The next La Flèche Wallonne is Wednesday, April 21, 2027, the date on the organizer’s official site, and this page names no price on it yet. Paul Seixas won the 2026 edition at 19 years and 210 days old, the youngest winner in the race’s history.
This page keeps the last result as the record and takes the 2027 route and prices when they are published. The 2027 route was not on the race site when it was read on September 25, 2026.
How Paul Seixas won the 2026 Flèche Wallonne
The 90th edition, on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, ran 200 kilometers from Herstal to the Mur de Huy, with a final circuit over the Côte d’Ereffe, the Côte de Cherave and the Mur three times. A six-rider break went clear after 11 kilometers and led by 3’00” at kilometer 76.
Seixas (Decathlon-CMA CGM) went to the front of the group with 800 meters left on the Mur and attacked 250 meters from the line. He finished in 4h35’29”, three seconds clear of Mauro Schmid and Ben Tulett. The organizer’s report says he broke the youngest-winner record set by Philémon De Meersman (21 years, 150 days) in the first edition, 90 years earlier.
| Place | Rider | Team | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon CMA CGM | 4h35’29” |
| 2 | Mauro Schmid | Team Jayco AlUla | +3″ |
| 3 | Ben Tulett | Team Visma-Lease a Bike | +3″ |
| 4 | Benoît Cosnefroy | UAE Team Emirates XRG | +3″ |
| 5 | Mattias Skjelmose | Lidl-Trek | +8″ |
| 6 | Alex Baudin | EF Education-EasyPost | +8″ |
| 7 | Ion Izagirre | Cofidis | +10″ |
| 8 | Lenny Martinez | Bahrain Victorious | +10″ |
What this page called in 2026
The 2026 version of this page took Seixas to win, Cosnefroy as the value play and Martinez as the longshot. Seixas won, Cosnefroy was fourth at three seconds, and Martinez was eighth at 10 seconds. Former winners Julian Alaphilippe and Marc Hirschi were out of it early: Alaphilippe was dropped on the first climb of the Mur, and Hirschi crashed before the finale.
La Flèche Wallonne winners
| Year | Winner | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Paul Seixas | 200 km |
| 2024 | Stephen Williams | 199 km |
| 2023 | Tadej Pogačar | 194.2 km |
| 2022 | Dylan Teuns | 202.5 km |
| 2021 | Julian Alaphilippe | 193.6 km |
| 2020 | Marc Hirschi | 202 km |
| 2019 | Julian Alaphilippe | 195.5 km |
| 2018 | Julian Alaphilippe | 198.5 km |
The 2024 to 2018 rows are the organizer’s own winners list, and 2026 is its 2026 ranking. Alejandro Valverde appears five times on that list, the most of any rider.
How to bet La Flèche Wallonne
The 2026 race was settled on the Mur de Huy, where Seixas attacked 250 meters from the line and the next three riders crossed together. When a 2027 board is posted, +300 implies 25.0% and +1000 implies 9.1%. A bet is worth making only when you rate the rider’s chance higher than the price does.
Placement markets pay less and cash more often, which suits a finish where the top four in 2026 were three seconds apart. For the other Ardennes races, see our Liège-Bastogne-Liège odds and predictions and, before it, our Amstel Gold Race odds and predictions. To compare books that price cycling, see our sportsbook reviews.