The Walloon Arrow 2023 dispute their women’s and men’s races this Wednesday, April 19. It will be, specifically, the 26th edition of the women’s event, and the 87th edition of the men’s, and in both cases it has the highest category, that is, it belongs to the UCI WorldTour calendar. EITB going to offer live the Walloon Arrow 2023, from 2:30 p.m., on eitb.eus and in ETB; specific, ETB4 will broadcast it on television until 3:15 p.m.and, from then on, the race can be seen on ETB1.

The Fleche Wallonne is one of the most important one-day races. Like every year, it takes place between the Amstel Gold Race, which the Slovenian cyclist from the UAE Team Tadej Pogacar and Dutch runner from SD Worx Demi Vollering have been awarded this Sunday, and the Liège-Bastogne-Liège, scheduled for this Sunday, the 23rd. The three are disputed in Belgium, and form the prestigious Triptych of the Ardennes; The Wallonne Arrow ends at the Mur d’Huy, a tough 1.3-kilometre climb with an average gradient of 9.6%.

The men’s race It will begin at 11:50 a.m., in Herve, and the organization expects it to end between 4:15 p.m. and 4:41 p.m., with a 194.2-kilometre route. Tadej Pocagar it will focus the eyes of the entire peloton; the leader of the UAE Team has had an impeccable 2023 season, with victories in, among other races, the Tour of Andalusia, Paris-Nice, the Tour of Flanders and the Amstel Gold Race, and is now seeking victory in a race in which his best performance, in 2020, is a ninth place.

In addition to Pogacar, Tom Pidcock (Ineos – Grenadiers), David Gaudu (Groupama – FDJ), Benoit Cosnefroy (AG2R) and Mikel Landa (Bahrain – Victorious) They also appear in the list of main candidates for victory. Pello Bilbao (Bahrain – Victorious), Jon Izagirre (Cofidis), Michal Kwiatkowski (Ineos – Grenadiers), Enric Mas (Movistar) and Sergio Higuita (Bora – hansgrohe) They are other runners with options to have a great race, as they will try, likewise, Gorka Izagirre and Alex Aranburu (Movistar) and Jonathan Lastra (Cofidis). He Kern Pharma will also be at the start line of Herve, with, among others, Igor Arrieta.

PROFILE OF THE WALLONNE ARROW 2023 (Men’s race)

Image: Walloon Arrow.

Previously, at 08:42, the women’s race, departing from Huy, and arriving between 11:58 and 12:20. The test has a route of 127.3 kilometers. the italian Marta Cavalli (FDJ-Suez), winner in 2022, will try to repeat the victory of a year ago; For this, she will have the help of her Danish partner Cecilie Uttrup Ludwiganother of the great names of the Walloon Arrow 2023. Demi Vollering (SD Word) She is the main candidate to succeed her in the list of winners, and she also counts in the pools Silvia Persian (UAE Team).

Annemiek van Vleuten and Liane Lippert (Movistar), Fem van Empel (Jumbo – Visma) and Shirin van Anrooij, Lizzie Deignan and Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek – Segafredo) shine in a list of participants in which there is also Ane Santesteban (Jayco)who is in a good moment, as he has shown in the Amstel Gold Race, where he has qualified in a remarkable twelfth place.

PROFILE OF THE WALLOON ARROW 2023 (Women’s race)

Image: Walloon Arrow.

Source: Eitb

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