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Stephen Williams (Israel-Premier Tech) soared to the biggest win of his career on the steep slopes of the Mur de Huy to score the victory at La Flèche Wallonne.
The Welshman powered home with a huge acceleration with 300 metres left of the steep1.3km climb to beat Kévin Vauquelin (Arkéa-Samsic) and Maxim Van Gils (Lotto-Dstny) to the line at the end of the attritional 199km race.
The podium trio were part of a much-reduced 35-man peloton which battled up the final of four ascents of the Mur de Huy after a day of heavy rain and even snow at times as the peloton fell to pieces over the famous wall and four further ascents of the Côte d’Ereffe.
Williams was among the front third of the group as the riders made their way up the opening kilometre of the final climb as the likes of Benoît Cosnefroy (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale), Tobias Johannessen (Uno-X Mobility), Richard Carapaz (EF Education-Easypost), and Toms Skujinš (Lidl-Trek) led the way at the…
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