| The Spaniard rider for the Caisse d'Epargne team: | | | | some distance from the other riders when they |
| Alejandro Valverde has won La Flèche Wallonne. | | | | were at 63 Km from the end but they got caught |
| At the end of the race at Le Mur de Huy, Valverde | | | | by a group of almost 30 competitors on the |
| left behind his compatriot from the Euskaltel-Euskadi | | | | penultimate climb of the day: Côte de Ahin with |
| team Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez who finished second. | | | | 12 km to go. |
| Karsten Kroon and his teammate Frank Schleck from | | | | The circuit consisted of 202 Km from Charleroi to |
| the Team CSC finished third and fourth. T- Mobile's | | | | Huy and at the end, riders climb the Mur de Huy. The |
| rider Patrik Sinkewitz ended the run in the fifth place. | | | | Flèche Wallonne is traditionally one of the most |
| Two riders left the group early in the cycling race: | | | | open of the spring classics, where as 2005 champion |
| Frédéric Finot from Française des | | | | Danilo Di Luca says: "you need the power to explode |
| Jeux and Ag2R's José Luis Arrieta but around | | | | in that grueling final ascent to the finish." |
| 80 Km to go the pack reached them. Conditions for | | | | The group of riders climbs the Huy three times during |
| the race were fine but the hard wind didn't let some | | | | the race, including the summit finish. While stragglers |
| of the riders get ahead from the group. | | | | have time to rejoin the leaders after the first two |
| The next important gap took place when Phonak's | | | | ascents, it is power what it takes at the end and |
| Alexandre Moss and Rabobank's Oscar Freire gained | | | | that's what Valverde proved when winning the race. |