2019 La Flèche Wallonne (World Tour), Belgium
83rd edition: Wednesday, April 24, 2019
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Ans - Mur de Huy, 195 km
Julian Alahilippe wins La Flèche Wallonne for the second year in a row. Photo: ASO/Gautier Demouveaux
Weather at the finish city of Huy at 3:20 PM, local time: 22C (72F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 35 km/hr (22 mph).
The race: 175 riders started the race at 11:30.
Here's the organizer's race summary:
A year after overthrowing Alejandro Valverde from his throne, Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step) conquered the Mur de Huy again to take his second victory on La Flèche Wallonne. The race opened up much earlier than usual but the Frenchman was once again the strongest in the final climb to edge Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), one of his most intimate enemies. Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) ahead of the youngsters Bjorg Lambrecht (Lotto Soudal) and Maximilian Schachmann (Bora-Hansgrohe). Julian Alaphilippe is only the fourth rider to win Milan-Sanremo and La Flèche Wallonne the same year after Eddy Merckx, Maurizio Fondriest and Laurent Jalabert.
Oscar Rodriguez (Euskadi-Murias) quickly abandons due to illness and lets a nervous pack of 174 riders fight for the breakaway. Attacks fly and it takes 9 km for Joseph Rosskopf (CCC Team), Robin Carpenter (Rally UHC Cycling) and Kenneth Van Rooy (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) to get away from the pack. Tom Wirgten (Wallonie Bruxelles) and then Koen Bouwman (Jumbo-Visma) successively join them at the front.
The gap goes up to 5’45” before Julian Alahilippe’s Deceuninck-Quick Step start pulling the peloton 25 km into the race. Their acceleration on wind-exposed roads briefly splits the bunch until things get back to normal after 35 km. The attackers’ margin then stabilises between 4 and 5 minutes on the way to the first ascents of the day, the côte de Tancrémont (km 46) and the côte des Forges (km 57). Kenneth Van Rooy summits them first.
The situation heats up again with 95 km to go. Two successive crashes split the peloton and riders such as Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana), Enric Mas (Deceunicnk-Quick Step) participate setting a hard pace at the front. Things were back to normal when the race entered the final circuit, 118km away from the finish. The gap between the attackers and the peloton is down to 3’30”.
Van Rooy is dropped in the côte d’Ereffe. Cesare Benedetti (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Pierre-Luc Périchon (Cofidis) accelerate from the bunch and are joined by Damiano Caruso (Bahrain-Merida) in the côte de Cherave while Van Rooy is dropped from the leading group. Things also get too hard for Tom Wirtgen in the first ascent of the Mur de Huy and three riders remain at the front with 58 km to go.
Tom Jelte Slagter (Dimension Data) and Nathan Haas (Katusha Alpecin) join the chasing group in the valley, quickly followed by Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal) and Michael Gogl (Trek-Segafredo) while Julian Alaphilippe sustains a bike change. The second ascent of the côte de Cherave is too much for Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates) and Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe). In the following downhill, Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), Roman Kreuziger (Dimension Data) and Domenico Pozzovivo (Bahrain-Merida) suffer a hard crash.
Joseph Rosskopf goes solo in the second ascent of the Mur de Huy, while all the chasers are caught by a peloton. Bjorg Lambrecht (Lotto Soudal) sets the pace in the climb and a split happens after the summit, with 20 riders joining Rosskopf. Julian Alaphilippe and Alejandro Valverde are absent from this move and their teammates bring them back to the leaders 23 km away from the finish.
Tomasz Marczynski (Lotto Soudal) attacks two kilometres later. He is joined by Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Merida) with 9km to go. Deceuninck-Quick Step and Bora-Hansgrohe set the pace in the bunch, 15” behind them, and Enric Mas (Deceuninck-Quick Step) closes the gap in the final ascent of the côte de Cherave, with 6.5km to go.
Things finally come down to the final ascent of the Mur de Huy: 1.3km at 9.6%. Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) takes the front position with 600 metres to go. Then Jakob Fuglsang (Astana) attacks, only to see Julian Alaphilippe follow his move and edge him in the final 100 metres.
