2010 La Fleche Wallonne

La Fléche Wallonne Start List

Astana (KAZ)
FOFONOV Dmitriy KAZ
GRIVKO Andriy UKR
JUFRE POU Josep ESP
STANGELJ Gorazd SLO
PEREIRO SIO Oscar ESP
IGLINSKIY Maxim KAZ
GASPAROTTO Enrico ITA
CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto ESP

Androni Giocattoli (ITA)
BERTOGLIATI Rubens SUI
GINANNI Francesco ITA
PIEMONTESI Fabrice ITA
WURF Cameron AUS
SOLARI Luca ITA
MARGUTTI Damiano ITA
BERTOLINI Thomas ITA
BERTAGNOLLI Leonardo ITA

Acqua & Sapone (ITA)
DI PAOLO Francesco ITA
FAILLI Francesco ITA
HONIG Reinier NED
PALUMBO Giuseppe ITA
MASCIARELLI Andrea ITA
FANTINI Alessandro ITA
DONATI Alessandro ITA
CIAVATTA Paolo ITA

Ag2r - La Mondiale (FRA)
CHAMPION Dimitri FRA
GADRET John FRA
LE LAY David FRA
ROCHE Nicolas IRL
RIBLON Christophe FRA
KADRI Blel FRA
DUPONT Hubert FRA
BOUET Maxime FRA

Bbox - Bouygues Telecom (FRA)
CHARTEAU Anthony FRA
GAUTIER Cyril FRA
ROLLAND Pierre FRA
TROFIMOV Yury RUS
SPRICK Mathieu FRA
LEFEVRE Laurent FRA
FEDRIGO Pierrick FRA
BICHOT Freddy FRA

BMC Racing (USA)
EVANS Cadel AUS
KROON Karsten NED
MORABITO Steve SUI
ZAHNER Simon SUI
SANTAMBROGIO Mauro ITA
LOUDER Jeff USA
FRANK Mathias SUI
BOOKWALTER Brent USA

Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne (FRA)
EL FARES Julien FRA
KRIIT Kalle EST
MONCOUTIÉ David FRA
TAARAMÄE Rein EST
PAURIOL Rémi FRA
MOINARD Amaël FRA
KERN Christophe FRA
DUQUE Leonardo Fabio COL

Cervelo Test Team (SUI)
DEIGNAN Philip IRL
GUSTOV Volodymir UKR
NOVOA MENDEZ Joaquin ESP
WYSS Marcel SUI
TONDO VOLPINI Xavier ESP
KONOVALOVAS Ignatas LTU
FLORENCIO CABRE Xavier ESP
APPOLLONIO Davide ITA

Euskaltel - Euskadi (ESP)
GALDOS ALONSO Aitor ESP
MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN Egoi ESP
PEREZ LEZAUN Alan ESP
VELASCO MURILLO Ivan ESP
SESMA SORBET Daniel ESP
OROZ UGALDE Juan Jose ESP
ISASI FLORES Iñaki ESP
ANTON HERNANDEZ Igor ESP

Française des Jeux (FRA)
LE MEVEL Christophe FRA
MOUREY Francis FRA
ROY Jérémy FRA
VAUGRENARD Benoît FRA
SULZBERGER Wesley AUS
ROUX Anthony FRA
MEERSMAN Gianni BEL
CHEREL Mikael FRA

Caisse d'Epargne (ESP)
COBO ACEBO Juan Jose ESP
KIRYIENKA Vasil BLR
ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin ESP
VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro ESP
SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon ESP
LOPEZ GARCIA David ESP
FARIA COSTA Rui Alberto POR
AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey CRC

Garmin - Transitions (USA)
KESSIAKOFF Fredrik SWE
LOWE Trent AUS
MEIER Christian CAN
VANDE VELDE Christian USA
PETERSON Thomas USA
MARTIN Daniel IRL
KREDER Michel NED
HESJEDAL Ryder CAN

Katusha (RUS)
KLIMOV Serguei RUS
MAZZANTI Luca ITA
VANDENBERGH Stijn BEL
VORGANOV Eduard RUS
VANTOMME Maxime BEL
RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin ESP
KOLOBNEV Alexandr RUS
IVANOV Serguei RUS

Lampre - Farnese Vini (ITA)
CUNEGO Damiano ITA
LOOSLI David SUI
PIETROPOLLI Daniele ITA
SPEZIALETTI Alessandro ITA
RIGHI Daniele ITA
MORI Manuele ITA
GAVAZZI Francesco ITA
BONO Matteo ITA

