2022 Four Days of Dunkirk -
4 Jours de Dunkerque
(2.Pro), France

66th edition: May 3 - May 8, 2022

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Sunday, May 8: 6th & Final Stage, Ardres - Dunkerque, 182.9 km

Stage 6 map

Gerben Thijssen wins the final stage.

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Weather at the finish city of Dunkerque at 2:00 PM, local time: 15C (59F), sunny, with the wind from the north-northeast at 31 km/hr (19 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from GC winner Philippe Gilbert's Team Lotto Soudal.

After winning the third stage, Philippe Gilbert now also took the win in the general classification of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque. In the final stage from Ardres to Dunkerque his small advantage of 4 seconds was enough to take home the pink leader’s jersey.

It was clear from the beginning that the 4 Jours de Dunkerque would end up in a fight for seconds. Philippe Gilbert took the leader’s jersey on Saturday with a lead of only 4 seconds on Oliver Naesen and 5 on Jake Stewart. Benjamin Thomas and Baptiste were also close with a gap of just 10 seconds.

The Lotto Soudal-team had to be on its guard during the final stage to make sure Gilbert was able to take home the pink jersey. Soon, a group of 7 riders got away, taking all the bonification sprints on the road. They never got more than 3 minutes on a peloton that was controlled by the sprinters’ teams and Lotto Soudal.

In the final they were caught one by one, after which Gerben Thijssen took home the bunch sprint victory. Gilbert finished on a safe 15th spot, while his closest competitors were not able to take any extra seconds. This way Gilbert secured his overall win. 

“After the disappointment of missing out on yesterday’s stage (when Gilbert finished 4th but did take the leader’s jersey), I am very happy with this overall win”, said the 39-year-old Lotto Soudal-rider. “I had some stress in the beginning, because there was a tricky local circuit in the final, with a lot of turns and a constant battle for position.”

After his stage win earlier, this overall win was Gilbert’s second win since his return to Lotto Soudal. “It makes me very happy. I have had two difficult years with a lot of troubles and tough times”, said an emotional Gilbert. “But I want to end my career on the highest level. I have never forgotten what you have to do to get there. The Classics were difficult for me, because I was never able to do my training as planned, due to illness. Here, in better weather and in a shorter race, I was able to get the win. Thanks also to the great team over here.”

According to the former world champion, we can expect more of him this season. “First I am getting married, later this month. But for the races afterwards I am very ambitious. I want to win some more.”

Complete results:

182.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.065 km/hr

1	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4hr 20min 53sec
2	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
3	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
4	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
5	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
6	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
7	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
8	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	s.t.
10	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
12	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
13	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
14	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
15	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
16	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
17	Arvid De Kleijn	Human Powered Health	s.t.
18	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
19	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
20	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
21	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
23	Cedric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
24	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
25	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
26	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
27	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
28	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
29	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
32	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
35	Jordi Warlop	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
36	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
37	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
38	Sebastian Schonberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
39	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
40	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
41	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
42	Pier-Andre Cote	Human Powered Health	s.t.
43	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
44	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
45	Emmanuel Morin	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	@ 8sec
46	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
47	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:13
48	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
49	Oscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	s.t.
50	Christophe Noppe	Arkéa-Samsic	0:15
51	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
52	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	0:18
53	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
54	Milan Fretin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
55	Corne Van Kessel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
56	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
57	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
60	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
61	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
62	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
63	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
64	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
65	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	0:33
66	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	0:51
67	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
68	Felipe Orts	Burgos-BH	s.t.
69	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	1:01
70	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	1:28
71	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
72	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
73	Mihkel Raim	Burgos-BH	s.t.
74	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
75	Colin Joyce	Human Powered Health	s.t.
76	Jordan Jegat	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	2:02
77	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	2:32
78	Clement Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	2:43
79	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	2:50
80	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Fenix	2:55
81	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
82	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	3:02
83	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
84	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	3:27
85	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	3:33
86	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
87	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
89	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
90	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	3:35
91	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
92	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	5:55
93	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
94	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
95	Enzo Leijnse	Team DSM	s.t.
96	Mathias Le Turnier	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	7:17
97	Leo Danes	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
98	Florian Richard-Andrade	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
99	Mael Guegan	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
100	Dorian De Maeght	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
101	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
102	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Fenix	10:22
103	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	13:01

 

Final GC after stage 6:

