Valverde wins the 2014 Flèche Wallonne
Spaniard victorious atop the Mur de Huy
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) showed us why he’s won more races than anyone else this season. Valverde timed his attack to perfection on the Mur de Huy to win his second Flèche Wallonne, ahead of Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) and Michal Kwiatkowski (Omega Pharma-QuickStep).
Valverde, who won this race in 2006, sat on the front of the peloton unfazed by the little digs off the front happening around him. Kwiatkowski made the first move of the favourites, passing Bauke Mollema (Belkin) who had been marshalling things on the front.
Martin managed to stage a great recovery after being hampered by a crash at the foot of the Mur de Huy. The Garmin rider briefly looked like he might have the legs to make it to the line.
Valverde kept his cool until the climb began to crest, at around 200 metres to go, before launching his attack. Nobody was able to get close to Valverde as he powered away and the Spaniard built up a sizable gap by the time he reached the finish line. The Movistar rider has been on scintillating form this season and Flèche Wallonne is his eighth victory this season.
"The Ardennes have been resisting me in the last few years - always getting podium places, but no victories," Valverde said. "I was coming here a bit frustrated. I felt strong at the Amstel, but not as well as today. I had good legs from the beginning; when you feel well, you have to take all chances. It turned out perfectly well at the end, but sometimes, you're doing well but you run out of luck, which I really had today."
Some of the same protagonists from Amstel Gold Race were near the front at the top of the climb, but Amstel Gold Race winner Philippe Gilbert (BMC) was also caught out by the same crash as Martin. However, the Belgian rider found himself stuck in the middle of the peloton with nowhere to go, the huge crowds preventing him from making it back to the front. He had to settle for 10th place. Defending champion Daniel Moreno (Katusha) could only manage once place better than Gilbert.
"Those who contested the win today were not a surprise at all: all the top guys," Valverde said. "I didn't want to get myself boxed in - I had to get in very, very good position into the final climb. When you're feeling great, you have to start climbs up front not to suffer any misfortune. You can get boxed in, you have to brake, you take bigger efforts, and you don't win.
"I was looking for Dani (Moreno), Purito, Gilbert, Kwiatkowski, Daniel Martin... there were many candidates I was next to the barriers with 300m to go and couldn't get past, but as soon as I saw a gap, I followed it, I jumped away and managed to make a gap and raise my arms at the finish."
How it happened
Perhaps motivated by the much warmer, drier weather than had been forecast and the lack of any classified climbs for the first two fifths of the 199 kilometre route, the peloton roared out of the Flèche Wallonne 2014 start town of Bastogne at an extremely fast pace, averaging 49.4 kilometres in the first hour of racing.
That couldn’t stop three riders going clear very early on: Garmin-Sharp’s Ramunas Navardauskas - who in 2012 became Lithuania’s first ever Giro d’Italia leader after his team won the TTT there - United Healthcare’s Jonathan Clarke and Belgian veteran Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise). Van Hecke had already established his early break credentials for this year’s Ardennes when he took part in a day-long four-man move in the Amstel Gold last Sunday that only fell apart in the last 15 kilometres.
As the trio of early movers headed north towards the Huy circuit, their lead stretched to as much as nine minutes on the rolling farmland before Katusha and BMC opted to begin the process of reeling them back in. At the Côte de Bellaire, the first classified climb of 11, their advantage was down to 6:40 and on the first ascent of the Mur de Huy, as BMC tapped out a steady rhythm behind, the three were now down to an advantage of 5:50.
With a little less than 50 kilometres to go, Clarke found the going too tough on the Cote de Bohissau climb and dropped back, whilst Navardauskas and Van Hecke continued to forge on regardless. BMC and Katusha continued to set a painfully high pace, however, and the lead was falling fast. The remaining two escapees only had 1:18 on the peloton on penultimate ride up the Mur de Huy.
There was a flurry of attacks as the escapees came close, but Katusha looked in control as they sat on the front of the peloton. The Russian team were joined by Astana and AG2R-La Mondiale at the helm in the closing kilometres. One Katusha rider that wasn’t present at the pointy end was Joaquim Rodríguez. The Spaniard could be seen dangling off the back, still suffering from the rib injury he suffered at Amstel Gold.
As the escapees were caught with 12 kilometres to go, Lotto-Belisol began to drive the pace. The result was the peloton stringing out and gaps began to appear near the front. Jérémy Roy (FDJ.fr) saw his opportunity to go and the Frenchman tried to go on a long-range attack.
Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Merida) saw his chances of a good result go up in smoke when he went down with just under three kilometres to go. He fell right into the path of Rodríguez, who found himself on the floor again. The crash also disrupted the run of the likes of Gilbert, Martin and Nibali, as they entered the Mur de Huy.
AG2R-La Mondiale lead the peloton onto the Mur, with Belkin taking up the pace setting soon after. As the favourites assembled on the front of the group, Gilbert found himself only able to watch the action from a distance.
