La Flèche Wallonne 2025 - Prediction

Wednesday April 23rd 2025: Ciney - Huy (205.1 km) 

La Flèche Wallonne 2025 will be raced for the 89th time over 205.1 kilometers with eleven categorized climbs. As usual, the decision seems to be made on the steep final climb to the Mur de Huy, where the race is often decided in the last few hundred metres.

The start is in Ciney, where the peloton heads towards Huy via the Côte de Ver and the Côte de Petite Somme, among others. There, the local circuit awaits, which is identical to several editions: 37.2 kilometres long with three well-known climbs – the Côte d’Ereffe, the Côte de Cherave and the Mur de Huy. These climbs are all in the second half of the tour. Because the peloton visits the circuit for the first time halfway through the race, the riders get a good view of the final section.

In 2024, the Côte de Cherave was missing from the schedule once, without any significant impact on the course of the race. Then too, the final passage of the Mur de Huy determined the outcome of the race. Despite the wintry conditions, the race remained closed until the end, while Stephen Williams managed to lose himself on the steep part of the climb. He finished first, followed by Kévin Vauquelin and Maxim Van Gils.

The Mur de Huy remains the defining element in the 2025 Walloon Arrow. The climb is 1.3 kilometers long and has an average gradient of 9.6%. After a relatively mild approach, the road climbs 400 meters at 11%, followed by a short section of 17%. After that, the gradient remains around 14% for 300 meters, until it drops back to 6% in the last 100 meters.

📺Eurosport 1 (14.30 u), Sporza (13.45 u), NPO 1 (14.00 u)
⏰11.30 u
🏁16.20 u
⛅️Fainy, light wind 2, 14 degrees Celsius