“Some say it is of some intrigue to have such a race end with such a pure test of strength and power. To this I say: for a Wednesday Classic, perhaps this is reasonable. Should one work all day and not have time to watch at leisure for an hour or two, surely all can find 3 minutes in their day to squeeze in watching the Final Kilometer of this La Fleche Wallonne. But is this climb a pure test of who is the best puncheur in the world?”
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The Ardennes Classics (Written)
“As to whether it is a Classic or Semi-Classic: I believe my and the cycling world’s mind are torn. Yet that does not much matter for it is the perfect transition race into the three proper canonical Ardennes Classics: the Amstel Gold, La Fleche Wallonne, and Liege-Bastogne-Liege. To think, to think—as is the case with all the cycling Classics—such a smattering of random words could form the titles of hallowed races!”
Cycling Odysseys 