Landbouwkrediet (BEL)
COMMEYNE Davy BEL
DELFOSSE Sébastien BEL
RICCI POGGI Martial FRA
VERHEYEN Geert BEL
SCHEIRLINCKX Bert BEL
DOCKX Bart BEL
DE WAELE Bert BEL
BELLEMAKERS Dirk NED

Liquigas - Doimo (ITA)
FINETTO Mauro ITA
KREUZIGER Roman CZE
SANTAROMITA Ivan ITA
WILLEMS Frederik BEL
NIBALI Vincenzo ITA
KOREN Kristjan SLO
BELLOTTI Francesco ITA

Milram (GER)
GAJEK Artur GER
NERZ Dominik GER
VOSS Paul GER
WROLICH Peter AUT
WEGMANN Fabian GER
ROELS Dominik GER
KNEES Christian GER
FRÖHLINGER Johannes GER

OmegaPharma - Lotto (BEL)
BRANDT Christophe BEL
KAISEN Olivier BEL
PERAUD Jean-Christophe FRA
VAN GOOLEN Jurgen BEL
VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen BEL
MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel ESP
GILBERT Philippe BEL
AERTS Mario BEL

Quick Step (BEL)
CATALDO Dario ITA
DEVENYNS Dries BEL
REDA Francesco ITA
VAN DE WALLE Jurgen BEL
SEELDRAEYERS Kevin BEL
PINEAU Jérôme FRA
DE WEERT Kevin BEL
BARREDO LLAMAZALES Carlos ESP

Rabobank (NED)
GARATE CEPA Juan Manuel ESP
MARTENS Paul GER
MOLLEMA Bauke NED
WEENING Pieter NED
TEN DAM Laurens NED
MOERENHOUT Koos NED
GESINK Robert NED
FREIRE GOMEZ Oscar ESP

RadioShack (USA)
HERMANS Ben BEL
KLÖDEN Andreas GER
POPOVYCH Yaroslav UKR
ZUBELDIA AGIRRE Haimar ESP
ROVNY Ivan RUS
PAULINHO Sergio Miguel Moreira POR
HORNER Chris USA
BUSCHE Matthew USA

Saxo Bank (DEN)
JÖRGENSEN Jonas Aaen DEN
SCHLECK Fränk LUX
VOIGT Jens GER
SÖRENSEN Nicki DEN
SCHLECK Andy LUX
DIDIER Laurent LUX

Sky (GBR)
CARLSTRÖM Kjell FIN
FROOME Chris GBR
LÖFKVIST Thomas SWE
WIGGINS Bradley GBR
NORDHAUG Lars Petter NOR
GERRANS Simon AUS
CUMMINGS Stephen GBR
CALZATI Sylvain FRA

HTC - Columbia (USA)
GULDHAMMER Rasmus DEN
MARTIN Tony GER
PINOTTI Marco ITA
VELITS Peter SVK
SARAMOTINS Aleksejs LAT
MONFORT Maxime BEL
LEWIS Craig USA
ALBASINI Michael SUI

Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator (BEL)
BAUGNIES Jerome BEL
DE GENDT Thomas BEL
NEYENS Maarten BEL
VAN VOOREN Steven BEL
VAN SPEYBROECK Pieter BEL
JACOBS Pieter BEL
COENEN Johan BEL
ARMEE Sander BEL

Igor Anton's bringing good form to this race. Evans could do very well with his (ineffectual) experience and performance for himself. Valverde knows how to do it. Short(er) course will suite Schlecks (as we've seen in Amstel) and Cunego.
This one is usually decided on the final ascent to Mur, so the one who times his attack perfectly will take it.

Fleche Wallone is a good example of a race made by the riders not the route. It's less than 200km long, has only 10 climbs, total of 1000 meters climbing. Muur isn't *that* hard. So it's up to a team or a few riders to make the race tough. I'm going to go for Nibali to win this one after Kreuziger weakens the field with a longer attack.

Take that Contador....

WOW.. Cadel Evans is a changed man with those World Champion stripes on his back.. i've been a big critic of him but if you can come around Contador.. VERY NICE WIN DUDE!

Evans learned some thing from last time.. patients is the name of the game on the Mur de Huy..

Did not see that coming. Evans starting to show some real pedigree as a one day racer, the worlds and now this. Maybe he should concentrate on winning a few more one day races and forget about the TdF? Or race the TdF like he races one day races.

Good win, but like Contador, Evans needs to work on his victory salute!