• Final GC leader: Philippe Gilbert (Lotto Soudal)
• Points classification winner: Jason Tesson (St. Michel-Auber 93)
• Mountains classification winner: Alex Colman (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
• Best young rider: Jake Stewart (Groupama-FDJ)
• Team classification winner: Lotto Soudal

1,054.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.152 km/hr

1	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	25hr 0min 26sec
2	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	@ 4sec
3	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	0:05
4	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:10
5	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
6	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	0:12
7	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	0:13
8	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	0:14
9	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	0:16
10	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	0:18
11	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
12	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
13	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	0:20
14	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:22
15	Sebastian Schonberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
16	Pier-Andre Cote	Human Powered Health	0:37
17	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
18	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:41
19	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	0:43
20	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	0:45
21	Cedric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	0:48
22	Jordi Warlop	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
23	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
24	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	0:59
25	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	1:09
26	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:17
27	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
28	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	1:26
29	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	1:37
30	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	1:43
31	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	1:44
32	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:57
33	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:15
34	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
35	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	2:18
36	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	3:09
37	Clement Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	3:50
38	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:33
39	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	4:46
40	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	4:49
41	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	5:15
42	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	5:17
43	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	5:28
44	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	5:37
45	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	5:45
46	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Lotto Soudal	5:47
47	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	5:48
48	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	s.t.
49	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
50	Oscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	6:01
51	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	6:06
52	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	6:28
53	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	6:32
54	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	7:20
55	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	8:56
56	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	9:21
57	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	9:55
58	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Fenix	10:04
59	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
60	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	10:11
61	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	10:12
62	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	10:37
63	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	10:39
64	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	10:57
65	Milan Fretin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	11:11
66	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	12:04
67	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	12:16
68	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	12:21
69	Colin Joyce	Human Powered Health	12:57
70	Arvid De Kleijn	Human Powered Health	13:00
71	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	14:31
72	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	14:46
73	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	15:16
74	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	15:55
75	Mihkel Raim	Burgos-BH	15:59
76	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	16:22
77	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	16:26
78	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	16:27
79	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	16:48
80	Corne Van Kessel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	16:53
81	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	17:12
82	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	17:59
83	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	18:30
84	Mael Guegan	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	18:31
85	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Fenix	19:17
86	Christophe Noppe	Arkéa-Samsic	19:32
87	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	19:38
88	Emmanuel Morin	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	19:50
89	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	20:26
90	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	20:31
91	Mathias Le Turnier	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	22:05
92	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	22:29
93	Felipe Orts	Burgos-BH	22:34
94	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	23:15
95	Jordan Jegat	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	24:33
96	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	26:11
97	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	28:36
98	Léo Danès	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	30:42
99	Florian Richard-Andrade	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	30:52
100	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	31:01
101	Dorian De Maeght	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	32:11
102	Enzo Leijnse	Team DSM	32:30
103	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Fenix	44:11

 

Stage 6 map:

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Saturday, May 7: Stage 5, Roubaix - Cassel, 183.7 km

Stage 5 map

Gianni Vermeersch wins stage five. Getty Sport photo

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Weather at the finish city of Cassel at 2:00 PM, local time: 18C (65F), showers in the vicinity. The wind is from the north at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is an 80% chance of rain, decreasing to 7% at 4:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Oliver Naesen's Ag2r-Citroën team.

Oliver Naesen:
“We knew it would be a difficult and a decisive stage. For me, it was the goal of the week. Since the first stage, lots of people have gained bonus seconds, but we have had no luck there. It was therefore necessary to play an important card.
Second in the stage, second overall, it is not quite what we wanted, but there is great satisfaction all the same because the whole team raced just right. The guys worked very hard especially Damien Touzé who has entered the top 10 as well.
Tomorrow, there are still possibilities but it won’t be easy because it’s going to come down to bonus seconds, and you can’t make a mistake.

"In Paris-Roubaix, I was in great shape but I was unlucky. Here, I’m getting started again, the legs are good, and that’s very good for the rest of the season.”

The number: 4
On the eve of the final stage, Oliver Naesen is second on the general classification, 4” behind leader Philippe Gilbert. Damien Touzé, seventh for the stage, is tenth overall.

The news: Giro d’Italia:
At the end of the second stage of the Giro d’Italia, a short and demanding time trial in Budapest, Andrea Vendrame dropped to 35th place in the general classification.

