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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Mur de Huy
Fans line both sides of the Mur de Huy - a climb of 1.3 kilometers with a gradient of up to 19 percent - which represents the beginning, the middle, and the end of the Fleche Wallone women's race. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Prevot interview
At the start in Huy the spotlight is on defending champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Rabo Liv). Photo: Kris Claéye / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Start line
It was a packed field at the start line at the top of the Mur de huy as 143 riders queued up to race the 121 kilometer course. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Peloton fields
The women's peloton rolls out from Huy to start the first of two laps on the course - the same circuit the men would later race the same day. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Compact peloton
The race started with a high pace that kept the peloton together for much of the first half of the course. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Abbott crash
With riders jockeying for position early in the race the inevitable crashes took place on the first circuit with Mara Abbott (Wiggle Honda) crashing hard between the Côte d'Ereffe and the Côte de Bellaire. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Hitec Products on the front
Several teams played a role on the front leading up to the first pass of the Mur de Huy including Hitec Products (Charlotte Becker pictured). Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: First pass
Nearly completing the first circuit, the front of the race passes the 500 meter marker on the Mur de Huy. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: 19 percent grade
The women's field climbs the steepest sections of the Mur which top out at 19 percent. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Hall digs deep
With over 60 kilometers to race, American Lauren Hall grimaces through the pain of the Mur. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Peloton
The race takes up the whole road as the top teams start to assemble at the front of the bunch. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Côte d'Ereffe
The top pf the Côte d'Ereffe is a picturesque panorama of the Wallonia region. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Komanski rides clear
Just outside Ohey the first break of the day took shape as Lauren Komanski rode clear at 40 kilometers to go. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Williams attacks
Lizzie Williams (Orica-AIS) breaks free and bridges across to race leader Lauren Komanski with the peloton close behind. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: The chase
The break reached the Côte de Bellaire with the peloton chasing only 20 seconds behind. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Lead group
The break had been reeled in by the the top of the Côte de Bohissau as the peloton split into a lead group of about 20-25 riders. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: van Vleuten attack
Attacks by Annemiek van Vleuten (Bigla) and Roxane Knetemann (Rabo Liv) at 15 kilometers to go gave them an advantage on the run into the penultimate climb - the newly added Côte de Cherave. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Brand works
Rabo Liv rider Lucinda Brand works for teammates Pauline Ferrand-Prevot and Anna Van Der Breggen to pull the gap down before the climb up Côte de Cherave. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: van Vleuten leads
Annemiek van Vleuten (Bigla) leads the race up the penultimate climb before the final pass up the Mur to the finish line. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Côte de Cherave
The addition of the Côte de Cherave - a disruptive climb so close to the finish -added a new layer to the race and provided an opportunity for eventual race winner Anna van der Breggen (Rabo Liv) to make her move. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Niewiadoma best young rider
Rising star Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Rabo Liv) was on the gas on the Côte de Cherave and took the young rider jersey in the Women's World Cup at the finish in Huy. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: van der Breggen on the Mur de Huy
Having cuaght the break, Anna van der Breggen (Rabo Liv) rides for the win up the Mur de Huy. Photo: Kris Claéye / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Guarnier climbs
The 2015 Strade Bianche winner Megan Guarnier (Boels Dolmans) grits her teeth through the steep corner at 400 meters to the finish. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Prevot climbs
With her teammate up the road headed for the win, the TV cameras follow every move of World Champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot. Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: van der Breggen wins Fleche Wallonne
With the Fleche Wallonne domination continuing, Anna van der Breggen takes another win on the Mur for Rabo Liv. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: van Vleuten gets second
Delighted with her second-place finish, Annemiek van Vleuten (Bigla) crosses the line. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Moolman-Pasio finish
After a training crash the day before the race, a hard-earned fourth-place went to Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (Bigla) who was escorted across the line. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Stevens finish
Evelyn Stevens (Boels Dolmans) shows what the Mur is all about. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Guarnier collapses
Megan Guarnier (Boels Dolmans) collapsed after sealing her podium spot on the Mur. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Armitstead finish
The effects of the day are seen on the finish line face of Lizzie Armitstead (Boels Dolmans). Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: van Vleuten
The Mur brings agony and ecstasy … Annemiek Van Vleuten (Bigla) shares the elation from making the podium. Photo: Iri Greco / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: Podium presentation
The 2015 women's podium: Anna van der Breggen (Rabo Liv), Annemiek van Vleuten (Bigla), Megan Guarnier (Boels Dolmans). Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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2015 Fleche Wallonne: World Cup leaders
Women's World Cup leaders: Anna Van Der Breggen and teammate Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Rabo Liv). Photo: Jim Fryer / BrakeThrough Media | brakethroughmedia.com
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