The course and field for La Flèche Wallonne on April 19 and Liège-Bastogne-Liège on April 23 have been finalized, and seven wildcard teams will make up the 24 women's teams and four wildcard teams will make up the 25 men's teams.

Race organizer ASO has decided that seven wildcard teams will participate in the Belgian race, which will be the opening round of the Ardennes Classics for women. The three Belgian teams include AG Insurance-Soudal-QuickStep, Duolar-Chevalmeire, and Lotto Dstny Ladies, plus Cofidis, Auber93, Parkhotel Valkenburg, and Team Coop-Hitec Products. In addition, Saint-Michel-Mavic-Auber93 will participate in La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, and Arkea Pro Cycling will join the wild card for Liège. Serratigit-WNT Procycling and Lifeplus Wahoo received automatic invitations, along with 15 women's WorldTour teams for both events.

On the men's side, Vingor WB, Expo Cologne Pharma, and Uno X Pro Cycling will be wildcards for both La Flèche Wallonne and Liège-Bastogne-Liège. The fourth wild card for La Flèche went to Burgos-BH, while Team Flanders-Baroise took the fourth slot for "La Redoute." They will face 18 World Tour teams and the top three pro teams (Israel Premier Tech, Lot Doustony, and Total Energies).

This year La Flèche Wallonne will be held midweek before the famous Monument in Liège.

The men will run three steep, short climbs over 194.2 km. It is the first time in two years that the women will cross the Huy Pass three times as the men. The women's 131.km route includes the Elefe and Scherève climbs new this year.

Liege-Bastogne-Liege will take place four days later on Sunday, completing the triple header of the Ardennes Classics in both World Tours, along with the Amstel Gold Race in the Netherlands on April 16. The riders of Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femme will ride 140km and face the first three hills of the Wannes, Stockeu and Haute-Louvée. A final attack is inevitable in the remaining 13.3 km to the finish in Liège city center.

The men will again face a steep climb at 258.5km, including the Côte des Forges and the triplet of Wanne, Stockeu, and Haute-Louvet. After the strenuous Côte de la Redoute (1.6km, 9.4%) with just over 25km to go, a new addition is the unsettled Côte de Cornemont. Forges, and the final climb to the familiar Côte de la Roche aux Faucons, 13.3 km to the flat finish in Liège.

Last year at the 108th Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Quick Step's Remco Evenpole took the Côte He won the 108th Liège-Bastogne-Liège last year at the age of 22 after a solo attack at the top of the Côte de la Redoute. In the women's race, Annemiek van Fruten (Movistar) won for the second time in seven events.

A few days earlier, van Vleuten had finished second in La Flèche Wallonne Féminine, just ahead of 24-year-old Marta Cavalli (FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope), who entered this race as the Amstel Gold Race winner. In the men's race, Dylan Tuns (Bahrain Victorious) won the Hoy.