“We didn’t have time to admire the buildings of Budapest. It was hard and intense. These first stages allow us to get started gradually before arriving in Italy where the Giro will really start for the AG2R CITROËN TEAM,” Nans Peters said.

Complete results:

183.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.374 km/hr

1	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	4hr 39min 56sec
2	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
3	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
4	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
5	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
7	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	@ 8sec
8	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
9	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
10	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
11	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
12	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
13	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:12
14	Sebastian Schonberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
15	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
16	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	0:17
17	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	0:27
18	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
19	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
20	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
21	Pier-Andre Cote	Human Powered Health	s.t.
22	Cedric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	0:38
23	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
24	Jordi Warlop	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
25	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
26	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
27	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
28	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
29	Clement Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:40
30	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	0:54
31	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:54
32	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	1:10
33	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	1:22
34	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	1:33
35	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	1:34
36	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
37	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:47
38	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
39	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
40	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
41	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	1:50
42	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	2:32
43	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	2:34
44	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	2:51
45	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	4:03
46	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:08
47	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
48	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
49	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	5:38
50	Mael Guegan	Team Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
51	Milan Fretin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
52	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
53	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
54	Oscar Pelegri	Burgos-BH	s.t.
55	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
56	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
57	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
58	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
59	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
60	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
63	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
64	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
65	Colin Joyce	Human Powered Health	s.t.
66	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
67	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
68	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	6:19
69	Max Poole	Team DSM	6:29
70	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
71	Stephane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	7:11
72	Corne Van Kessel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	7:17
73	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	8:50
74	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	9:38
75	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
76	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
77	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	10:02
78	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Fenix	10:04
79	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Fenix	12:14
80	Enzo Leijnse	Team DSM	s.t.
81	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
82	Dorian De Maeght	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
83	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	12:29
84	Mathias Le Turnier	Team Team U Nantes-Atlantique	12:31
85	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	13:00
86	Arvid De Kleijn	Human Powered Health	s.t.
87	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	13:05
88	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	s.t.
89	Leo Danes	Team Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
90	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	13:18
91	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	13:55
92	Jordan Jegat	Team Team U Nantes-Atlantique	14:00
93	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	14:20
94	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	14:21
95	Florian Richard-Andrade	Team Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
96	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
97	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
98	Juraj Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
99	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
100	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
101	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
102	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
103	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
104	Mihkel Raim	Burgos-BH	s.t.
105	Christophe Noppe	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
106	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
107	Louis Richard	Team Team U Nantes-Atlantique	14:51
108	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
109	Emmanuel Morin	Team Team U Nantes-Atlantique	19:32
110	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	s.t.

 

GC after stage 5:

871.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.170 km/hr

1	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	20hr 39min 33sec
2	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	@ 4sec
3	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	0:05
4	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:10
5	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
6	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	0:14
7	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	0:16
8	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	0:17
9	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	0:18
10	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
11	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
12	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
13	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	0:20
14	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:22
15	Sebastian Schonberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
16	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:28
17	Pier-Andre Côte	Human Powered Health	0:37
18	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
19	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	0:43
20	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	0:45
21	Cedric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	0:48
22	Jordi Warlop	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
23	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
24	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	0:49
25	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:04
26	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
27	Clement Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	1:07
28	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	1:09
29	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	1:17
30	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	1:26
31	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	1:43
32	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	1:44
33	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
34	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	1:48
35	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	1:54
36	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	1:57
37	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
38	Jérémy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
39	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	2:00
40	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	3:01
41	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	4:18
42	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
43	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
44	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	4:32
45	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	5:37
46	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	5:38
47	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	5:45
48	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Lotto Soudal	5:47
49	Oscar Pelegri	Burgos-BH	5:48
50	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
51	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
52	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
53	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
54	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
55	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	6:10
56	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	6:29
57	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	6:32
58	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	7:05
59	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	7:55
60	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	9:09
61	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	9:11
62	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	9:29
63	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	9:32
64	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Fenix	10:04
65	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	10:12
66	Milan Fretin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	10:53
67	Mael Guegan	Team Team U Nantes-Atlantique	11:14
68	Colin Joyce	Human Powered Health	11:29
69	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	11:30
70	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	12:16
71	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	12:49
72	Arvid De Kleijn	Human Powered Health	13:00
73	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	13:10
74	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	14:09
75	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	14:27
76	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	14:28
77	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	14:31
78	Mihkel Raim	Burgos-BH	s.t.
79	Juraj Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
80	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
81	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	14:46
82	Mathias Le Turnier	Team Team U Nantes-Atlantique	14:48
83	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	14:57
84	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	14:58
85	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	16:09
86	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	16:21
87	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Fenix	16:22
88	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	16:26
89	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	16:30
90	Corne Van Kessel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	16:35
91	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	16:36
92	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	16:56
93	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	17:13
94	Christophe Noppe	Arkéa-Samsic	19:17
95	Emmanuel Morin	Team Team U Nantes-Atlantique	19:42
96	Max Poole	Team DSM	19:47
97	Stéphane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	21:39
98	Felipe Orts Lloret	Burgos-BH	21:43
99	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	22:11
100	Jordan Jegat	Team Team U Nantes-Atlantique	22:31
101	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	22:41
102	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	23:15
103	Leo Danes	Team Team U Nantes-Atlantique	23:25
104	Florian Richard-Andrade	Team Team U Nantes-Atlantique	23:35
105	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	23:44
106	Dorian De Maeght	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	24:54
107	Enzo Leijnse	Team DSM	26:35
108	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Fenix	33:49
109	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	38:53
110	Louis Richard	Team Team U Nantes-Atlantique	43:00

