri | | | | | | | | 2012 | CHAVANEL Sylvain | ALBASINI Michael | PATERSKI Maciej | | | | | | | | 2011 | CUNEGO Damiano | GESINK Robert | SPILAK Simon | | | | | | | | 2010 | RICCO Riccardo | SCHLECK Frank | CUNEGO Damiano | | | | | | | | 2009 | BOOGERD Michael | SCHLECK Frank | DI LUCA Danilo | | | | | | | | 2008 | VALVERDE Alejandro | BOOGERD Michael | RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin | | | | | | | | 2007 | SCHLECK Frank | CUNEGO Damiano | KIRCHEN Kim | | | | | | |
| 1 | Miguel Angel Lopez | Evonik - ELKO | 4h32'58 | | | | | | | | 2 | Andres Camilo Ardila | MOL Cycling Team | s.t. | | | | | | | | 3 | Joseph Areruya | Xero Racing | 13" | | | | | | | | 4 | Yevgeniy Gidich | King Power | s.t. | | | | | | | | 5 | Alexey Lutsenko | Gazelle | s.t. | | | | | | | | 6 | Davide Formolo | Rabobank | s.t. | | | | | | | | 7 | Mauri Vansevenant | Fastned | 30" | | | | | | | | 8 | Sergio Higuita | Oxxo - Frisby | s.t. | | | | | | | | 9 | Attila Valter | Aker - MOT | s.t. | | | | | | | | 10 | Toms Skujins | Tinkoff Team - La Datcha | s.t. | | | | | | |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MM | HL | ST | RS | RC | AC |  Lopez | Miguel Angel | COL | 31 | 82 | 84 | 76 | 74 | 74 | 78 |  Areruya | Joseph | RWA | 29 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 78 | 79 | 76 |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MM | HL | ST | RS | RC | AC |  Higuita | Sergio | COL | 28 | 80 | 80 | 76 | 78 | 79 | 75 |  Vansevenant | Mauri | BEL | 26 | 78 | 81 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 80 |  Gidich | Yevgeniy | KAZ | 29 | 80 | 83 | 78 | 77 | 73 | 75 |  Valter | Attila | HUN | 27 | 79 | 80 | 76 | 75 | 74 | 78 |
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| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MM | HL | ST | RS | RC | AC |  Schmid | Mauro | SWI | 26 | 78 | 79 | 73 | 78 | 73 | 79 |  Mohoric | Matej | SLO | 31 | 77 | 83 | 78 | 72 | 72 | 77 |  Bagioli | Andrea | ITA | 26 | 77 | 80 | 77 | 73 | 71 | 78 |  Aranburu | Alex | ESP | 30 | 79 | 80 | 70 | 79 | 74 | 71 |  Kinoshita | Tomohiro | JPN | 34 | 76 | 81 | 77 | 74 | 70 | 74 | | Romo | Javier | ESP | 26 | 76 | 80 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 71 |  Skujins | Toms | LAT | 34 | 75 | 81 | 77 | 74 | 70 | 73 |
Other leaders
| Last name | First name | Country | Age | MM | HL | ST | RS | RC | AC |  Van Eetvelt | Lennert | BEL | 24 | 76 | 75 | 75 | 75 | 70 | 73 |  Schlegel | Michal | CZE | 30 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 74 | 76 | 75 |  Yates | Simon | GBR | 33 | 75 | 80 | 76 | 69 | 71 | 79 |  Aleotti | Giovanni | ITA | 26 | 76 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 75 | 75 |  Gaudu | David | FRA | 29 | 75 | 78 | 78 | 75 | 71 | 70 |  Frankiny | Kilian | SWI | 31 | 77 | 76 | 72 | 75 | 77 | 75 |  De Plus | Laurens | BEL | 30 | 78 | 79 | 74 | 73 | 71 | 72 |  Formolo | Davide | ITA | 33 | 79 | 79 | 75 | 75 | 72 | 70 |  Van Dijke | Mick | NED | 25 | 76 | 78 | 74 | 75 | 72 | 74 |  Madouas | Valentin | FRA | 29 | 76 | 77 | 76 | 73 | 76 | 73 |  Buchmann | Emanuel | GER | 33 | 78 | 80 | 71 | 72 | 72 | 71 |  Demare | Arnaud | FRA | 34 | 72 | 78 | 72 | 69 | 77 | 78 |
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| knockout |
Posted on 03-01-2026 10:45
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That honor roll looks nice. Lets continue the same way...