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[ame=[MEDIA=youtube]FiubGQ5tsno[/MEDIA]]YouTube - Flèche Wallonne 2010 - Bunch crash[/ame]

2010 La Fleche Wallonne Results
1 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 4:39:24
2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha
3 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana
4 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:00:06
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:00:09
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:00:11
7 Christopher Horner (USA) Team Radioshack
8 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
10 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions
11 Michael Albasini (Swi) Team HTC - Columbia
12 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
14 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française Des Jeux
15 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 0:00:19
16 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
17 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team
18 Daniel Martin (Can) Garmin - Transitions
19 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 0:00:24
20 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
21 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
22 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne
23 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:00:27
24 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack
25 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Team Radioshack
26 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 0:00:32
27 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
28 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team HTC - Columbia
29 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team
30 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale
31 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Team Katusha 0:00:36
32 Peter Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia
33 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
34 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia 0:00:39
35 Cyril Gautier (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:00:41
36 Sander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 0:00:42
37 Yury Trofimov (Rus) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
38 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:00:45
39 Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
40 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
41 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Doimo 0:00:47
42 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
43 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
44 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radioshack
45 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
46 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
47 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervelo Test Team 0:00:53
48 Peter Stetina (USA) Garmin - Transitions 0:00:56
49 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet
50 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
51 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Milram
52 Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia
53 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha
54 Juan Jose Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
55 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
56 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team
57 Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spa) Cervelo Test Team
58 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank
59 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:01:03
60 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
61 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
62 Pierre Rolland (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 0:01:06
63 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:01:07
64 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
65 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Omega Pharma-Lotto
66 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
67 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
68 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana
69 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step
70 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 0:01:14
71 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank
72 Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 0:01:19
73 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:01:24
74 Steven Cummings (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
75 Dominique Nerz (Ger) Team Milram 0:01:29
76 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Katusha
77 Nicki Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
78 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
79 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step
80 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:01:36
81 Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
82 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo
83 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini
84 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank
85 Michel Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Transitions
86 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team
87 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
88 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
89 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
90 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:01:44
91 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:02:05
92 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:02:23
93 Benoït Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:02:30
94 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo 0:02:39
95 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0:03:02
96 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0:04:23
97 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana 0:05:23
98 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Astana
99 André Steensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
100 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank
101 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha
102 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team
103 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step
104 Dimitri Champion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
105 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank
106 Bart Dockx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
107 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 0:05:28
108 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
109 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana 0:05:31
110 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Sky Professional Cycling Team 0:07:51
111 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne
112 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 0:08:10
113 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Quick Step
114 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0:08:15
115 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 0:08:21
116 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:10:55
117 Laurent Didier (Lux) Team Saxo Bank
118 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 0:11:00
119 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team
120 Martin Velits (Svk) Team HTC - Columbia
121 Craig Lewis (USA) Team HTC - Columbia
122 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux
123 Christian Meier (Can) Garmin - Transitions 0:11:42
124 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha
125 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
126 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
127 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team
128 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
129 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
130 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Androni Giocattoli
131 Mikel Nieve Ituralde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
132 Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua e Sapone 0:11:48
133 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne 0:11:51
134 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 0:11:54
135 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 0:11:56
136 Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto
137 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram
138 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Cervelo TestTeam
139 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
140 Reinier Honig (Ned) Acqua & Sapone
141 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 0:12:00
142 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 0:12:12

Evans learnt his lesson from last year (I think), he did reconnaissance and knew how much of the road he has on disposal, unlike last year when he left out of road. Contador misjudged the measure of his attack.
This climb is simply fantastic. It always tricks riders. It tricks viewers too. I bet lots of people thought Contador will take it, but at the end he was caught by Rodriguez too. It's secret is in very steep section over 20%, where riders think: "Just to overcome this and then I'll accelerate, the finish is near." But it stays steep. Not 20+%, but steep enough to stuck them in their wrong gear. On the other hand too low gears will leave you out of road... You'll need extra 10 - 20 meters to pass the winner.
Gilbert surprised me. This isn't exactly his cup of tea and he finished sixth in front of Valverde and Schleck.He'll be very dangerous in Liege.
Hesjedal deserves compliments. His performance in last two races was impressive.

jamie72 said:

Good win, but like Contador, Evans needs to work on his victory salute!

He doesn't get a lot of practice!

mattp1975 said:

He doesn't get a lot of practice!

He can always do it in front of mirror.

Well done cadel on a great season so far and a grerat 12 months, Finaly starting to see that potential.