 

Stage 5 map:

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Friday, May 6: Stage 4, Mazingarbe - Aire sur La Lys, 174.8 km

Stage 4 map

Lionel Taminiaux throws his bike and wins a close one.

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Weather at the finish city of Aire sur La Lys at 1:55 PM, local time: 21C (70F), fair, with the wind from the west at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here is a machine translation of the report from third-place Gerben Thijssen's Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert team.

This Friday, Gerben Thijssen, with his white jersey around his shoulders, once again came very close to victory in the fourth stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk (2.Pro), which ended in a bunch sprint for the fourth day in a row.

Several escape attempts colored the 175-kilometer ride after a quick start from Mazingarbe. As on the previous days, under the sporting direction of Hilaire van der Schueren and Pieter Vanspeybrouck, the riders nipped them in the bud one by one, allowing a general regrouping at 9 kilometers from the finish to allow for a bunch sprint.

Thijssen's sprint train came forward with perfect timing under the red flag to bring its fast man to an ideal starting position. In exciting final hectometres, the 23-year-old rider sprinted to his second podium in three days. Thanks to his third place in the stage, Thijssen climbs to provisional second place in the standings and strengthens his leadership position in the youth classification, the day before the queen stage around the Casselberg.

“For this Four Days of Dunkirk, it has been a very long time since I came so close to victory and this fact gives me a lot of confidence. I felt fastest for the second time this week and I hope to cash in this coming Sunday to thank my teammates for their hard work. They all go through fire to guide me to a good performance. Over the past two years I have had a lot of physical and mental difficulties and it is therefore a great pleasure to strive day after day with the whole group to improve details in the sprint and the preparation for it. In recent months I have taken a step forward in difficult finishes and I am looking forward to this Saturday's difficult challenge around the Casselberg and especially the final stage to Dunkirk!” - Gerben Thijssen

Complete results:

174.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.357 km/hr

1	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Fenix	4hr 1min 54sec
2	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
3	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
4	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
5	Arvid De Kleijn	Human Powered Health	s.t.
6	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
7	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
8	Jules Hesters	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
9	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
10	Mihkel Raim	Burgos-BH	s.t.
11	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
12	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
13	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
14	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
15	Cedric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
16	Oscar Pelegri	Burgos-BH	s.t.
17	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
19	Emmanuel Morin	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
20	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
21	Mael Guegan	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
22	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
23	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
24	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
25	Milan Fretin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
26	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
27	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
28	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
29	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
30	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
31	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
33	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
34	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
35	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
36	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
37	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
38	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
39	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroen	s.t.
40	Colin Joyce	Human Powered Health	s.t.
41	Pier-Andre Cote	Human Powered Health	s.t.
42	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
43	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
44	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
45	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroen	s.t.
46	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
47	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
48	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
49	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Sebastian Schonberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
51	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
52	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	s.t.
53	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	s.t.
54	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
55	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
56	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
57	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
58	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
59	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
60	Juraj Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
61	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
62	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
63	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
64	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
65	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
67	Felipe Orts	Burgos-BH	s.t.
68	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
69	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
70	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
71	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
72	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
74	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
75	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroen	s.t.
76	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
77	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
78	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroen	s.t.
79	Jordi Warlop	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
80	Christophe Noppe	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
81	Florian Richard-Andrade	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
82	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroen	s.t.
83	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
84	Clement Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
85	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
86	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
87	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
89	Dorian De Maeght	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
90	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
91	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
92	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
93	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
94	Jordan Jegat	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
95	Juan Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
96	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
97	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
98	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroen	s.t.
99	Kevin Besson	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
100	Mathias Le Turnier	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
101	Leo Danes	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
102	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
103	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
104	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
105	Enzo Leijnse	Team DSM	s.t.
106	Louis Richard	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	@ 17sec
107	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
108	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	0:19
109	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
110	Christopher Lawless	TotalEnergies	0:21
111	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	s.t.
112	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
113	Stephane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	0:28
114	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	0:36
115	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:40
116	Corne Van Kessel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:59

