Vollering won the Mur de Huy the hard way. Rather than wait for the traditional late kick, she moved to the front from the foot of the final climb and steadily wound up the pace, shredding the front group of around twenty. On the steepest pitch she opened a ten-metre gap and, although Pieterse's late charge brought the defending champion back onto her wheel, Vollering held on for victory — same time but never headed. It was her second Flèche Wallonne after 2023 and the first half of an Ardennes double sealed four days later with a record third Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

• 1 kmTook the front from the foot of the final Mur de Huy and lifted the pace early
• 0.5 kmAccelerated on the steepest section to open a decisive ten-metre gap

The defending champion was the only rider able to respond to Vollering's long-range move, and she nearly pulled off a remarkable save. Caught out by the early acceleration, Pieterse launched a powerful surge up the inside in the final few hundred metres and clawed back almost all of the gap, ending the day on Vollering's wheel — same time, but second. A near-defence that confirmed her standing among the very best on the Mur.

• 0.3 kmLaunched a late charge that brought her back onto Vollering's wheel at the line

Coming off her Amstel Gold Race win, Blasi confirmed her Ardennes form by taking third on the Mur de Huy at three seconds — the best of the chasers behind the two leaders. The result capped a standout week and underlined UAE Team ADQ's strength across the hilly classics.

Niewiadoma was in the front group on the final Mur and finished fourth at six seconds, marking the key moves on a finish that suits the explosive puncheurs better than her. A consistent ride that set her up for the longer, more selective Liège-Bastogne-Liège to come.

A serial former winner of the race, Van der Breggen was again among the strongest on the Mur de Huy, taking fifth at eleven seconds. Her punch on the wall remains formidable even if it was no longer enough to deny an in-form Vollering.

Vallieres climbed to sixth on the Mur at fourteen seconds, EF Education-Oatly's best finisher and a high-class Ardennes result for the Canadian. She backed it up days later with eighth at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, marking a strong Ardennes campaign.

Ferrand-Prévot was Visma | Lease a Bike's leader on the day and finished seventh at twenty-eight seconds, in the group fighting just behind the podium contenders on the Mur de Huy. A solid showing on a steep finish that is not her natural specialism.

Fisher-Black led Lidl - Trek home with eighth on the Mur de Huy at thirty-four seconds, one of two of the team's riders inside the top ten. A consistent Ardennes ride from the New Zealander.

Muzic was in the long chase group that pursued the early Claes/Eissen move for dozens of kilometres before bridging at the halfway point — aggressive, forward riding for FDJ that helped shape the front of the race ahead of Vollering's winning move on the Mur.

• 74 kmPart of the nine-rider chase that bridged to the early break around halfway