Monday 18 April 2011 at 23h46

This Wednesday the 75th edition of the Flèche Wallonne will take place in Belgium. The race, over a distance of 201 kilometers from Charleroi to Huy will have to do without its last winner because Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) is still having knee troubles since he fell during a training at home in Switzerland.

Who will be there to follow up the rider who won this race in his rainbow jersey?

In this article you'll discover the race route of the Flèche Wallonne 2011 on Google Maps / Google Earth, the race profile and the time- and route schedule.

The Flèche Wallonne 2011 race route in Google Maps

The Flèche Wallonne race route remains unchanged compared to last year. Still with a big circuit of 101.5 km and a small circuit of 29.5 km, the riders will have to climb three times the decisive Mur de Huy (1,3 km @ 9,3%).

They'll find 7 other climbs on their route: the Côte de Peu d'Eau (2,7 km @ 3,9%), the Côte de Haut-Bois (1,6 km @ 4,8%), the Côte de Groynne (2 km @ 3,5%), the Côte de Bohisseau (1,3 km @ 7,6%), the Côte de Bousalle (1,7 km @ 4,9%), the Côte d'Ahin (2,3 km @ 6,5%) and the Côte d'Ereffe (2,1 km @ 5,9%).

The start will still be in front of the Stade du Pays de Charleroi in the Boulevard Zoé Drion in Charleroi. The advertising caravan will not do the whole race route this year since it will start only on the Mur de Huy.

Below you can find the race route on Google Maps, the profile and the time- and route schedule of the Flèche Wallonne 2011. Click on each of the images to see all details of this ardennes classic:

The Flèche Wallonne 2011 race route in Google Earth

Do you prefer to watch the race route in Google Earth and be able for example to do a virtual fly-over over the parcours? Download the KML file below to do so:

> Download the Flèche Wallonne 2011 race route in Google Earth

TV broadcasting of the Flèche Wallonne 2011

If you're in the lucky situation to sit down in front of a TV this Wednesday afternoon, you can follow the race live
- in France, on Eurosport from 2PM till 4.30PM or on France 3 from 2.30PM till 4.20PM
- in Belgium, on RTBF from 2.05PM till 4.35PM and on VRT
- on Eurosport in different European countries
- on TV2 in Denmark and Norway, on Teledeporte in Spain, on RAI in Italy, on RTL in Luxembourg, on Nederland 1 in The Netherlands, on RSI in Switzerland, on J Sports in Japan, SuperSport in different African countries and Eurosport in different Asian countries

door Thomas Vergouwen
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