The Mur de Huy ( en, Wall of Huy) is a high hill located in

Huy Huy ( or ; nl, Hoei, ; wa, Hu) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Huy lies along the river Meuse, at the mouth of the small river Hoyoux. It is in the ''sillon industriel'', the former industrial ...

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. It is also known as ''le Chemin des Chapelles'' ( en, The Path of the Chapels) because of the seven chapels along its route. This climb is famous for being part of the route of

La Flèche Wallonne La Flèche Wallonne (, French for "The Walloon Arrow") is a men's professional cycle road race held in April each year in Wallonia, Belgium. The first of two Belgian Ardennes classics, La Flèche Wallonne is today normally held mid-week betw ...

professional

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. It also served as the finish for the third stage of the

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La Flèche Wallonne

The Mur de Huy has been the site of the finishing line of the

Flèche Wallonne Flèche or Fleche may refer to: *Flèche (architecture), a type of church spire * Flèche (cycling), a team cycling competition *Flèche (fencing), an aggressive offensive fencing technique *Flèche (fortification) A flèche ( Fr. for "arrow") is ...

since 1984 and of the

La Flèche Wallonne Féminine La Flèche Wallonne Féminine is a professional women's bicycle road race held each year in Wallonia, Belgium, in April. It is part of the UCI Women's World Tour, cycling's season-long competition of top-tier races, in which it is the third-olde ...

since 1998. It is climbed three times for men's and two times for women's with the finishing line at the top of the last climb up the Mur. The climb has a length of with an average grade of 9.3% and some sections around 17% (up to 26% in one bend).Présentation du Mur de Huy
/ref> The Flèche Wallonne is often decided on its slopes.

References

External links

Photos and description on velo-club.net
Climbs in cycle racing in Belgium La Flèche Wallonne Mountains and hills of Liège Province Huy {{Belgium-sport-stub