The route: 198 km between Charleroi and Huy. Departure Wednesday 11:30 arrival to 16.20.

Hilly road with three ascents of the Mur de Huy (Km 67 Km 168 and finish). Ribs Bohissau (km 143) and Ahin (157 km) in the large loop, Ereffe (187) in the final loop.

Participation: 25 teams
Milram, Omega Pharma, Quick Step, Landbouwkrediet, Topsport, Saxo Bank, Caisse d’Epargne, Euskaltel, BMC, Garmin, Columbia, RadioShack, Sky, AG2R, Bbox, Cofidis, French Games, Acqua e Sapone, Androni, Lampre, Liquigas, Astana, Rabobank, Katusha, Cervelo.

The winners: 73 editions since the creation of the event in 1936. 37 wins in Belgium, 18 Italy, 8 France, 2 in Denmark, Spain and Switzerland, 1 from Germany, the United States, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

Record Wins: 3 Marcel Kint (Bel) Eddy Merckx (BEL), Moreno Argentin (ITA) and Davide Rebellin (ITA).

Past winners:
2005: Danilo Di Luca (ITA)
2006: Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
2007: Davide Rebellin (ITA)
2008: Kim Kirchen (LUX)
2009: 1. Davide Rebellin (ITA)
2. Andy Schleck (LUX) at 02 sec
3. Damiano Cunego (ITA) 02 sec
4. Samuel Sanchez (ESP) at 07 sec
5. Cadel Evans (AUS) at 07 sec