È il giorno della Freccia Vallone (Flèche Wallonne), giunta alla 79ª edizione. La classica delle Ardenne con il temibile Muro di Huy prende il via da Waremme e ha in programma 205,5 km.
Non ci sarà solo Huy da affrontare, per ben tre volte, ma molte altre insidiose côtes disseminate lungo il percorso.
Tra i favoriti per la vittoria gli spagnoli del Team Katusha Joaquim Rodriguez e Daniel Moreno, vincitori rispettivamente nel 2012 e 2013, Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), primo nel 2006 e lo scorso anno; ma la Spagna non è l’unica nazione a contendersi la vittoria, c’è il belga Philippe Gilbert (BMC), il campione del mondo Michal Kwiatkowski (Etixx-Quick Step), Roman Kreuziger (Tinkoff-Saxo). In buona forma anche Vincenzo Nibali (Astana), Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida), Wilco Kelderman (Lotto-Jumbo NL), Michael Matthews (Orica-GreenEdge), Sergio Henao (Team Sky), Daniel Martin (Cannondale-Garmin).
Questo l’elenco completo dei partenti, con i rispettivi numeri dorsali:
MOVISTAR TEAM
1 VALVERDE BELMONTE Alejandro Spain
2 ERVITI Imanol Spain
3 HERRADA LOPEZ José Spain
4 IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka Spain
5 QUINTANA ROJAS Nairo Alexander Colombia
6 ROJAS GIL Jose Joaquin Spain
7 SUTHERLAND Rory Australia
8 VISCONTI Giovanni Italy
TEAM CANNONDALE – GARMIN
11 MARTIN Daniel Ireland
12 FORMOLO Davide Italy
13 HAAS Nathan Australia
14 HOWES Alex United States
15 KING Benjamin United States
16 MOHORIC Matej Slovenia
17 NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas Lithuania
18 SLAGTER Tom Jelte Netherlands
ETIXX – QUICK STEP
21 KWIATKOWSKI Michal Poland
22 ALAPHILIPPE Julian France
23 BOUET Maxime France
24 BRAMBILLA Gianluca Italy
25 GOLAS Michal Poland
26 MARTIN Tony Germany
27 SERRY Pieter Belgium
28 VAKOC Petr Czech Republic
ASTANA PRO TEAM
31 NIBALI Vincenzo Italy
32 FUGLSANG Jakob Denmark
33 GRIVKO Andriy Ukraine
34 SANCHEZ GIL Luis Leon Spain
35 SCARPONI Michele Italy
36 TAARAMAE Rein Estonia
37 VANOTTI Alessandro Italy
38 WESTRA Lieuwe Netherlands
TEAM SKY
41 FROOME Christopher United Kingdom
42 DEIGNAN Philip Ireland
43 HENAO MONTOYA Sergio Colombia
44 KENNAUGH Peter United Kingdom
45 KIRYIENKA Vasil Belarus
46 NORDHAUG Lars Petter Norway
47 POELS Wouter Netherlands
48 ROCHE Nicholas Ireland
BMC RACING TEAM
51 GILBERT Philippe Belgium
52 BOOKWALTER Brent United States
53 HERMANS Ben Belgium
54 MOINARD Amaël France
55 SANCHEZ GONZALEZ Samuel Spain
56 TEUNS Dylan Belgium
57 VAN GARDEREN Tejay United States
58 WYSS Danilo Switzerland
TEAM KATUSHA
61 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin Spain
62 CARUSO Giampaolo Italy
63 KOZONTCHUK DmitrIy Russia
64 LAGUTIN Sergey Russia
65 LOSADA ALGUACIL Alberto Spain
66 MACHADO Tiago Portugal
67 MORENO FERNANDEZ Daniel Spain
68 TSATEVITCH Alexey Russia
TINKOFF – SAXO
71 MAJKA Rafal Poland
72 BOARO Manuele Italy
73 KISERLOVSKI Robert Croatia
74 KREUZIGER Roman Czech Republic
75 PETROV Evgeni Russia
76 ROVNY Ivan Russia
77 SØRENSEN Chris Anker Denmark
78 VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael Denmark
TREK FACTORY RACING
81 MOLLEMA Bauke Netherlands
82 ARREDONDO MORENO Julian Colombia
83 BEPPU Fumiyuki Japan
84 DIDIER Laurent Luxembourg
85 FELLINE Fabio Italy
86 JUNGELS Bob Luxembourg
87 SCHLECK Frank Luxembourg
88 WATSON Calvin Australia
LAMPRE – MERIDA
91 FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto Portugal
92 BONO Matteo Italy
93 CONTI Valerio Italy
94 MORI Manuele Italy
95 POLANC Jan Slovenia
96 SERPA PEREZ Jose Rodolfo Colombia
97 ULISSI Diego Italy
98 VALLS FERRI Rafael Spain
AG2R LA MONDIALE
101 BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos Alberto Colombia
102 BAKELANTS Jan Belgium
103 CHEREL Mickaël France
104 GASTAUER Ben Luxembourg
105 MINARD Sébastien France
106 MONTAGUTI Matteo Italy
107 NOCENTINI Rinaldo Italy