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| ember |
Posted on 03-01-2026 10:55
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Feels like we always struggle here, at least the past 10 seasons. Fingers crossed Valter can be lucky with his positioning this time around, and have some kind of kick at the Muur, assuming we get a sprint for the win. MAL must be the overwhelming favourite, purely due to history, which is quite a thing, winning it three in a row in such a stacked field. |
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| SotD |
Posted on 03-01-2026 11:18
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It was Kinoshita who destroyed the Dream of winning here with Koretzky back in the days. It would be fitting for him to win once more as an apology! 
I suspect this one will be so tough that a top 10 won’t happen. But we are still dreaming!
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Posted on 28-01-2026 22:59
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 03-01-2026 15:59
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This one should suit Aranburu the most of the Ardennes, since it's shorter and the final climb should utilize resistance a bit. But we'll see what happens!
Thanks for the preview.
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 03-01-2026 17:43
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The goal will be to beat the 17th of Amstel.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 03-01-2026 18:21
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No Remco to save us here, so Formolo and Kron will need to step up!
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 04-01-2026 00:09
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Amstel probably suited MVD more, so dont even want to guess the outcome here! Anything is a bonus I guess.
Thanks for the preview!
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| SotD |
Posted on 04-01-2026 15:19
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Amazing result here to get 8th. Unfortunately the depth points was woeful so we don’t get a better output than Amstel. Still, both races are almost exactly on point with 100 points scored from each race.
Liege - Bastogne - Liege is expected to land 25 points more, so we need to get atleast a similar result there.
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 04-01-2026 15:37
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It looks like the decline has hit Formolo way harder than I had anticipated. Using him as the main hilly leader while sending Champoussin to two Grand Tours might have been a mistake.
Thanks for the report!
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| Bikex |
Posted on 04-01-2026 16:03
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So he can do it! This victory is very important for Gidich after a disappointing Amstel and also a not that good season from him so far. Also kudos to the team for keeping things together so well and also Simmons contributing to our scoring here with his 15th place.
Thanks for the report! |
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| AbhishekLFC |
Posted on 04-01-2026 16:13
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Wow
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| Ollfardh |
Posted on 04-01-2026 16:24
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Yeah, see you all in the offseason.
Changed my sig, this was getting absurd.
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| baseballlover312 |
Posted on 04-01-2026 17:57
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Congrats bikex on the win!
Very happy with 6th from Aranburu here. As expected, Fleche is kind of the ideal route for Aranburu in this engine, it being short and with one main grueling climb. We beat some big names here with a pretty weak roster, so very satisfied with that result.
Thanks for the report!
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| ember |
Posted on 04-01-2026 19:32
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Thank you for the report, Imladrik!
Can have been a worse day for Valter, or maybe combined with a better day for Romo. Looked like Romo had the better positioning going into the sprint for us, while Valter started very far back. 12th and 14th is fine on what I hope was a bad day for Valter. Fingers crossed he does similar to last season’s Andenes campaign, where he also won AGR, struggled on the Muur, but bounced back in LBL.
Rodriguez in 23rd is also some bonus points I’m very happy to take!
Congratulations on a cool, and I must admit, slightly surprising win, Bikex! Very nice to finally have Gidich do something brilliant in these classics. |
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Posted on 04-01-2026 22:12
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Im not happy about the result but gotta admit its still solid and the team support looked strong and Adria got a nice secondary result too. But overall slightly disappointing considering the previous success. Congrats Bikex!
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| redordead |
Posted on 05-01-2026 08:37
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I guess the holiday hangover continues.
"I am a cyclist, I may not be the best, but that is what I strive to be. I may never get there, but I will never quit trying." - Tadej Pogačar
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| Nemolito |
Posted on 05-01-2026 08:52
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Wow, another podium by Higuita surely shows he's loving the new game version a lot. And once again nice set up by Carcueva as well Also nice to see Vacek getting some breakaway experience.
Thank you Laurens and Imladrik for yet another great preview and fantastic report!
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| Eden95 |
Posted on 06-01-2026 03:50
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Congrats Bikex on Gidich deciding to wake up and take a good win!
Total anonymity for us, maybe we can try something in Liege.
Thanks for the report!
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