 

GC after stage 4:

687.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.987 km/hr

1	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	15hr 59min 36sec
2	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	@ 1sec
3	Arvid De Kleijn	Human Powered Health	s.t.
4	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
5	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
6	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:02
7	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:03
8	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	0:06
9	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	0:07
10	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
11	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
12	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
13	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	0:08
14	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
15	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
17	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	0:09
18	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	0:10
19	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
20	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:11
22	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
23	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
24	Oscar Pelegri	Burgos-BH	s.t.
25	Pier-Andre Cote	Human Powered Health	s.t.
26	Emmanuel Morin	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
27	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroen	s.t.
28	Cedric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
29	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
30	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
31	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
32	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroen	s.t.
33	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
34	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
35	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
36	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroen	s.t.
37	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
38	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
40	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
41	Mihkel Raim	Burgos-BH	s.t.
42	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
43	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	s.t.
44	Sebastian Schonberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
45	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroen	s.t.
47	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
48	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
49	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
50	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
51	Jordi Warlop	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
52	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Juraj Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
54	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
55	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
56	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
57	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroen	s.t.
58	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
59	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
60	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroen	s.t.
61	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
62	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:21
63	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	0:26
64	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	0:27
65	Clement Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:28
66	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	0:31
67	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	0:33
68	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
69	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	0:45
70	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	0:55
71	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	1:00
72	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	1:03
73	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	1:11
74	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	1:28
75	Christopher Lawless	TotalEnergies	1:52
76	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	1:53
77	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	2:01
78	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
79	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	2:06
80	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	2:10
81	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	2:18
82	Mathias Le Turnier	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
83	Kevin Besson	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	2:58
84	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	3:05
85	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	3:34
86	Christophe Noppe	Arkéa-Samsic	4:57
87	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	5:07
88	Milan Fretin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	5:16
89	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	5:20
90	Mael Guégan	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	5:37
91	Colin Joyce	Human Powered Health	5:52
92	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	6:59
93	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	7:51
94	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	8:22
95	Jordan Jegat	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	8:32
96	Felipe Orts	Burgos-BH	8:39
97	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	8:55
98	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
99	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
100	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	9:02
101	Florian Richard-Andrade	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	9:15
102	Corne Van Kessel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	9:19
103	Leo Danes	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	10:23
104	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	10:45
105	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
106	Dorian De Maeght	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	12:41
107	Max Poole	Team DSM	13:21
108	Jules Hesters	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	14:04
109	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	14:07
110	Enzo Leijnse	Team DSM	14:22
111	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	14:23
112	Stephane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	14:29
113	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	19:22
114	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Fenix	21:36
115	Juan Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	24:41
116	Louis Richard	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	28:17

 

Stage 4 map:

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Thursday, May 5: Stage 3, Péronne - Mont Saint Eloi, 170.1 km

Stage 3 map

The legend, Philippe Gilbert, delivers a lesson in racing. Photo: Belga

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Weather at the finish at Mont Saint Eloi at 1:35 PM, local time: 15C (59F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph). There is a 4% chance of rain.

The race: All 118 stage two classified finishers started today's stage.

Here's the report from stage winner Philippe Gilbert's Lotto Soudal team:

Lotto Soudal rider Philippe Gilbert has won the third stage of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque, finishing in Mont Saint Éloi. The 39-year-old Belgian launched his typical acceleration on a finish suited to the punchers and powered to the stage victory. Thanks to the bonification seconds, the Lotto Soudal rider moves up to second overall, in the same time as Dutchman De Kleijn.

