PeloPics: Because the WorldTour strikes on to the Ardennes for the hilly Classics we glance again at Le Flèche Wallonne of 1986. The winner on the day was Laurent Fignon, ’86 was not the Frenchman’s greatest 12 months as a consequence of damage, however that day in Belgium he was in his aspect and delivered an emphatic win – Photographs by Cor Vos.
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Robert Millar (Pipa York) – 2nd Total within the Vuelta a España with a stage win and 2nd Total within the Tour de Suisse in ’86
Within the finalé Fignon was away with Kim Andersen and 13 kilometers from the end on the Mur de Huy, Fignon put in a storming assault on the Côte d’Ahin, which Andersen couldn’t comply with. From there Fignon by no means seemed again to win by 1:34 over Andersen. Later Andersen was disqualified for a doping offense, one among 4 failed drug exams. Jean-Claude Leclercq (KAS) moved as much as second at 3:00 with Claude Criquielion (Hitachi) at 3:07 in third. Greg Lemond received the higher of Sean Kelly for 4th and World champion Joop Zoetemelk was sixth.
Canadian Steven Bauer
4th for Greg Lemond simply behind Criquilion in third
Robert Millar most likely not giving autographs
Alexi Grewal main Alain Bondue
Alain Vigneron main Guiseppi Sarroni
Roy Knickman and Jan Bogaert
An excellent outcome for Emanuele Bombini driving for the Vini Ricordi-Pinarello-Sidermec staff
Pursuiter, Alain Bondue on a solo assault
Yvon, youthful brother of double Paris-Roubaix winner Marc Madiot
The oldest man within the race – Joop Zoetemelk
Kelly received the higher of Zoetemelk by 7 seconds
Charly Mottet had an extended profession – In ’86 he received two levels within the Vuelta a España and took tenth within the Flèche Wallonne
sixteenth for Bernard Hinault in his ultimate 12 months as a professional
Lemond went on to win the Tour de France in ’86 forward of teammate Hinault
Theo de Rooij (Rooy)
Pedro Delgado was tenth within the Vuelta in 1986, however DNF’d within the Giro and Tour
Possibly not the perfect race for a trackman, however Alain Bondue made his mark
Claude Crequielion had a very good spring marketing campaign in 1986 – 1st GP du Midi Libre, eighth Tour of Flanders, 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège, ninth Amstel Gold Race and third in Flèche Wallonne
Olympic champion Alexi Grewal going solo
Close to Tour de France winner Pascal Simon adopted by Belgian highway champion Paul Haghedooren
Hennie Kuiper was feeling the chilly
Robert Millar completed within the prime 40 after which went on to take 2nd general within the 1986 Vuelta a España
Greg Lemond main Claude Criquielion and Charly Mottet
Ex-World champion and multi winner, the late Gerrie Knetemann
World champion, Joop Zoetemelk in sixth place
The leaders on the entrance
Sean Kelly was properly up on the climb to take fifth
Fignon solo on the Mur de Huy
Second place for Kim Andersen, however…
’85 and ’86 had been Fignon’s damage years – The Flèche Wallonne win was a spotlight
Criquielion requested why he didn’t win as Kim Anderson hangs his head
Kim Andersen completed second at 1 minute 34 seconds, however was disqualified after a doping optimistic.
Race motion:
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Flèche Wallonne 1986 Consequence:
1. Laurent Fignon (Fra) Systeme U in 6:24:39
2. Jean-Claude Leclercq (Fra) KAS at 3:00
3. Claude Criquielion (Bel) Hitachi-Marc-Splendor at 3:07
4. Greg Lemond (USA) La Vie Claire-Surprise-Take a look at 3:09
5. Sean Kelly (Irl) KAS at 3:12
6. Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) Kwantum-Decosol-Yoko at 3:19
7. Steven Rooks (Ned) PDM at 3:20
8. Rolf Gölz (Ger) Del Tongo-Colnago at 3:21
9. Johan Van Der Velde (Ned) Panasonic at 3:30
10. Charly Mottet (Fra) Systeme U at 3:38
11. Acacio Da Silva Mora (Por) Malvor-Bottecchia-Vaporella at 3:44
12. Emanuele Bombini (Ita) Vini Ricordi-Pinarello-Sidermec at 3:54
13. Dag-Erik Pedersen (Nor) Ariostea at 3:56
14. Urs Zimmermann (Swi) Carrera Denims at 4:05
15. Yvon Madiot (Fra) Systeme U at 4:10
16. Bernard Hinault (Fra) La Vie Claire-Surprise-Take a look at 4:28
17. Theo De Rooy (Ned) Panasonic at 4:35
18. Robert Forest (Fra) Peugeot-Shell-Michelin at 4:52
19. Pedro Delgado Robledo (Spa) PDM at 5:18
20. Jan Nevens (Bel) Lotto-Merckx at 12:15
21. Jean-Philippe Vandenbrande ((Bel) Hitachi-Marc-Splendor
22. Eddy Schepers (Bel) Carrera Denims)
23. Pascal Simon (Fra) Peugeot-Shell-Michelin
24. Régis Simon (Fra) R.M.O.-Meral-Mavic
25. Stefan Morjean (Bel) Hitachi-Marc-Splendor
26. Fons De Wolf (Bel) Skala-Skil
27. Gerrie Knetemann (Ned) PDM
28. Gianbattista Baronchelli (Ita) Supermercati Brianzoli
31. Hennie Kuiper (Ned) Skala-Skil
37. Bjarne Riis (Den) Roland-Van de Ven-Colnago
38. Robert Millar (GB) Panasonic
41. Adrie Van Der Poel (Ned) Kwantum-Decosol-Yoko
42. Pascal Richard (Swi) KAS
46. Davide Cassani (Ita) Carrera Denims at 13:30
50. Dirk De Wolf (Bel) Hitachi- Marc-Splendor
51. Giuseppe Saronni (Ita) Del Tongo-Colnago
55. Gert-Jan Theunisse (Ned) Panasonic.
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