La Flèche Wallonne 2025, 23rd April

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Voigt says Nys is constantly near the end of the peloton, is that correct?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Are the conditions any where near as bad as last year.

I can't remember, I watch a lot of races but I'm afraid my mind is like a sieve when it comes to remembering the details

 

[Cycling111]

It rains a bit, but last year was much worse.

 

[Samamba]

The problem last year was that no one expected it and riders didn't have their rain jackets. Also temperatures dropped from like 13 degrees to 0 in a few minutes time.

So no, not comparable to this year at all. Riders are better prepared and most of the rain is falling in the west en center of the country. According to radar it's gonna keep raining from now on tho.

 

[Berniece]

Seems surprising. Not a comment against Remco but I don’t think a race favourite should be part of the decision in any case. This would be across the board so no top sprinter for a flat stage, no MVDP/Mads P etc in the classics and no Jonas/Primoz/Tadej/Remco in stage races.

Too much conflict of interest potential.

Do you know how this is decided? I have no clue.

I agree that it's a conflict of interest.

 

[LookProGoSlow]

cote de l'erREV he will launch?

 

[Berniece]

cote de l'erREV he will launch?

Maybe 2nd time Mur de Huy? Although it's still quite far from there. But if you go hard with your team on the Mur, there are only a few riders that aren't completely dead on top. That's the perfect time to attack for Evenepoel.

 

[jflemaire]

Happy to see Remco riding at the front of the peloton. Looks like he learned from his bad positioning on AGR and/or has regained confidence in the pack after his long break?

 

[pastronef]

just tuned in, shyytty weather

 

[Brullnux]

The problem last year was that no one expected it and riders didn't have their rain jackets. Also temperatures dropped from like 13 degrees to 0 in a few minutes time.

So no, not comparable to this year at all. Riders are better prepared and most of the rain is falling in the west en center of the country. According to radar it's gonna keep raining from now on tho.

Yeah it's not a 40 finishers type of race but it's definitely grim enough that it'll have an impact on the result.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

just tuned in, shyytty weather

Just tuned in and I (again) and right about the first thing Bengtsch says is that they are going up the Cote de Cevap. This is probably a mixture of Cevappi and Kebab. So what can we ask more of today?

 

[Berniece]

Some carnage already at the back of the peloton. UAE increasing the pace

 

[Didinho]

It’s gonna be a really hard day with this rain.

Last time I did the Mur, it was pouring down hard a couple minutes before I entered. In shorts and shirt because it was a good day. The Mur was so slippery, took way more energy out of me.

 

[pelotonIQ]

UAE domestiques puttin' in work thinning down the peloton. You love to see it.

 

[Rechtschreibfehler]

Some carnage already at the back of the peloton. UAE increasing the pace

Are we going to see a great Ramco-Pogi-Raid and a lovely battle at the end?

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Nice to see some crowds along the road despite the rain... I'd like to live in one of those houses on the road so I could just look out the window, watch the peloton go by, and then get on with my day.

Riders climbing Huy now for the first time.

 

[E_F_]

C'mon Alan Filip help out your fellow Dane Mattias of the Bog of Scales with an early attack!

 

[pastronef]

Just tuned in and I (again) and right about the first thing Bengtsch says is that they are going up the Cote de Cevap. This is probably a mixture of Cevappi and Kebab. So what can we ask more of today?

I hear Jens, been a while since I've watched in German. when something changed in the satellite and my dish on the roof went Eurosport German for a few years.
ok, today my Fleche will be in German

 

[postmanhat]

Epic battle already between Dversnes and his jacket.

 

[Brullnux]

Is the road quality normally this bad on Huy? Super gravelly on the sides

 

[E_F_]

Is the road quality normally this bad on Huy? Super gravelly on the sides

Yeah... Quite a lot worse than Flanders, I'd say. Loads of gravel roads and cobbles around.

edit: you were talking about the Mur de Huy, not Wallonia in general. Bear with me, I have a migraine...

 

[Berniece]

Vervaeke in front of the peloton, and Van Wilder on the wheel of Evenepoel. Are those the only 2 left for Evenepoel?

 

[Tim Cahill]

UAE spooked by the presence of Tobias Foss with a teammate up ahead

 

[danielzu]

Teuns about to drop. Astana not in sight at the front of the group, all guys rather far behind. PicNic with 2 guys near the front

 

[E_F_]

Yeah... Quite a lot worse than Flanders, I'd say. Loads of gravel roads and cobbles around.

edit: you were talking about the Mur de Huy, not Wallonia in general. Bear with me, I have a migraine...

Also, Rolf Sørensen made me lose my mind by claiming that the Meuse was the border of Flanders and Wallonia. What on earth?!