Fleche Wallonne, 196kms (Belgium)

Fleche Wallonne

Matthew Hayman listens while fans and teammates sing Happy Birthday on his 37th year...

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Fleche Wallonne

Nice boys - Stefan Kung and Silvan Dillier await their teams presentation at the start...

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Fleche Wallonne

A big escape tries to pull away but gets no-where...

Fleche Wallonne

The peloton is speeding across a plateau in spring-like conditions..

Fleche Wallonne

The peloton crests another hill with one hour's racing already done and no sign of a successful escape...

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Fleche Wallonne

Kiel Reijnen is now in an escape that's been let loose in the Ardennes...

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Fleche Wallonne

Silvan Dillier leads the escape that contains ten riders...

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Movistar leads the peloton but it's not yet a real chase...

Fleche Wallonne

Leangen leads the escape towards the first passage through Huy...

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Fleche Wallonne

Michael Matthews leads the peloton down towards Huy - can the Aussie 'star pull off a podium place today..?

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Fleche Wallonne

The escape climbs the Mur de Huy with a lead of about four minutes...

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The peloton scales the steep ascent with two more laps to go...

Fleche Wallonne

Philippe Gilbert is in the spotlight again, just as he always is in the Flèche Wallonne...

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Fleche Wallonne

Sander Helven leads the escape back towards Huy sixty-kilometres later...

Fleche Wallonne

It is Katusha that chases now, and the gap is slowly shrinking...

Fleche Wallonne

Dillier leads the way up the Mur de Huy with 30-kilometres to go and a lead of two-minutes to defend...

Fleche Wallonne

Steven Cummings is just about in contact with the escape, but they'll be absorbed a few kilometres later...

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Fleche Wallonne

Movistar mass at the front of the peloton on the Mur de Huy...

Fleche Wallonne

Lawson Craddock is looking good, but his real target might be Liege-Bastogne-Liege instead..

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Fleche Wallonne

Ryder Hesjedal is up there as well but his real target might be the Giro d'Italia...

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Fleche-Wallonne

Georg Prediger has escaped with Bob Jungles and Jon Izagirre on the approach to the final ascent and finish...

Fleche Wallonne

Jungels is trying to pull clear with just Izagirre able to follow...

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Fleche Wallonne

Alejandro Valverde leads in the last 500-metres, and he's yet to make his expected attack..!

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Fleche Wallonne

Valverde sprints towards the line with his rivals well behind...

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Fleche Wallonne

Alejandro Valverde wins the 2016 Fleche Wallonne..!

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Fleche Wallonne

Julian Alaphilippe takes second just ahead of Dan Martin...

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Alejandro Valverde celebrates a record-breaking fourth win in the Flèche Wallonne..!

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Fleche Wallonne

Alejandro Valverde shares the podium with Julian Alaphilippe and Dan Martin - now for Liege..!

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