Startlist Flèche Wallonne 2026 | Riders: Paul Seixas, Kévin Vauquelin, Mattias Skjelmose and Christian Scaroni
CyclingMonday, 20 April 2026 at 17:00
On the 22nd of April the peloton tackles the second of the Ardennes classics: La Flèche Wallonne. The Belgian classic is marked by the multiple ascents of the famous Mur de Huy, the only one of the week's tryptic that features a summit finish. We take a look at its startlist.
The race was created in 1936 with Philémon De Meersman taking the first win; and Marcel Kint taking three triumphs consecutively less than 10 years before it was created. Rik van Steenbergen, Fausto Coppi, Raymond Poulidor, Eddy Merckx, Rik van Looy, Roger de Vlaeminck, Francesco Moser, Bernard Hinault, Laurent Fignon, Laurence Armstrong and Laurent Jalabert are amongst the winners of this race.
There is a combination of classics specialists and climbers that have won this race including Davide Rebellin, Cadel Evans, Philippe Gilbert, Alejandro Valverde (four times from 2014 to 2017)... The most recent editions have been won by Julian Alaphilippe, Marc Hirschi, Dylan Teuns, Tadej Pogacar and Stephen Williams. In 2025 Pogacar took a comfortable win with a seated attack on the Mur de Huy.
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Download the startlist in A4. The race features some of the top French riders with Paul Seixas leading Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale; Kévin Vauquelin leading INEOS Grenadiers and Lenny Martínez leading Bahrain - Victorious - all three being victory contenders.
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe have Jai Hindley in their lineup; Tudor have Julian Alaphilippe; Uno-X have Tobias Johannessen; Lidl-Trek have Amstel Gold Race runner-up Mattias Skjelmose; Team Jayco AlUla has Mauro Schmid in their ranks; XDS Astana Team has Christian Scaroni; Whilst Ben Tulett leads in Team Visma | Lease a Bike.
UAE Team Emirates - XRG has Tim Wellens and Benoît Cosnefroy in their lineup; Romain Grégoire leads Groupama - FDJ whilst Movistar has Cian Uijtdebroeks as the leader.
Startlist La Flèche Wallonne 2026
| Decathlon CMA CGM Team | ||
| Bisiaux, Léo | ||
| Dewulf, Stan | ||
| Isidore, Noa | ||
| L'Hote, Antoine | ||
| Labrosse, Jordan | ||
| Lapeira, Paul | ||
| Seixas, Paul | ||
| Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | ||
| Denz, Nico | ||
| Etxeberria, Haimar | ||
| Fisher-Black, Finn | ||
| Hindley, Jai | ||
| Martínez, Daniel | ||
| Thornley, Callum | ||
| Tratnik, Jan | ||
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | ||
| Alaphilippe, Julian | ||
| Donzé, Robin | ||
| Eriksson, Jacob | ||
| Hirschi, Marc | ||
| Thalmann, Roland | ||
| Voisard, Yannis | ||
| Weiss, Fabian | ||
| Bahrain Victorious | ||
| Bilbao, Pello | ||
| Martinez, Lenny | ||
| Mechelen, Vlad Van | ||
| Miholjević, Fran | ||
| Miquel, Pau | ||
| Mohorič, Matej | ||
| Zambanini, Edoardo | ||
| Uno-X Mobility | ||
| Charmig, Anthon | ||
| Dversnes, Fredrik | ||
| Holter, Ådne | ||
| Johannessen, Anders | ||
| Johannessen, Tobias | ||
| Kamp, Alexander | ||
| Kron, Andreas | ||
| NSN Cycling Team | ||
| Bennett, George | ||
| Côté, Pier-André | ||
| Frigo, Marco | ||
| Gilmore, Brady | ||
| Lutsenko, Alexey | ||
| Martí, Pau | ||
| Neilands, Krists | ||
| Pinarello - Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | ||
| Azparren, Xabier Mikel | ||
| Bax, Sjoerd | ||
| Camprubí, Marcel | ||
| Hermans, Quinten | ||
| Meurisse, Xandro | ||
