La Flèche Wallonne 2025, 23rd April

[Samu Cuenca]

So in 1973 they had to do 850 kilometers? Damn, what a hard race.

And Merckx lost. 800 km was always his kryptonite in one-day races.

 

[Salvarani]

And Merckx lost. 800 km was always his kryptonite in one-day races.

The last 50km is always the hardest after 800km.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The last 50km is always the hardest after 800km.

Yes, that's also how I always feel during my 51 km rides.

 

[Sciatic]

memoire-du-cyclisme.eu has the info on dates, results and length, but you may need to use archive.org.

First finish on the Mur in 1985 was 246 km long. The race was shortened since 1990 (going from 253 km the previous year to 208 km).

EDIT: Ah, I see the official site has the length for all editions listed: https://www.la-fleche-wallonne.be/en/history

EDIT2: By the time of the winner, 1985 was probably 219 km long.

Thanks for those resources—I will enjoy digging into memoire sometime.

 

[Sciatic]

The last 50km is always the hardest after 800km.

Oh yeah, I’ve always found that to be true

 

[Lequack]

UAE backstage

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8Ms7VdZ3g0&feature=youtu.be