La Flèche Wallonne 2017: Riders

As always the startlist of La Fleche Wallonne is teeming with strong puncheurs. Think multiple winner Alejandro Valverde and Michal Kwiatkowski. Small wonder with the super steep Wall of Huy as a finish. Cyclingstage.com brings you the riders in the 2017 Fleche Wallonne.

World Tour Teams

AG2R La Mondiale
Alexis Vuillermoz, Romain Bardet, Mickaël Chérel, Axel Domont, Mathias Frank, Cyril Gautier, Quentin Jauregui, Pierre Latour

Astana Pro Team
Jakob Fuglsang, Pello Bilbao, Laurens De Vreese, Andrei Grivko, Tanel Kangert, Alexey Lutsenko, Nikita Stalnov, Michael Valgren

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team
Enrico Gasparotto, Yukiya Arashiro, Grega Bole, Tsgabu Grmay, Ion Izagirre, Antonio Nibali, Giovanni Visconti, Meiyin Wang

BMC Racing Team
Samuel Sánchez, Alessandro de Marchi, Silvan Dillier, Floris Gerts, Ben Hermans, Amaël Moinard, Michael Schar, Dylan Teuns

Bora – Hansgrohe
Rafal Majka, Cesare Benedetti, Patrick Konrad, Jay McCarthy, Gregor Mühlberger, Christoph Pfingsten, Lukas Pöstlberger, Michael Schwarzmann

Cannondale-Drapac Pro Cycling Team
Rigoberto Uran, Brendan Canty, Simon Clarke, Alex Howes, Thomas Scully, Toms Skujiņš, Tom-Jelte Slagter, Michael Woods

Dimension Data
Igor Anton, Nathan Haas, Jacques J. van Rensburg, Merhawi Kudus, Ben O’Connor, Serge Pauwels, Johann van Zyl, Jaco Venter

FDJ
Arthur Vichot, Arnaud Courteille, Marc Fournier, David Gaudu, Rudy Molard, Cédric Pineau, Kévin Réza, Anthony Roux

Lotto Soudal
Tim Wellens, Sander Armée, Sean De Bie, Bart De Clercq, Thomas De Gendt, Tomasz Marczynski, Tosh Van der Sande, Jelle Vanendert

LottoNL-Jumbo
Robert Gesink, Enrico Battaglin, Koen Bouwman, Floris De Tier, Bert-Jan Lindeman, Juan José Lobato, Paul Martens, Alexey Vermeulen

Movistar Team
Alejandro Valverde, Carlos Betancur, Imanol Erviti, Jesús Herrada, Daniel Moreno, Joaquín José Rojas, Marc Soler, Rory Sutherland

ORICA-Scott
Michael Albasini, Sam Bewley, Alexander Edmondson, Jack Haig, Damien Howson, Daryl Impey, Christopher Juul-Jensen, Roman Kreuziger

Quick-Step Floors
Daniel Martin, Gianluca Brambilla, Laurens De Plus, Dries Devenyns, Bob Jungels, Maximilian Schachmann, Petr Vakoc, Martin Velits

Team Katusha – Alpecin
Maurits Lammertink, Jenthe Biermans, Pavel Kochetkov, Viacheslav Kuznetsov, Marco Mathis, Nils Politt, Mads Würtz Schmidt, Ángel Vicioso

Team Sky
Michal Kwiatkowski, Owain Doull, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Michal Golas, Sebastián Henao, Luis Sergio Henao, Gianni Moscon, Diego Rosa

Team Sunweb
Warren Barguil, Johannes Fröhlinger, Simon Geschke, Lennard Hofstede, Wilco Kelderman, Michael Matthews, Georg Preidler, Skjøstad Sindre Lunke

Trek – Segafredo
Jarlinson Pantano, Fumiyuki Beppu, André Cardoso, Gregory Daniel, Michael Gogl, Ruben Guerreiro, Jesús Hernández, Haimar Zubeldia

UAE Team Emirates
Rui Costa, Matteo Bono, Louis Meintjes, Matej Mohoric, Manuele Mori, Simone Petilli, Oliviero Troia, Diego Ulissi

Procontinental teams

Aqua Blue Sport
Lars Petter Nordhaug, Adam Blythe, Mark Christian, Conor Dunne, Aaron Gate, Norman Lasse Hansen, Michel Kreder, Daniel Pearson

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
Julien Simon, Yoann Bagot, Guillaume Bonnafond, Jérôme Cousin, Nicolas Edet, Luis Ángel Maté, Anthony Perez, Stephane Rossetto

Direct Energie
Lilian Calmejane, Fabien Grellier, Romain Guillemois, Jonathan Hivert, Bryan Nauleau, Paul Ourselin, Perrig Quemeneur, Romain Sicard

Fortuneo – Vital Concept
Arnold Jeannesson, Franck Bonnamour, Maxime Bouet, Brice Feillu, Armindo Fonseca, Elie Gesbert, Romain Hardy, Eduardo Sepúlveda

Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
Preben Van Hecke, Maxime Farazijn, Eliot Lietaer, Ruben Pols, Thomas Sprengers, Dries Van Gestel, Kenneth Van Rooy, Jens Wallays

Wanty – Groupe Gobert
Jerome Baugnies, Thomas Degand, Fabien Doubey, Guillaume Martin, Xandro Meurisse, Marco Minnaard, Andrea Pasqualon, Dion Smith

WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
Sebastien Delfosse, Gregory Habeaux, Justin Jules, Christophe Masson, Olivier Pardini, Dimitri Peyskens, Maxime Vantomme, Antoine Warnier


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