La Flèche Wallonne Femmes Live – Classics stars battle on the Mur de Huy

The gap has grown to 3’40” for the leading trio now.

Visma – Lease a Bike lead the peloton 

62.6 km to go

The men’s race has just finished, you can see how it happened here. 

It’s 3’20” for the leaders now 

The breakaway now have 2’40” as the race reaches the half way point.

Half-way point

Counter attack from Eva van Agt (Visma – Lease a Bike) 

The men’s race is into the final 13 km with a reduced group all together at the front, follow along for the final here. 

2’30” now for the three leaders.

78.4 km to go

The three leaders have extended their advantage to 2’10” over the top of the Côte d’Evrehailles. 

88 km to go

The three leaders have a 50 second lead on the peloton 

Breakaway

100 km to go, will somebody make a move on the next climb? 5 km until the Côte d’Evrehailles.

100 km to go

Thankfully, the weather conditions seem to be improving!

Spanish champion Mavi Garcia has been dropped from the peloton

After 40km of racing there is finally a breakaway with a small gap. Sara Martin of Movistar, Julie van de Velde of AG Insurance – Soudal, and Elena Hartmann of Roland have a five second lead.

Breakaway

Justine Ghekiere of AG Insurance – Soudal was first to crest the Côte de Courrière as some riders struggle to maintain contact at the back.

The Côte de Courrière is a new addition to the race alongside the Côte d’Evrehailles. The Côte de Cherave, which used to come before the Mur de Huy has been taken out of the race, something which seven-time former winner Anna van der Breggen is not impressed by. 

“That has become a lot harder this year because the Côte de Cherave has been dropped from the course. I really regret that, because that slope made the finale doubly interesting,” she is quoted as saying in a team press release. 

“If you didn’t want to wait until the Wall, there were options there to make the difference. Now you have a descent on a wide road towards the foot of the Mur of Huy. So it is even more likely that the…