Fleche Wallonne Predictions & Betting tips - International

Prediction published on 21/04/2026, 05:15 by Matthew Newman | Modified on 22/04/2026 at 16:51

The 2026 edition of the Fleche Wallonne is on Wednesday with the famous climbs up the Mur de Hoy, including on the way to the finish always making for an exciting race. Let’s take a look over the main contenders and make a prediction.

It is perhaps not as strong a field as normal this year with Paul Seixas the red-hot favourite. Runner-up in the Strade Bianchi, he went to the Tour of the Basuqe Country and swept all four jerseys. He is just 19 years of age, and a seriously impressive talent in the making.

2025 was the year that Lenny Martinez really announced himself on the world stage. A superbly attacking rider, he carried the King of the Mountains jersey on his back for a large part of the Tour de France and was fourth in this race.

Runner-up in this race in both 2024 and 2025 was Kevin Vauquelin. He was runner-up in the Tour de Suisse last year and seventh in the Tour de France, showing off his talents. Still only 24, this is a race that he will be targeting again ahead of the Grand Tours.

Julian Alaphilippe is not the force that he once was but he is a triple winner of this race in 2018, 2019 and 2021. He has had a moderate season so far but if there is a race to bring him back to his best, this would be it.

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Fleche Wallonne - International prediction key points

The 2026 Fleche Wallonne is 200km in length and will feature 2974 vertical metres of climbing.
The field will climb the 1.3km Mur de Hoy three times in the race, including to the finish at the top of the iconic climb.
Kevin Vauquelin has twice finished runner-up in this race.
They were both when riding for Arkea, he now rides for the much stronger Ineos team and that greater support network could be huge.

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Our Fleche Wallonne - International prediction

This would not be the strongest renewal of the Fleche Wallonne ever ridden and it does look a good opportunity for Paul Seixas to add a serious crown to his young resume but his odds are short enough for one of his age, despite clearly being a prodigious talent. As it is, we are going to take a little bit more of a chance at bigger odds with an each way price on a rider that has been runner-up in the last two renewals of this race. Our Fleche Wallonne prediction is Kevin Vauquelin each way.

Prediction :

Kevin Vauquelin each way

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