La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | Mid April |
| Region | Wallonia, Belgium |
| English name | The Walloon Arrow for Women |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Women's World Tour (since 2016) |
| Type | One-day race |
| Organiser | Amaury Sport Organisation |
| Web site | www |
| History | |
| First edition | 1998 |
| Editions | 27 (as of 2024) |
| First winner |  Fabiana Luperini (ITA) |
| Most wins |  Anna van der Breggen (NED) (7) |
| Most recent |  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) |
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 second-oldest single-day event after the Trofeo Alfredo Binda in Italy. 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
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Multiple winners
[edit]| 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
[edit]| Wins | Country |
|---|---|
| 13 | Netherlands
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| 4 | United Kingdom, Italy
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| 2 |  France
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| 1 |  Canada,  Germany, Poland,  United States
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References
[edit]- ^ Knöfler, Lukas (21 April 2021). "Van der Breggen wins La Fleche Wallonne Feminine". CyclingNews. Retrieved 21 April 2021.