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A New Queen?

The Mur de Huy and its champions share an ambivalent relationship. One of the most prestigious and painful references, the climb of the Chemin des Chapelles has grown accustomed to tormenting and crowning queens every spring since 1998.

At the end of the 20th century, the inaugural victory of Fabiana Luperini...

Longo Borghini: "Very happy with my third place"

Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ): "I felt good and that's also thanks to the work of my teammates. They made sure I was positioned really well, especially in Cherave and at the foot of the Mur. I gave everything I had 100 metres from the finish, I was pushing hard, and I'm very happy with my third place. I arrived here as an outsider, and I will be again for Liège-Bastogne-Liège....

Pieterse: “I knew I just had to wait”

Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck): “In a race like this, it was actually quite easy to stay calm because I think almost all the teams wanted to wait until the last climb. So it was just a case of waiting and I knew that before, so we tried to just wait a lot and just stay active during the race, not falling asleep before important points, but luckily the team was always...

Vollering: “I'm really grateful for what Juliette did”

Demi Vollering (FDJ – SUEZ): "Juliette (Labous) did a very strong job on the last climb, so I'm really grateful for what she did there and also my other teammates earlier in the race. They did really good teamwork in the beginning by always putting us in the front and following the first attacks. Then later in the race, Lea (Curinier) and Elise (Chabbey), who started to...

Pieterse conquers the Mur for debut victory

No Van der Breggen

SD Worx-Protime's plans for the race were disrupted by continued illness for seven-time La Flèche winner Anna van der Breggen, who after abandoning at the Amstel Gold Race Ladies was unable to take the start, following a late fitness assessment by the team on Wednesday morning. Unfortunately Neve Bradbury (CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto) was also withdrawn...