Valverde sat comfortably to one side of the group, allowing the others to show their cards. After his performance on the Mur de Huy, the Spaniard will surely be favourite for victory at Liège-Bastogne-Liège on Sunday.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team | 4:36:45 |
2 | Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp | 0:00:03 |
3 | Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:00:04 |
4 | Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Garmin Sharp | 0:00:06 |
6 | Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica Greenedge | 0:00:08 |
8 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha | 0:00:11 |
10 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:15 |
11 | Julian David Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing | 0:00:17 |
12 | WoutPoels (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:00:19 |
13 | Paul Martens (Ger) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:23 |
14 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:24 |
15 | Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:00:26 |
16 | Simon Clarke (Aus) Orica Greenedge | 0:00:28 |
17 | Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Rudy Molard (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:32 |
23 | Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:00:37 |
24 | Sébastien Reichenbach (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:00:40 |
25 | Daan Olivier (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:00:43 |
26 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:45 |
27 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica Greenedge | 0:00:48 |
28 | Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 0:00:51 |
29 | Thomas Degand (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0:00:54 |
30 | Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Cannondale | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:58 |
36 | Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:00 |
37 | Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:01:03 |
38 | Alex Howes (USA) Garmin Sharp | 0:01:04 |
39 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Jerome Coppel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:01:12 |
41 | Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:01:14 |
42 | Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) IAM Cycling | 0:01:17 |
43 | Jan Bakelants (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:01:23 |
45 | Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:25 |
46 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica Greenedge | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:01:30 |
49 | Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:01:32 |
51 | Romain Sicard (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:01:40 |
52 | John Gadret (Fra) Movistar Team | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida | 0:01:44 |
54 | Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:01:45 |
55 | Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:51 |
56 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Marco Marcato (Ita) Cannondale | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin Sharp | 0:01:54 |
59 | Andres Torres Agudelo (Col) Colombia | 0:01:56 |
60 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Belisol | 0:01:57 |
61 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol | 0:02:02 |
62 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:02:08 |
63 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar | 0:02:13 |
64 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team | 0:02:30 |
65 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:01 |
66 | Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team | 0:03:54 |
68 | Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 0:04:01 |
69 | Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:04:04 |
70 | Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha | 0:04:06 |
71 | Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:04:12 |
72 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica Greenedge | 0:04:14 |
73 | Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Team Katusha | 0:04:17 |
74 | Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka | 0:05:02 |
75 | Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:05:12 |
76 | Francis De Greef (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin Sharp | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Simon Yates (GBr) Orica Greenedge | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Europcar | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin Sharp | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col) BMC Racing Team | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col) Colombia | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Edwin Alcibiades Avila Vanegas (Col) Colombia | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Serge Pauwels (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:05:19 |
94 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana Pro Team | 0:05:23 |
95 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Linus Gerdemann (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Adam Yates (GBr) Orica Greenedge | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Carlos Verona Quintanilla (Spa) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling | 0:05:28 |
102 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | 0:05:30 |
103 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano | 0:05:32 |
104 | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | 0:05:35 |
109 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Team Katusha | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
111 | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre-Merida | 0:05:42 |
114 | Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Lampre-Merida | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0:05:47 |
117 | Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0:05:49 |
119 | Michal Golas (Pol) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale | 0:05:51 |
121 | Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:05:59 |
122 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | 0:06:04 |
123 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 0:06:05 |
124 | Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr | 0:06:06 |
125 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
126 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky | 0:06:18 |
127 | Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | 0:07:52 |
128 | Edward Beltran (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:09:21 |
130 | Gustav Larsson (Swe) IAM Cycling | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
131 | Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
132 | Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
133 | Dennis Van Niekerk (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
134 | Jonathan Fumeaux (Swi) IAM Cycling | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
135 | Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
136 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) FDJ.fr | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
137 | Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
138 | Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida | 0:09:27 |
139 | Lucas Euser (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
140 | Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
141 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 0:09:35 |
142 | Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:10:07 |
143 | Bob Jungels (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
144 | David Tanner (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
145 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing | 0:10:22 |
DNF | Darwin Ferney Pantoja Tobar (Col) Colombia | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nico Sijmens (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marco Minnaard (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Belisol | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Juan Pablo Valencia (Col) Colombia | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bryan Coquard (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Felipe Paredes (Col) Colombia | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Fabian Diaz Cardenas (Col) Colombia | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jeffry Johan Romero Corredor (Col) Colombia | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Angelo Tulik (Fra) Team Europcar | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | Row 161 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marc de Maar (AHo) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | Row 162 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | Row 163 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky | Row 164 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kiel Reijnen (USA) UnitedHealthcare Professional Cycling Team | Row 165 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits | Row 166 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 167 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 168 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 169 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Arthur Vanoverberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | Row 170 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | Row 171 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 172 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky | Row 173 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka | Row 174 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Joshua Edmondson (GBr) Team Sky | Row 175 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 176 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin Sharp | Row 177 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin Sharp | Row 178 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 179 - Cell 2 |
DNF | José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 180 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jack Bobridge (Aus) Belkin Pro Cycling Team | Row 181 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nelson Simoes (Por) Lampre-Merida | Row 182 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | Row 183 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 184 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Thomas Peterson (USA) Team Giant-Shimano | Row 185 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing | Row 186 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Calvin Watson (Aus) Trek Factory Racing | Row 187 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 188 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Bruno Pires (Por) Tinkoff-Saxo | Row 189 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 190 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 191 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ.fr | Row 192 - Cell 2 |
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