Complete Results:
195 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.630 km/hr
1 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE | DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP | 4hr 55min 14sec |
2 | JAKOB FUGLSANG | ASTANA | s.t. |
3 | DIEGO ULISSI | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | @ 6sec |
4 | BJORG LAMBRECHT | LOTTO SOUDAL | 08'' |
5 | MAXIMILIAN SCHACHMANN | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
6 | BAUKE MOLLEMA | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
7 | PATRICK KONRAD | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
8 | MICHAEL MATTHEWS | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
9 | JELLE VANENDERT | LOTTO SOUDAL | 11'' |
10 | ENRICO GASPAROTTO | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
11 | ALEJANDRO VALVERDE | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
12 | BENOIT COSNEFROY | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
13 | ROMAIN BARDET | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
14 | DYLAN TEUNS | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
15 | LAURENS DE PLUS | JUMBO-VISMA | s.t. |
16 | MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI | TEAM SKY | s.t. |
17 | TIM WELLENS | LOTTO SOUDAL | 15'' |
18 | GUILLAUME MARTIN | WANTY-GOBERT | 19'' |
19 | RUDY MOLARD | GROUPAMA-FDJ | 23'' |
20 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | 25'' |
21 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI | CCC TEAM | s.t. |
22 | WOUT POELS | TEAM SKY | 30'' |
23 | SIMON CLARKE | EF EDUCATION FIRST | 36'' |
24 | JESUS HERRADA | COFIDIS | 38'' |
25 | GIULIO CICCONE | TREK-SEGAFREDO | 42'' |
26 | RUI COSTA | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | 45'' |
27 | DAVIDE FORMOLO | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
28 | DAMIEN HOWSON | MITCHELTON-SCOTT | 56'' |
29 | GORKA IZAGIRRE | ASTANA | 1' 24'' |
30 | ENRIC MAS NICOLAU | DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP | 1' 45'' |
31 | ALEXEY LUTSENKO | ASTANA | s.t. |
32 | THOMAS SPRENGERS | SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | 1' 47'' |
33 | CARLOS BETANCUR | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
34 | SERGE PAUWELS | CCC TEAM | s.t. |
35 | DIMITRI PEYSKENS | WALLONIE BRUXELLES | s.t. |
36 | SÉBASTIEN REICHENBACH | GROUPAMA-FDJ | 1' 57'' |
37 | MIKAEL CHEREL | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 1' 59'' |
38 | MATHIAS FRANK | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 2' 01'' |
39 | JAY MC CARTHY | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
40 | VALENTIN MADOUAS | GROUPAMA-FDJ | 2' 02'' |
41 | JOSEPH ROSSKOPF | CCC TEAM | 2' 06'' |
42 | NATHAN HAAS | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | 2' 07'' |
43 | CARLOS VERONA | MOVISTAR | 2' 29'' |
44 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ | ASTANA | s.t. |
45 | ELIOT LIETAER | WALLONIE BRUXELLES | s.t. |
46 | DAVID GAUDU | GROUPAMA-FDJ | 2' 41'' |
47 | TOMASZ MARCZYNSKI | LOTTO SOUDAL | 3' 22'' |
48 | TOM-JELTE SLAGTER | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
49 | MATEJ MOHORIC | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | s.t. |
50 | DRIES DEVENYNS | DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP | 4' 52'' |
51 | LAWRENCE WARBASSE | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 5' 36'' |
52 | ROBERT GESINK | JUMBO-VISMA | 5' 45'' |
53 | TADEJ POGACAR | UAE TEAM EMIRATES | 6' 01'' |