Between Péronne and Mont Saint-Éloi, the peloton faced hilly terrain on the third day of racing at the 4 Jours de Dunkerque. An early breakaway of three quickly got up the road but everything would be decided in the four local laps of just over 12 kilometres long around Mont Saint Éloi, a short but steep climb, ideal terrain for the punchers.

On the local circuit, plenty of riders attacked but in the end no one managed to stay in front of the bunch. After the early breakaway was caught with under ten kilometres to go, another bunch sprint would take place. It was Philippe Gilbert who was guided to the front by his Lotto Soudal teammates and began the uphill finish in perfect position. Gilbert launched a powerful acceleration and quickly took a couple metres of advantage. The 39-year-old Belgian maintained his effort until the line and could celebrate his 79th professional victory.

Lotto Soudal was forced to change tactics after sprinter Arnaud De Lie crashed in the opening stage, says Philippe Gilbert. “We are here with a strong team and we were aiming for a good overall result and stage wins with Arnaud De Lie, amongst others. Unfortunately he was forced to abandon in stage one so we had to adapt our racing strategy a bit. And so it was done. The team rode a perfect race today and I was able to finish it off at the end.”

Gilbert is delighted with his first win in a long time. “This victory comes with a lot of emotions, it’s been a while since I took a win. But I clearly haven’t forgotten how to throw my arms in the air”, Philippe Gilbert said with a wink.

Gilbert’s stage win puts him on the same time as Dutchman De Kleijn, the leader of the general classification. “Everything is still to play for. Tomorrow we might get another bunch sprint but Saturday’s stage on and around Mont Cassel will be crucial. I know the climb from Gent-Wevelgem and it will obviously be a hard day. But with six Lotto Soudal riders still within ten seconds on GC, we still have several cards to play”, Gilbert concludes.

Complete results:

170.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.920 km/hr

1	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	4hr 22min 14sec
2	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
3	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
4	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
5	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
6	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
7	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
8	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
9	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
10	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
11	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
12	Milan Fretin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
13	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
15	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
16	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
17	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
18	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
19	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
20	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
21	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
22	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
23	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
24	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
25	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
26	Jordi Warlop	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
27	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
28	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
29	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
30	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
31	Emmanuel Morin	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
32	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
33	Cedric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
34	Oscar Pelegri	Burgos-BH	s.t.
35	Pier-Andre Cote	Human Powered Health	s.t.
36	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
37	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
38	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
39	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
40	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
41	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
42	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
43	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
44	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
45	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
46	Sebastian Schonberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
47	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
48	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
49	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
50	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	s.t.
51	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
52	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
53	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
54	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
55	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
56	Mihkel Raim	Burgos-BH	s.t.
57	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
58	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
59	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
62	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
63	Arvid De Kleijn	Human Powered Health	s.t.
64	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
65	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Juraj Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
67	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
68	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
69	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
70	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
71	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	@ 16sec
72	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
73	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
74	Clement Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
75	Mathias Le Turnier	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
76	Mael Guegan	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
77	Colin Joyce	Human Powered Health	0:32
78	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	0:34
79	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:36
80	Felipe Orts	Burgos-BH	s.t.
81	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:40
82	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	0:44
83	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
84	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:52
85	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	1:00
86	Kevin Besson	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	1:03
87	Christopher Lawless	TotalEnergies	1:20
88	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
89	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
90	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	1:55
91	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
92	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:13
93	Christophe Noppe	Arkéa-Samsic	2:56
94	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	2:57
95	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Fenix	4:02
96	Max Poole	Team DSM	4:11
97	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	4:35
98	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	5:59
99	Corne Van Kessel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	6:19
100	Enzo Leijnse	Team DSM	s.t.
101	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	6:21
102	Jordan Jegat	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	6:31
103	Dorian De Maeght	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	7:21
104	Florian Richard-Andrade	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
105	Stephane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	8:41
106	Jules Hesters	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	8:44
107	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
108	Leo Danes	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
109	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
110	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
111	Juan Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
112	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
113	Louis Richard	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
114	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
115	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
116	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	10:52

 

GC after stage 3:

