The 10 Ardennes Classics stars of all time: Eddy Merckx, Alejandro Valverde, Tadej Pogacar...

The Ardennes classics are three races that are contested in the span of 1 week. We have the Amstel Gold Race, followed by the La Fleche Wallonne three days later and then Liège-Bastogne-Liège to finish. In this article, we are going to talk about the riders who have triumphed the most in these races that run through the Netherlands and Belgium.

We will find, as always, Eddy Merckx, who is present in any type of historical classification in the world of cycling. The Spaniards remember the exploits of Alejandro Valverde on this type of course. We also perceive the presence of other legends such as Bernard Hinault and a rider who could go up and up a lot, let's see how far.

We refer to Tadej Pogacar, who will depend exclusively on him to know what position he can go for. He will ride Liège because it is a monument and he can win it whenever he wants. However, it will probably not be enough to keep the first position in this ranking. For that, he will have to race more times the Amstel and the Flèche, races he already won in 2023.

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1. Eddy Merckx (10)

• 2x Amstel Gold Race (1973, 1975)
• 3x Flèche Wallonne (1967, 1970, 1972)
• 5x Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975)

2. Alejandro Valverde (9)

• 5x Flèche Wallonne (2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017).
• 4x Liège-Bastogne-Liège (2006, 2008, 2015, 2017).

3. Moreno Argentin (7)

• 3x Flèche Wallonne (1990, 1991, 1994)
• 4x Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1985, 1986, 1987, 1991)

4. Philippe Gilbert (6)

• 4x Amstel Gold Race (2010, 2011, 2014, 2017).
• 1x Flèche Wallonne (2011)
• 1x Liège-Bastogne-Liège (2011)

5. Jan Raas (5)

• 5x Amstel Gold Race (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982)

6. Bernard Hinault (5)

• 1x Amstel Gold Race (1981)
• 2x Flèche Wallonne (1979, 1983)
• 2x Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1977, 1980)

7. Davide Rebellin (5)

• 1x Amstel Gold Race (2004)
• 3x Flèche Wallonne (2004, 2007, 2009)
• 1x Liège-Bastogne-Liège (2004)

8. Ferdi Kübler (4)

• 2x Flèche Wallonne (1951, 1952)
• 2x Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1951, 1952)

9. Michele Bartoli (4)

• 1x Amstel Gold Race (2002)
• 1x Flèche Wallonne (1999)
• 2x Liège-Bastogne-Liège (1997, 1998)

10. Tadej Pogacar (4)

• 1x Amstel Gold Race (2023)
• 1x Flèche Wallonne (2023)
• 2x Liège-Bastogne-Liège (2021, 2024)

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