54 | DAMIANO CARUSO | BAHRAIN-MERIDA | 6' 19'' |
55 | MICHAEL WOODS | EF EDUCATION FIRST | s.t. |
56 | WINNER ANDREW ANACONA | MOVISTAR | 6' 24'' |
57 | DAVIDE VILLELLA | ASTANA | s.t. |
58 | ANDREY AMADOR | MOVISTAR | s.t. |
59 | ANTHONY PEREZ | COFIDIS | s.t. |
60 | NICOLAS ROCHE | TEAM SUNWEB | 6' 27'' |
61 | MARIO GONZALEZ | EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY | 6' 30'' |
62 | TOMS SKUJINS | TREK-SEGAFREDO | 6' 47'' |
63 | AUGUST JENSEN | ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY | 7' 26'' |
64 | MAXIME MONFORT | LOTTO SOUDAL | 7' 27'' |
65 | LUIS ANGEL MATE | COFIDIS | s.t. |
66 | ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING | WANTY-GOBERT | s.t. |
67 | KEVIN DELTOMBE | SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | s.t. |
68 | FABIEN DOUBEY | WANTY-GOBERT | 7' 33'' |
69 | MICHAEL GOGL | TREK-SEGAFREDO | 7' 34'' |
70 | JAN BAKELANTS | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
71 | SANDER ARMEE | LOTTO SOUDAL | s.t. |
72 | JULIEN SIMON | COFIDIS | 7' 37'' |
73 | JOSÉ GONÇALVES | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | 7' 40'' |
74 | ROMAIN SEIGLE | GROUPAMA-FDJ | 7' 47'' |
75 | NATHAN BROWN | EF EDUCATION FIRST | 7' 48'' |
76 | THOMAS DEGAND | WANTY-GOBERT | s.t. |
77 | TOSH VAN DER SANDE | LOTTO SOUDAL | 7' 57'' |
78 | CESARE BENEDETTI | BORA-HANSGROHE | 8' 00'' |
79 | JULIEN BERNARD | TREK-SEGAFREDO | s.t. |
80 | PAUL MARTENS | JUMBO-VISMA | s.t. |
81 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE | TEAM SKY | s.t. |
82 | LOUIS VERVAEKE | TEAM SUNWEB | s.t. |
83 | GREGOR MÜHLBERGER | BORA-HANSGROHE | s.t. |
84 | ENRICO BATTAGLIN | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | 8' 22'' |
85 | KOEN BOUWMAN | JUMBO-VISMA | 8' 50'' |
86 | JONAS KOCH | CCC TEAM | 8' 54'' |
87 | PETR VAKOC | DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP | 9' 15'' |
88 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | COFIDIS | 9' 49'' |
89 | ROBIN CARPENTER | RALLY UHC CYCLING | s.t. |
90 | RUBEN GUERREIRO | KATUSHA-ALPECIN | 10' 29'' |
91 | TOBIAS LUDVIGSSON | GROUPAMA-FDJ | 10' 53'' |
92 | MARCO MINNAARD | WANTY-GOBERT | s.t. |
93 | COLIN JOYCE | RALLY UHC CYCLING | 10' 58'' |
94 | OMAR FRAILE | ASTANA | s.t. |
95 | RYAN ANDERSON | RALLY UHC CYCLING | s.t. |
96 | DANIEL TUREK | ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY | s.t. |
97 | AARON VERWILST | SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | 11' 10'' |
98 | MATHIJS PAASSCHENS | WALLONIE BRUXELLES | 11' 18'' |
99 | AURÉLIEN PARET | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 11' 37'' |
100 | MICHAEL VALGREN | DIMENSION DATA | 11' 38'' |
101 | SEAN BENNETT | EF EDUCATION FIRST | 11' 55'' |
102 | TOM WIRTGEN | WALLONIE BRUXELLES | 16' 45'' |
2019 Flèche Wallonne map
2019 Flèche Wallonne profile
2019 Flèche Wallonne photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
World road champion Alejandro Valverde waves to the crowd during the opening presentation ceremonies.
Tim Wellens
Dan Martin heads to the start
2018 winner Julian Alaphilippe waits for the start.
Looks like it's about time to race
The peloton races across Wallonia.
And it was a nice day for a bicycle race.
Peter Sagan
Petr Vakoc ascends the Mur de Huy
Jay McCarthy enjoys the climb.
Gavin Mannion
Sean Bennett
A few meters from the line it's down to Jakob Fuglsang (left) and Julian Alaphilippe
Julian Alaphilippe leads Jakob Fuglsang.