108 VUILLERMOZ Alexis France
LOTTO – SOUDAL
111 VANENDERT Jelle Belgium
112 ARMEE Sander Belgium
113 DE CLERCQ Bart Belgium
114 DE GENDT Thomas Belgium
115 LIGTHART Pim Netherlands
116 VANENDERT Dennis Belgium
117 VERVAEKE Louis Belgium
118 WELLENS Tim Belgium
TEAM EUROPCAR
121 ROLLAND Pierre France
122 ARASHIRO Yukiya Japan
123 COQUARD Bryan France
124 COUSIN Jerome France
125 GUILLEMOIS Romain France
126 NAULLEAU Bryan France
127 QUEMENEUR Perrig France
128 TULIK Angelo France
TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO
131 KELDERMAN Wilco Netherlands
132 GESINK Robert Netherlands
133 LEEZER Tom Netherlands
134 LINDEMAN Bertjan Netherlands
135 MARTENS Paul Germany
136 TEN DAM Laurens Netherlands
137 TEUNISSEN Mike Netherlands
138 VAN DER LIJKE Nick Netherlands
ORICA GREENEDGE
141 ALBASINI Michael Switzerland
142 CHAVES RUBIO Johan Esteban Colombia
143 CLARKE Simon Australia
144 HOWSON Damien Australia
145 MATTHEWS Michael Australia
146 MEIER Christian Canada
147 WEENING Pieter Netherlands
148 YATES Simon United Kingdom
TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN
151 BARGUIL Warren France
152 CRADDOCK Lawson United States
153 FAIRLY Caleb United States
154 FROHLINGER Johannes Germany
155 HUPOND Thierry France
156 CHENG Ji China
157 LUDVIGSSON Fredrik Sweden
158 PREIDLER Georg Austria
FDJ
161 VICHOT Arthur France
162 LE GAC Olivier France
163 MORABITO Steve Switzerland
164 PICHON Laurent France
165 REZA Kevin France
166 ROUX Anthony France
167 VAUGRENARD Benoît France
168 VEIKKANEN Jussi Finland
IAM CYCLING
171 FRANK Mathias Switzerland
172 CHEVRIER Clement France
174 FUMEAUX Jonathan Switzerland
175 LANG Pirmin Switzerland
176 PANTANO GOMEZ Jarlinson Colombia
177 REICHENBACH Sébastien Switzerland
178 WARBASSE Larry United States
179 SCHELLING Patrick Switzerland
TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE
181 CAMPENAERTS Victor Belgium
182 DE TIER Floris Belgium
183 JACOBS Pieter Belgium
184 SPRENGERS Thomas Belgium
185 VAN HECKE Preben Belgium
186 VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter Belgium
187 VANOVERBERGHE Arthur Belgium
188 VERGAERDE Otto Belgium
COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CRÉDITS
191 MATE MARDONES Luis Angel Spain
192 BAGOT Yohan France
193 EDET Nicolas France
194 HARDY Romain France
195 MOLARD Rudy France
196 ROSSETTO Stéphane France
197 SIMON Julien France
198 VENTURINI Clément France
WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
201 GASPAROTTO Enrico Italy
202 ANTONINI Simone Italy
203 BAUGNIES Jérôme Belgium
204 DE GREEF Francis Belgium
205 EIJSSEN Yannick Belgium
206 MINNAARD Marco Netherlands
207 SELVAGGI Mirko Italy
210 DRON Boris Belgium
MTN – QHUBEKA
211 REGUIGUI Youcef Algeria
212 CUMMINGS Stephen United Kingdom
213 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques South Africa
214 JIM Songezo South Africa
215 PAUWELS Serge Belgium
216 SBARAGLI Kristian Italy
217 STAUFF Andreas Germany
218 THOMSON Jay Robert South Africa
BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
221 FEDRIGO Pierrick France
222 BOULO Matthieu France
223 FEILLU Brice France
224 FONSECA Armindo France
225 HIVERT Jonathan France
226 PERICHON Pierre-Luc France
227 SEPULVEDA Eduardo Argentina
228 VACHON Florian France
TEAM ROOMPOT
231 ASSELMAN Jesper Netherlands
232 DE MAAR Marc Netherlands Antilles
233 DUYN Huub Netherlands
234 HONIG Reinier Netherlands
235 HOOGERLAND Johnny Netherlands
236 KREDER Michel Netherlands
237 LAMMERTINK Maurits Netherlands
238 TERPSTRA Mike Netherlands
UNITEDHEALTHCARE PRO CYCLING TEAM
241 RATTO Daniele Italy
242 BAZZANA Alessandro Italy
243 CANOLA Marco Italy
244 EUSER Lucas United States
245 FRATTINI Davide Italy
246 JONES Christopher United States
247 REIJNEN Kiel United States
248 ZURLO Federico Italy
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