La Flèche Wallonne in 2024, to climb the Mule de Huy four times.

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La Flèche Wallonne in 2024, to climb the Mule de Huy four times.

On Tuesday, following the announcement of the wild cards for the 2024 Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Roubaix Femme, French race organizer ASO made similar announcements for the Ardennes races, La Flèche Wallonne and La Flèche Wallonne Femme for men, Liege-Bastogne-Liege and Liège - Bastogne - Liège Femme, and the same announcement was made for the men's Liège - Bastogne - Liège Femme. [Meanwhile, the women's Liège-Bastogne-Liège will be the longest race, 147.6 km, the same as the men's.

The men's La Flèche Wallonne (April 17) will start in Charleroi for the first time since 2021 and will feature nine climbs, including 104.1 km, 135.8 km, 167.5 km, and a 1.3 km, 9.6% mule de huit at the finish.

The women, which will be held on the same day, will tackle two climbs, one less than in 2023, but these two climbs are among the seven climbs packed into the 143.5 km route.

The men's Liège-Bastogne-Liège (April 21) will feature 259 km to the flat finish in the center of Liège, lined with famous climbs such as Saint-Roch, Wanne, Stocou, Rosiers, La Redoute, and Roche-aux-Faucons, a classic of the 110th It will be the route of the 110th edition.

The women's race will continue north from Bastogne to Liège as in previous years, with nine major mountains, including those mentioned above, before the same flat finish.

In addition to the routes for both races, the wildcard invitees have also been determined.

In the men's race, the top three pro teams for the 2023 season, Lotto Dostny, Israel Premier Tech, and Uno-X Mobility, will race along with 18 WorldTour teams. Vingoal WB and Total Energy will also compete in both races.

In Flèche, Euskaltel Euskadi and Q36.5 will fill the remaining two slots, while in Liège the last two slots will go to Ekpo Cologne Pharma and Flanders Baloise.

Fifteen Women's World Tour teams will fill the field for both races, along with the top Continental team, Cofidis. Six more Continental teams will compete in both races, Alcare-B&B Hotels, Laboral Kutza-Fundacion Euskadi, Lot-Dostony, San Michele-Mavic-Ober93, Coop-Repsol, and Volker Vessels.

In Flèche, Bepinque-Bongioanni and Duoral-Chevalmaire will be in the final two places, while in Liège, EF Education-Cannondale and Lifeplus-Wahoo will race.

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