| Vader, Milan | ||
| Vanhoucke, Harm | ||
| Lidl - Trek | ||
| Bernard, Julien | ||
| Konrad, Patrick | ||
| Mollema, Bauke | ||
| Mosca, Jacopo | ||
| Skjelmose, Mattias | ||
| Verona, Carlos | ||
| Withen Philipsen, Albert | ||
| Alpecin - Premier Tech | ||
| Bayer, Tobias | ||
| Belmans, Lennert | ||
| Busatto, Francesco | ||
| Debruyne, Ramses | ||
| Dockx, Aaron | ||
| Glivar, Gal | ||
| Remijn, Senna | ||
| Team Jayco AlUla | ||
| Covi, Alessandro | ||
| De Pretto, Davide | ||
| Foldager, Anders | ||
| Hatherly, Alan | ||
| Hellemose, Asbjørn | ||
| Schmid, Mauro | ||
| Vendrame, Andrea | ||
| Caja Rural - Seguros RGA | ||
| Barceló, Fernando | ||
| Bou, Joan | ||
| Lopez, Joseba | ||
| Molenaar, Alex | ||
| Nicolau, Joel | ||
| Otruba, Jakub | ||
| Prades, Eduard | ||
| INEOS Grenadiers | ||
| Godon, Dorian | ||
| Haig, Jack | ||
| Jungels, Bob | ||
| Laurance, Axel | ||
| Rivera, Brandon | ||
| Shmidt, Artem | ||
| Vauquelin, Kévin | ||
| Team Flanders - Baloise | ||
| Deweirdt, Siebe | ||
| Hautegem, Leander Van | ||
| Hemelen, Vincent Van | ||
| Lambrecht, Michiel | ||
| Lanhove, Milan | ||
| Maris, Elias | ||
| Thonnon, Senne | ||
| XDS Astana Team | ||
| Champoussin, Clément | ||
| Conci, Nicola | ||
| Kuzmin, Anton | ||
| Scaroni, Christian | ||
| Toneatti, Davide | ||
| Ulissi, Diego | ||
| Velasco, Simone | ||
| EF Education - EasyPost | ||
| Battistella, Samuele | ||
| Baudin, Alex | ||
| Beloki, Markel | ||
| Honoré, Mikkel | ||
| Leonard, Michael | ||
| Nerurkar, Lukas | ||
| Shaw, James | ||
| Team Picnic PostNL | ||
| Barguil, Warren | ||
| Broek, Frank van den | ||
| Dinham, Matthew | ||
| Faure-Prost, Alexy | ||
| Koerdt, Bjoern | ||
| Martinez, Juan Guillermo | ||
| Peace, Oliver | ||
| Lotto - Intermarché | ||
| Berckmoes, Jenno | ||
| Buyst, Jasper De | ||
| Eetvelt, Lennert Van | ||
| Orins, Robin | ||
| Rota, Lorenzo | ||
| Thompson, Reuben | ||
| Zimmermann, Georg | ||
| Team Visma - Lease a Bike | ||
| Doull, Owain | ||
| Fiorelli, Filippo | ||
| Graat, Tijmen | ||
| Huising, Menno | ||
| Nordhagen, Jørgen | ||
| Schiffer, Anton | ||
| Tulett, Ben | ||
| Soudal - Quick-Step | ||
| Cras, Steff | ||
| Lecerf, Junior | ||
| Paret-Peintre, Valentin | ||
| Vansevenant, Mauri | ||
| Vervaeke, Louis | ||
| Wilder, Ilan Van | ||
| Zana, Filippo | ||
| UAE Team Emirates XRG | ||
| Bjerg, Mikkel | ||
| Cosnefroy, Benoît | ||
| Giaimi, Luca | ||
| Herregodts, Rune | ||
| Laengen, Vegard Stake | ||
| Sivakov, Pavel | ||
| Wellens, Tim | ||
| Groupama - FDJ United | ||
| Costiou, Ewen | ||
| Geniets, Kévin | ||
| Germani, Lorenzo | ||
| Grégoire, Romain | ||
| Martin-Guyonnet, Guillaume | ||
| Molard, Rudy | ||
| Pacher, Quentin | ||
| Cofidis | ||
| Aranburu, Alex | ||
| Izagirre, Ion | ||
| Joalland, Yaël | ||
| Maas, Jan | ||
| Maisonobe, Sam | ||
| Ourselin, Paul | ||
| Teuns, Dylan | ||
| Movistar Team | ||
| Adrià, Roger | ||
| Formolo, Davide | ||
| García, Raúl | ||
| Novák, Pavel | ||
| Romeo, Iván | ||
| Tesfatsion, Natnael | ||
| Uijtdebroeks, Cian | ||
| TotalEnergies | ||
| Bonnet, Thomas | ||
| Delettre, Alexandre | ||
| Guernalec, Thibault | ||
| Jousseaume, Alan | ||
| Le Berre, Mathis | ||
| Retailleau, Valentin | ||
| Vercher, Mattéo | ||
| Unibet Rose Rockets | ||
| Eiking, Odd Christian | ||
| Geleijn, Owen | ||
| Loockx, Lander | ||
| Maire, Adrien | ||
| Meris, Sergio | ||
| Venturini, Clément | ||
| Verschuren, Killian |
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