512.7 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.861 km/hr

1	Arvid De Kleijn	Human Powered Health	11hr 57min 43sec
2	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
3	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	@ 1sec
4	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:04
5	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
6	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:06
7	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
8	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
9	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
10	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	0:07
11	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
13	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:08
14	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
15	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Lotto Soudal	0:09
16	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:10
17	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
18	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
19	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
20	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
21	Pier-Andre Cote	Human Powered Health	s.t.
22	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
24	Oscar Pelegri	Burgos-BH	s.t.
25	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
26	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
27	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
28	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
29	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Emmanuel Morin	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	s.t.
31	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
32	Cedric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
33	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
34	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
35	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
37	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
38	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
39	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
40	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
41	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	s.t.
42	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Sebastian Schonberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
44	Jordi Warlop	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
45	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
46	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
47	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
48	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
49	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
50	Juraj Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
51	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
52	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
53	Mihkel Raim	Burgos-BH	s.t.
54	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
55	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
56	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
57	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
58	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
59	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
60	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
62	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	0:21
63	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	0:25
64	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	0:26
65	Clement Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	0:27
66	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	0:30
67	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	0:32
68	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
69	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	0:44
70	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	0:54
71	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	0:59
72	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	1:02
73	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	1:10
74	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	1:29
75	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
76	Christopher Lawless	TotalEnergies	1:30
77	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	1:52
78	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	2:00
79	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
80	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	2:05
81	Mathias Le Turnier	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	2:17
82	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
83	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:43
84	Kevin Besson	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	2:57
85	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	3:33
86	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	4:45
87	Christophe Noppe	Arkéa-Samsic	4:56
88	Milan Fretin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	5:15
89	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	5:19
90	Mael Guegan	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	5:36
91	Colin Joyce	Human Powered Health	5:51
92	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	6:39
93	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	7:14
94	Corne Van Kessel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	8:19
95	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	8:21
96	Jordan Jegat	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	8:31
97	Felipe Orts	Burgos-BH	8:38
98	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	8:54
99	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
100	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
101	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	9:01
102	Florian Richard-Andrade	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	9:14
103	Leo Danes	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	10:22
104	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Fenix	10:44
105	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
106	Dorian De Maeght	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	12:40
107	Max Poole	Team DSM	13:20
108	Stephane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	14:00
109	Jules Hesters	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	14:03
110	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
111	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	14:06
112	Enzo Leijnse	Team DSM	14:21
113	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	19:21
114	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Fenix	21:18
115	Juan Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	24:40
116	Louis Richard	Team U Nantes-Atlantique	27:59

 

Stage 3 map:

Map of stage 3

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Wednesday May 4: Stage 2, Bétune - Maubeuge, 181.5 km

Stage 2 map

Jason Tesson (center, white jersey) just beats Gerben Thijssen. Photo: Getty Images

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Weather at the finish city of Maubeuge at 1:40 PM, local time: 17C (62F), sunny, with the wind from the northwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Four riders did not start today: Gage Hecht (Human Powered Health), Arnaud De Lie (Lotto Soudal), Axel Zingle (Cofidis) & Sven Erik Bystrom (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert). With 123 classified finishers yesterday, that should leave a 119-man starting peloton.

Here's the report from second-place Gerben Thijssen's Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert team.

Gerben Thijssen came close to claiming his first professional victory this Wednesday, during a second stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk designed for sprinters, 181 kilometers which linked Béthune to Maubeuge.

While he had fallen the day before a few dozen meters from the line because of a crash in front of him, the Belgian today ranked second in the massive sprint in the streets of Maubeuge.

Like the day before, the Belgian World Team had taken its responsibilities behind the morning breakaway and had then neutralized the counterattacks in the peloton. Brought in excellent position for the final sprint, Thijssen sprung powerfully in the last hectometres to miss winning by half a wheel at the line.

The 23-year-old sprinter takes his first podium for Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux, and currently occupies third place overall at the end of the second stage.

“Since the beginning of these Four Days in Dunkirk, my teammates have shared the same objective: to guide me as well as possible towards the sprint. That's why, as I said since my arrival, it's a dream to be part of this team! They did a fantastic job giving me the opportunity to sprint for the win, like yesterday, as several teams came without a real sprinter and tried to thwart our plans, with attacks over 70 kilometers from the end. They took turns following each attack, until the sprint became inevitable. I was perfectly guided in the last kilometers, thanks to the experience of Baptiste Planckaert and Boy van Poppel, who dropped me in the first position approaching the last corner. On the one hand, being able to compete for the win the day after my fall is a relief. But it is of course a shame to just miss winning. We are on the right track to convert our efforts into victory!” - Gerben Thijssen

Complete results:

