Can I watch La Flèche Wallonne on GCN+?
Yes! Live coverage of La Flèche Wallonne is available to GCN+ subscribers in Europe and Asia-Pacific, excluding China, Japan and New Zealand. The race is also available in France, powered by Eurosport. A full on-demand replay will also be available in the same territories. You can check out the full list of races available in your country for 2022 here.
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What and when can I watch?
Live racing: GCN+ subscribers in the above territories can watch La Flèche Wallonne on the GCN app or via the web player.
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Broadcast |
Link |
Start time (BST) |
Start time (CET) |
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La Flèche Wallonne - 20th April |
12:00 |
13:00 |
Short highlights: We will have short highlights available for La Flèche Wallonne. These highlights are available worldwide for all subscribers.
Extended highlights: Our extended highlights for the race will be available to subscribers in Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the US, excluding France, China, New Zealand and Japan.
How can I watch La Flèche Wallonne highlights?
All of these highlights can be found:
- In the GCN app: click on the Race TV section of the app and then scroll down to "Latest Highlights".
- On our web player: click on the correct race then click the "Highlights/Extra" tab and select the relevant highlights package.
How can I watch La Flèche Wallonne on GCN+?
You can watch the La Flèche Wallonne on:
- A mobile in the GCN app on Android (download here) and iOS (download here)
- Casting via Chromecast is supported on Android and iOS
- Casting via AirPlay is supported on iOS
- Connected devices including:
- Amazon Fire Stick
- Samsung TV (2018-2020 models, not available in the USA)
- Android TV
- Our web player (here)
About La Flèche Wallonne
La Flèche Wallonne is one of cycling’s oldest, with its first edition taking place back in 1936, and one of the few to continue on through the second world war. The earlier editions of the race were vastly different to the classic drag-race format we’ve come to know and love. These older races often exceeded distances of 250km, with the longest ever travelling for a leg-shattering distance of 300km from Tournai to Liège back in 1938.
Over the last few decades the race has settled into a more rigid format. The starting town changes quite regularly, but the finishing town - Huy - has remained fixed on the route since 1983. It’s around Huy where the riders embark on three laps of a tough circuit containing multiple short, sharp climbs, including the infamous Mur de Huy - one of the steepest finishing climbs the riders will face all year, with some ramps exceeding 25%!
The organisers have tried to spice up the race a little over the last couple of editions by moving the penultimate climb, the Côte de Cherave, closer to the finish. While it has catalysed some late attacks, the Cherave has ultimately failed to change the outcome of the race - we still see an inevitable drag race up the Mur year after year.
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