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The Mur de Huy (English: Wall of Huy) is a 128 metres (420 ft) high hill located in Huy, Wallonia, Belgium. It is also known as le Chemin des Chapelles (English: 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 professional cycling race.
After entering the town, there was a detour to climb the Côte de Cherave. This is a 1.3-kilometre (0.81 mi) climb at an average gradient of 8.1%; the summit came with 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) remaining. After the descent back into Huy, the riders climbed the Mur de Huy for the third time, with the finish line coming at the top of the climb. The ...
The Citadel of Huy (French: Citadelle de Huy) or the Fort of Huy (French: Fort de Huy), known locally as The Castle (Walloon: Li Tchestia), is a fortress located in the Walloon city of Huy in the province of Liège, Belgium. [1] The fort occupies a high position in the town, overlooking the strategic Meuse river.
Huy, view from the bridge (le Pont du Chemin de Fer) with the fortress (Fort de Huy), two churches (la collégiale Notre-Dame) and (Saint-Domitien) and the Tihange nuclear power plant Huy ( French: [ɥi] ⓘ or [wi] ⓘ ; Dutch : Hoei [ɦui] ; Walloon : Hu ) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège , Belgium .
Following a sprint at Havelange, the tour went over the category 4 Côte de Ereffe and the Côte de Cherave on the outskirts of Huy. The stage finished on the category 3 Mur de Huy, a 1.3 km (0.81 mi) climb with a maximum gradient of 19% in the final few hundred metres. [25] The riders at the start line in Antwerp, Belgium.
The County of Huy (Latin comitatus Hoiensis) was a comital jurisdiction of Lotharingia during the early Middle Ages, centred on the town of Huy and its citadel overlooking the Meuse. The county probably originated in the late ninth century as a division of the County of Hesbaye .
These races are characterized by hills that are a 10–20% grade and 1–2 km long; examples include the Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the Mur de Huy in the Flèche Wallonne and the Manayunk Wall in the Philadelphia International Championship. The physique of this type of rider allows them to escape from the peloton through quick bursts usually ...
Despite the promises of Prince Maurice of Orange to relieve Huy, the forces of the new Governor-General of the Spanish Netherlands, Don Pedro Henríquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes (Spanish: Conde de Fuentes), led by Don Valentín Pardieu de la Motte, after a short siege and low resistance, captured the town and the citadel from the combined Protestant troops of Charles de Héraugière.