The race is Alaphilippe's
Winner Julian Alaphilippe
The podium, from left: Jakob Fuglsang (2nd), Julian Alaphilippe & Diego Ulissi (3rd)
Start list with backnumbers, April 23, 2019:
DECEUNINCK - QUICK STEP | |
1 | JULIAN ALAPHILIPPE |
2 | RÉMI CAVAGNA |
3 | DRIES DEVENYNS |
4 | MIKKEL FRØLICH HONORÉ |
5 | ENRIC MAS NICOLAU |
6 | PIETER SERRY |
7 | PETR VAKOC |
MOVISTAR TEAM | |
11 | ALEJANDRO VALVERDE |
12 | ANDREY AMADOR |
14 | CARLOS BETANCUR |
15 | JAIME CASTRILLO ZAPATER |
16 | IMANOL ERVITI |
17 | CARLOS VERONA QUINTANILLA |
18 | WINNER ANDREW ANACONA |
LOTTO SOUDAL | |
21 | JELLE VANENDERT |
22 | SANDER ARMEE |
23 | BJORG LAMBRECHT |
24 | TOMASZ MARCZYNSKI |
25 | MAXIME MONFORT |
26 | TOSH VAN DER SANDE |
27 | TIM WELLENS |
MITCHELTON - SCOTT | |
31 | ADAM YATES |
32 | MICHAEL ALBASINI |
33 | TSGABU GEBREMARYAM GRMAY |
34 | DAMIEN HOWSON |
35 | DARYL IMPEY |
36 | NICHOLAS SCHULTZ |
37 | DION SMITH |
TEAM SUNWEB | |
41 | MICHAEL MATTHEWS |
42 | JAN BAKELANTS |
43 | JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER |
44 | LENNARD KÄMNA |
45 | NICOLAS ROCHE |
46 | FLORIAN STORK |
47 | LOUIS VERVAEKE |
TREK - SEGAFREDO | |
51 | BAUKE MOLLEMA |
52 | JULIEN BERNARD |
53 | GIULIO CICCONE |
54 | NICOLA CONCI |
55 | FABIO FELLINE |
56 | MICHAEL GOGL |
57 | TOMS SKUJINS |
AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
61 | ROMAIN BARDET |
62 | MIKAEL CHEREL |
63 | CLÉMENT CHEVRIER |
64 | BENOIT COSNEFROY |
65 | MATHIAS FRANK |
66 | AURÉLIEN PARET PEINTRE |
67 | LAWRENCE WARBASSE |
BORA - HANSGROHE | |
71 | PETER SAGAN |
72 | CESARE BENEDETTI |
73 | DAVIDE FORMOLO |
74 | PATRICK KONRAD |
75 | JAY MC CARTHY |
76 | GREGOR MÜHLBERGER |
77 | MAXIMILIAN SCHACHMANN |
TEAM SKY | |
81 | MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI |
82 | DAVID DE LA CRUZ MELGAREJO |
83 | EDWARD DUNBAR |
84 | MICHAL GOLAS |
85 | WOUT POELS |
86 | DIEGO ROSA |
87 | DYLAN VAN BAARLE |
TEAM DIMENSION DATA | |
91 | ROMAN KREUZIGER |
92 | ENRICO GASPAROTTO |
93 | JACQUES WILLEM JANSE VAN RENSBURG |
94 | BENJAMIN KING |
95 | TOM-JELTE SLAGTER |
96 | JAY ROBERT THOMSON |
97 | MICHAEL VALGREN |
GROUPAMA - FDJ | |
101 | DAVID GAUDU |
102 | TOBIAS LUDVIGSSON |
103 | VALENTIN MADOUAS |
104 | RUDY MOLARD |
105 | SÉBASTIEN REICHENBACH |
106 | ROMAIN SEIGLE |
107 | LÉO VINCENT |
UAE TEAM EMIRATES | |
111 | DANIEL MARTIN |
112 | RUI COSTA |
113 | SERGIO LUIS HENAO MONTOYA |
114 | MANUELE MORI |
115 | TADEJ POGACAR |
116 | RORY SUTHERLAND |
117 | DIEGO ULISSI |
ASTANA PRO TEAM | |
121 | JAKOB FUGLSANG |
123 | OMAR FRAILE MATARRANZ |
124 | GORKA IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI |
125 | ALEXEY LUTSENKO |
126 | LUIS LEÓN SANCHEZ |
127 | DAVIDE VILLELLA |
128 | ION IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI |
TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN | |
131 | ENRICO BATTAGLIN |
132 | STEFF CRAS |
133 | JOSÉ GONÇALVES |
134 | RUBEN GUERREIRO |
135 | NATHAN HAAS |
136 | WILLEM JAKOBUS SMIT |
137 | DMITRII STRAKHOV |
TEAM JUMBO - VISMA | |
141 | ROBERT GESINK |
142 | KOEN BOUWMAN |
143 | LAURENS DE PLUS |
145 | LENNARD HOFSTEDE |
146 | BERT-JAN LINDEMAN |
147 | PAUL MARTENS |
149 | TIMO ROOSEN |
COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS | |
151 | JESUS HERRADA |
153 | MATHIAS LE TURNIER |
154 | LUIS ANGEL MATE MARDONES |
155 | ANTHONY PEREZ |
156 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON |
157 | JULIEN SIMON |
158 | DIMITRI CLAEYS |
BAHRAIN - MERIDA | |
161 | DYLAN TEUNS |
162 | GREGA BOLE |
165 | LUKA PIBERNIK |
166 | DOMENICO POZZOVIVO |
167 | MATEJ MOHORIC |
168 | DAMIANO CARUSO |
169 | HEINRICH HAUSSLER |
EF EDUCATION FIRST | |
171 | MICHAEL WOODS |
172 | SEAN BENNETT |
173 | NATHAN BROWN |
174 | SIMON CLARKE |
175 | G LAWSON CRADDOCK |
176 | ALEX HOWES |
179 | JAMES WHELAN |
CCC TEAM | |
181 | SERGE PAUWELS |
182 | WILLIAM BARTA |
183 | JOSEF CERNÝ |
184 | ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI |
185 | JONAS KOCH |
186 | LUKASZ OWSIAN |
187 | JOSEPH ROSSKOPF |
RALLY UHC CYCLING | |
191 | BRANDON MCNULTY |
192 | RYAN ANDERSON |
193 | ROBIN CARPENTER |
194 | ADAM DE VOS |
195 | COLIN JOYCE |
196 | GAVIN MANNION |
197 | SVEIN TUFT |
SPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE | |
201 | DRIES VAN GESTEL |
202 | KEVIN DELTOMBE |
203 | EMIEL PLANCKAERT |
204 | THOMAS SPRENGERS |
205 | MATHIAS VAN GOMPEL |
206 | KENNETH VAN ROOY |
207 | AARON VERWILST |
WANTY - GOBERT CYCLING TEAM | |
211 | GUILLAUME MARTIN |
212 | BART DE CLERCQ |
213 | THOMAS DEGAND |
214 | FABIEN DOUBEY |
215 | ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING |
216 | WESLEY KREDER |
217 | MARCO MINNAARD |
ISRAEL CYCLING ACADEMY | |
221 | BEN HERMANS |
222 | AWET ANDEMESKEL |
223 | EDWIN ALCIBIADES AVILA VANEGAS |
226 | AUGUST JENSEN |
227 | DANIEL TUREK |
228 | CLÉMENT CARISEY |
229 | GUY SAGIV |
WALLONIE BRUXELLES | |
231 | ELIOT LIETAER |
232 | KEVYN ISTA |
233 | KENNY MOLLY |
234 | JULIEN MORTIER |
235 | MATHIJS PAASSCHENS |
236 | DIMITRI PEYSKENS |
237 | TOM WIRTGEN |
EUSKADI BASQUE COUNTRY - MURIAS | |
241 | OSCAR RODRIGUEZ GARAICOECHEA |
242 | ANDER BARRENETXEA URIARTE |
243 | CYRIL BARTHE |
245 | MARIO GONZALEZ SALAS |
246 | JULEN IRIZAR LASKURAIN |
247 | HECTOR SAEZ BENITO |
249 | SERGIO RODRIGUEZ RECHE |