2022 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
| 2022 UCI Women's World Tour, race 9 of 25 | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 20 April 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 133.4 km (82.89 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3h 38' 37" | ||||||||||||
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The 2022 La Flèche Wallonne Féminine was a Belgian road cycling one-day race that took place on 20 April 2022. It was the 25th edition of La Flèche Wallonne Féminine and the 9th event of the 2022 UCI Women's World Tour. Italian Marta Cavalli won the race for the first time.[1][2]
Route
The race started and finished in Huy, with the finish line on the top of the final ascent of the Mur de Huy - one of three ascents of the Mur on the route.[3][4] The race covered the same final 90km as the men's race, totalling 130.2 km.[3] There were 8 categorised climbs:
- 65 km: Côte de Cherave - 1.5 km climb at 7.6%
- 71 km: Mur de Huy - 1.3 km climb at 9.6%
- 84 km: Côte d'Ereffe - 2.1 km climb at 4.6%
- 96.5 km: Côte de Cherave - 1.5 km climb at 7.6%
- 102 km: Mur de Huy - 1.3 km climb at 9.6%
- 111.1 km: Côte d'Ereffe - 2.1 km climb at 4.6%
- 127.5 km: Côte de Cherave - 1.5 km climb at 7.6%
- 133.4 km: Mur de Huy - 1.3 km climb at 9.4%
Summary
Seven-time winner of La Flèche Wallonne Féminine Anna van der Breggen retired from the sport at the end of 2021 and therefore did not defend her 2021 title.[4]
In the race itself, a large breakaway of 15 riders was caught before the bottom of the final ascent of the Mur de Huy. On the climb, Annemiek van Vleuten of Movistar Team attacked with 400m to go on the steepest section of the ascent. However, Marta Cavalli of FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope was able to stay with van Vleuten, and passed her with around 50 metres to go before the line, winning the 2022 edition. Behind van Vleuten in third place was Demi Vollering of SD Worx, 10 seconds behind.[1][2]
Result
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  Marta Cavalli (ITA)
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FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | 3h 38' 37" |
| 2 |  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
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Movistar Team | + 0" |
| 3 | Demi Vollering (NED)
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SD Worx | + 10" |
| 4 |  Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)
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SD Worx | + 17" |
| 5 |  Mavi Garcia (ESP)
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UAE Team ADQ | + 21" |
| 6 | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
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Trek–Segafredo | + 30" |
| 7 |  Liane Lippert (GER)
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Team DSM | + 33" |
| 8 |  Kristabel Doebel-Hickok (USA)
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EF Education–Tibco–SVB | + 37" |
| 9 | Yara Kastelijn (NED)
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Plantur–Pura | + 40" |
| 10 | Ane Santesteban (ESP)
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Team BikeExchange–Jayco | + 42" |
See also
References
- ^ a b Knöfler, Lukas (2022-04-20). "Cavalli beats Van Vleuten to win Flèche Wallonne Féminine". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ a b "La Flèche Wallonne Femmes Debrief: Marta Cavalli's clever mastery of the Mur de Huy". Rouleur. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ a b "La Flèche wallonne féminine 2022 route". La Fleche Wallone. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ a b "La Flèche Wallonne Femmes 2022 - Route, Predictions and Contenders". Rouleur. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ "2022 Ranking". La Fleche Wallonne Femmes. 20 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.