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0.8 km at 12.5%. Said like that it doesn't seem like a big deal, but nevertheless the Mur de Huy is one of the great cycling temples of the world. Huy is the flagship of La Flèche Wallone, as the finish line is located right at the top of the climb. In this edition, the cyclists will have to climb it three times in the men's event, as they will do two complete laps of a circuit that also includes Côte d'Ereffe (1 km at 4.4%) and Côte du Chemin des Gueuses (1.9 km at 6.2%). The women will go around the circuit once and therefore they will climb the Mur de Huy twice.

All the great specialists in the Ardennes classics are on the startlist, puncheurs who perform well on short but hard climbs, which in the Flèche Wallonne is especially relevant, since in recent years the victory has been decided on the final climb.

Men's race favorites

The main favorites are men like the five-time winner of the race Alejandro Valverde (1000), the winner in 2018 and 2019, Julian Alaphilippe (1200), or the winner in 2020, Marc Hirschi (600). Alongside them, other candidates who can perform well on explosive climbs can be Tadej Pogačar (1200), Primož Roglič (1200), Jakob Fuglsang (1200), Maximilian Schachmann (1000), Bauke Mollema (800), Guillaume Martin (800 ), Michael Woods (800), David Gaudu (800), Dylan Teuns (800), Tim Wellens (600), Michal Kwiatkowski (600), Sergio Higuita (600), Alex Aramburu (400), Benoit Cosnefroy (400), Warren Barguil (400) or Valentin Madouas (400).

Female race favorites

In the ladies event, a woman stands out above the rest: Anna Van Der Breggen (1200) has won the last six editions, since 2015, and she is the great favorite to revalidate the title for another year. Other candidates are Annemiek Van Vleuten (1200), Cecile Uttrup Ludwig (1000), Demi Vollering (800), Elisabeth Deignan (1000), Elisa Longo Borghini (1200), Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (1000), Katarzyna Niewiadoma (1000) or Marianne Vos (1200), among others.