La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

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La Flèche Wallonne Féminine is a professional women's bicycle road race held each year in Wallonia, Belgium, in April. It is part of the UCI Women's World Tour, cycling's season-long competition of top-tier races, in which it is the second-oldest single-day event after the Trofeo Alfredo Binda in Italy. The event is raced on the same day as La Flèche Wallonne for men.

La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
Race details
DateMid April
RegionWallonia, Belgium
English nameThe Walloon Arrow for Women
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI Women's World Tour (since 2016)
TypeOne-day race
OrganiserAmaury Sport Organisation
Web sitewww.la-fleche-wallonne-femmes.be/en/ Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition1998 (1998)
Editions26 (as of 2023)
First winner Fabiana Luperini (ITA)
Most wins Anna van der Breggen (NED) (7)
Most recent Demi Vollering (NED)

The race was inaugurated by Tour de France organizers ASO in 1998 and quickly became a road race classic. From 1999 onwards, the women's Flèche Wallonne was a UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup event. In 2016, the race became part of the new UCI Women's World Tour.

The Flèche Wallonne Féminine is held in conjunction with the men's race, on much of the same roads but at a shorter distance. Likewise, the race always finishes on the steep Mur de Huy. Anna van der Breggen from the Netherlands holds the record for the most wins, with 7 wins, which are also in succession spanning from 2015 to 2021.[1]

Winners edit

Year First Second Third
1998   Fabiana Luperini (ITA)   Pia Sundstedt (FIN)   Catherine Marsal (FRA)
1999   Hanka Kupfernagel (GER)   Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU)   Cindy Pieters (BEL)
2000   Geneviève Jeanson (CAN)   Pia Sundstedt (FIN)   Fany Lecourtois (FRA)
2001   Fabiana Luperini (ITA)   Anna Millward (AUS)   Trixi Worrack (GER)
2002   Fabiana Luperini (ITA)   Lyne Bessette (CAN)   Priska Doppmann (SUI)
2003   Nicole Cooke (GBR)   Susan Palmer-Komar (CAN)   Priska Doppmann (SUI)
2004   Sonia Huguet (FRA)   Hanka Kupfernagel (GER)   Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU)
2005   Nicole Cooke (GBR)   Oenone Wood (AUS)   Judith Arndt (GER)
2006   Nicole Cooke (GBR)   Judith Arndt (GER)   Trixi Worrack (GER)
2007   Marianne Vos (NED)   Nicole Cooke (GBR)   Judith Arndt (GER)
2008   Marianne Vos (NED)   Marta Bastianelli (ITA)   Judith Arndt (GER)
2009   Marianne Vos (NED)   Emma Johansson (SWE)   Claudia Häusler (GER)
2010   Emma Pooley (GBR)   Nicole Cooke (GBR)   Emma Johansson (SWE)
2011   Marianne Vos (NED)   Emma Johansson (SWE)   Judith Arndt (GER)
2012   Evelyn Stevens (USA)   Marianne Vos (NED)   Linda Villumsen (NZL)
2013   Marianne Vos (NED)   Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)   Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)
2014   Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA)   Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)   Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
2015   Anna van der Breggen (NED)   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)   Megan Guarnier (USA)
2016   Anna van der Breggen (NED)   Evelyn Stevens (USA)   Megan Guarnier (USA)
2017   Anna van der Breggen (NED)   Lizzie Deignan (GBR)   Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)
2018   Anna van der Breggen (NED)   Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)   Megan Guarnier (USA)
2019   Anna van der Breggen (NED)   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)   Annika Langvad (DEN)
2020   Anna van der Breggen (NED)   Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN)   Demi Vollering (NED)
2021   Anna van der Breggen (NED)   Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)   Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
2022   Marta Cavalli (ITA)   Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)   Demi Vollering (NED)
2023   Demi Vollering (NED)   Liane Lippert (GER)   Gaia Realini (ITA)

Multiple winners edit

Wins Rider Editions
7   Anna van der Breggen (NED) 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
5   Marianne Vos (NED) 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013
3   Fabiana Luperini (ITA) 1998, 2001, 2002
  Nicole Cooke (GBR) 2003, 2005, 2006

Wins per country edit

Wins Country
13   Netherlands
4   United Kingdom,   Italy
2   France
1   Canada,   Germany,   United States

References edit

  1. ^ Knöfler, Lukas (21 April 2021). "Van der Breggen wins La Fleche Wallonne Feminine". CyclingNews. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

External links edit