# La Flèche Wallonne Féminine

La Flèche Wallonne Féminine is a professional women's bicycle road race held each year in Wallonia, Belgium, in April. It is part of the UCI Women's World Tour, cycling's season-long competition of top-tier races, in which it is the second-oldest single-day event after the Trofeo Alfredo Binda in Italy. The event is raced on the same day as La Flèche Wallonne for men.
The race was inaugurated by Tour de France organizers Amaury Sport Organisation in 1998 and quickly became a road race classic. From 1999 onwards, the women's Flèche Wallonne was a UCI Women's Road Cycling World Cup event. In 2016, the race became part of the new UCI Women's World Tour.
Anna van der Breggen from the Netherlands holds the record for the most wins, with 7 wins in succession from 2015 to 2021.

## Route

The race is held in conjunction with the men's race, on much of the same roads but at a shorter distance. Recent editions of the race have been around 120 km (75 mi) to 140 km (87 mi) in length, starting in Huy, with the finish at the top of the steep Mur de Huy climb. The Mur de Huy climb – tackled several times – measures 1.3 km (0.81 mi) in length with an average grade of 9.3% and some sections around 17% (up to 26% in one bend), and usually decides the winner.

## Winners

| Year | First | Second | Third |
| 1998 | Fabiana Luperini (ITA) | Pia Sundstedt (FIN) | Catherine Marsal (FRA) |
| 1999 | Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) | Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU) | Cindy Pieters (BEL) |
| 2000 | Geneviève Jeanson (CAN) | Pia Sundstedt (FIN) | Fany Lecourtois (FRA) |
| 2001 | Fabiana Luperini (ITA) | Anna Millward (AUS) | Trixi Worrack (GER) |
| 2002 | Fabiana Luperini (ITA) | Lyne Bessette (CAN) | Priska Doppmann (SUI) |
| 2003 | Nicole Cooke (GBR) | Susan Palmer-Komar (CAN) | Priska Doppmann (SUI) |
| 2004 | Sonia Huguet (FRA) | Hanka Kupfernagel (GER) | Edita Pučinskaitė (LTU) |
| 2005 | Nicole Cooke (GBR) | Oenone Wood (AUS) | Judith Arndt (GER) |
| 2006 | Nicole Cooke (GBR) | Judith Arndt (GER) | Trixi Worrack (GER) |
| 2007 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Nicole Cooke (GBR) | Judith Arndt (GER) |
| 2008 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Marta Bastianelli (ITA) | Judith Arndt (GER) |
| 2009 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Emma Johansson (SWE) | Claudia Häusler (GER) |
| 2010 | Emma Pooley (GBR) | Nicole Cooke (GBR) | Emma Johansson (SWE) |
| 2011 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Emma Johansson (SWE) | Judith Arndt (GER) |
| 2012 | Evelyn Stevens (USA) | Marianne Vos (NED) | Linda Villumsen (NZL) |
| 2013 | Marianne Vos (NED) | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) | Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) |
| 2014 | Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (FRA) | Lizzie Armitstead (GBR) | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) |
| 2015 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | Megan Guarnier (USA) |
| 2016 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | Evelyn Stevens (USA) | Megan Guarnier (USA) |
| 2017 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | Lizzie Deignan (GBR) | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) |
| 2018 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) | Megan Guarnier (USA) |
| 2019 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | Annika Langvad (DEN) |
| 2020 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (DEN) | Demi Vollering (NED) |
| 2021 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) |
| 2022 | Marta Cavalli (ITA) | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) | Demi Vollering (NED) |
| 2023 | Demi Vollering (NED) | Liane Lippert (GER) | Gaia Realini (ITA) |
| 2024 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) | Demi Vollering (NED) | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) |

### Multiple winners

| Wins | Rider | Editions |
| 7 | Anna van der Breggen (NED) | 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
| 5 | Marianne Vos (NED) | 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013 |
| 3 | Fabiana Luperini (ITA) | 1998, 2001, 2002 |
| 3 | Nicole Cooke (GBR) | 2003, 2005, 2006 |

### Wins per country

| Wins | Country |
| 13 | Netherlands |
| 4 | United Kingdom, Italy |
| 2 | France |
| 1 | Canada, Germany, Poland, United States |