La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

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La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
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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)
Editions24 (as of 2021)
First winner Fabiana Luperini (ITA)
Most wins Anna van der Breggen (NED) (7)
Most recent Anna van der Breggen (NED)

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 third-oldest single-day event after the Trofeo Alfredo Binda in Italy and the Emakumeen Euskal Bira in the Basque Country. The event is raced on the same day as La Flèche Wallonne for men.

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[]

Year First Second Third
 Fabiana Luperini (ITA)  Pia Sundstedt (FIN)  Catherine Marsal (FRA)
 Hanka Kupfernagel (GER)  Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU)  Cindy Pieters (BEL)
 Geneviève Jeanson (CAN)  Pia Sundstedt (FIN)   (FRA)
 Fabiana Luperini (ITA)  Anna Millward (AUS)  Trixi Worrack (GER)
 Fabiana Luperini (ITA)  Lyne Bessette (CAN)  Priska Doppmann (SUI)
 Nicole Cooke (GBR)  Susan Palmer-Komar (CAN)  Priska Doppmann (SUI)
 Sonia Huguet (FRA)  Hanka Kupfernagel (GER)  Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU)
 Nicole Cooke (GBR)  Oenone Wood (AUS)  Judith Arndt (GER)
 Nicole Cooke (GBR)  Judith Arndt (GER)  Trixi Worrack (GER)
 Marianne Vos (NED)  Nicole Cooke (GBR)  Judith Arndt (GER)
 Marianne Vos (NED)  Marta Bastianelli (ITA)  Judith Arndt (GER)
 Marianne Vos (NED)  Emma Johansson (SWE)  Claudia Häusler (GER)
 Emma Pooley (GBR)  Nicole Cooke (GBR)  Emma Johansson (SWE)
 Marianne Vos (NED)  Emma Johansson (SWE)  Judith Arndt (GER)
 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)

Multiple winners[]

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[]

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

References[]

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

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