181.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.555 km/hr

1	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	4hr 4min 25sec
2	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
3	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
4	Arvid De Kleijn	Human Powered Health	s.t.
5	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
6	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
7	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
8	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
9	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Oscar Pelegri	Burgos-BH	s.t.
11	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
12	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
13	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
14	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
15	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
16	Pier-Andre Côte	Human Powered Health	s.t.
17	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
18	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
19	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
21	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
22	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
23	Christopher Lawless	TotalEnergies	s.t.
24	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
25	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	s.t.
26	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
27	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
28	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
29	Cedric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
30	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
31	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
32	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
33	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
34	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
35	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
36	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
37	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
38	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
39	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
40	Jordi Warlop	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
41	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
42	Emmanuel Morin	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
43	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
45	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
46	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
47	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
48	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
49	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
50	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
51	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
52	Sebastian Schonberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
53	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
55	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
56	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
57	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
58	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
59	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
60	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
61	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
62	Juraj Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
63	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
64	Clement Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
65	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
66	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	s.t.
67	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
68	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
69	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
70	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
71	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
72	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
73	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
74	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
75	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
76	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
77	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	@ 22sec
78	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
79	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
80	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	0:26
81	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	0:32
82	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:35
83	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:40
84	Leo Danes	Team U Nantes Atlantique	1:28
85	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	1:31
86	Florian Richard-Andrade	Team U Nantes Atlantique	1:43
87	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	1:50
88	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
89	Corne Van Kessel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
90	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
91	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
92	Christophe Noppe	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
93	Jordan Jegat	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
94	Kevin Besson	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
95	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
96	Mathias Le Turnier	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
97	Mihkel Raim	Burgos-BH	s.t.
98	Juan Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
99	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
100	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	2:52
101	Stephane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	5:09
102	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
103	Colin Joyce	Human Powered Health	s.t.
104	Mael Guegan	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
105	Louis Richard	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
106	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
107	Milan Fretin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
108	Jules Hesters	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
109	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
110	Dorian De Maeght	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
111	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
112	Jonas Iversby	Team DSM	s.t.
113	Enzo Leijnse	Team DSM	7:52
114	Felipe Orts	Burgos-BH	s.t.
115	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	8:19
116	Max Poole	Team DSM	8:59
117	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Fenix	17:06
118	Nathan Brown	Human Powered Health	s.t.

 

GC after stage 2:

342.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 45.145 km/hr

1	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	7hr 35min 20sec
2	Arvid De Kleijn	Human Powered Health	@ 9sec
3	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:13
4	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
5	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	0:15
6	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
7	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
8	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	0:16
9	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
11	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
12	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	0:17
13	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
14	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Lotto Soudal	0:18
15	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:19
16	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
18	Pier-Andre Côte	Human Powered Health	s.t.
19	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
20	Christopher Lawless	TotalEnergies	s.t.
21	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
22	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
23	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
24	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
25	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
26	Oscar Pelegri	Burgos-BH	s.t.
27	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
28	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
29	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
30	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
31	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
32	Emmanuel Morin	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
33	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
34	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
35	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
36	Cedric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
37	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
38	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
39	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
40	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	s.t.
41	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
42	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
43	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
44	Sebastian Schonberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
45	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
46	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
47	Juraj Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
48	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
50	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
51	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Jordi Warlop	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
54	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
55	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
56	Clement Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
57	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
58	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
59	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
60	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
61	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
62	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
63	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	s.t.
64	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
65	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
66	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
67	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
68	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
69	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
70	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
71	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
72	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
73	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
74	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
75	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
76	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	0:41
77	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
78	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
79	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	0:45
80	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	0:51
81	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:54
82	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:58
83	Leo Danes	Team U Nantes Atlantique	1:47
84	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	1:50
85	Florian Richard-Andrade	Team U Nantes Atlantique	2:02
86	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	2:09
87	Mihkel Reim	Burgos-BH	s.t.
88	Christophe Noppe	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
89	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
90	Jordan Jegat	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
91	Corne Van Kessel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
92	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
93	Mathias Le Turnier	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
94	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur	s.t.
95	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
96	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
97	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
98	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	3:11
99	Milan Fretin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	5:24
100	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	5:28
101	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
102	Colin Joyce	Human Powered Health	s.t.
103	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
104	Dorian De Maeght	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
105	Jonas Iversby	Team DSM	s.t.
106	Jules Hesters	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
107	Stephane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
108	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
109	Mael Guegan	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
110	Felipe Orts	Burgos-BH	8:11
111	Enzo Leijnse	Team DSM	s.t.
112	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	8:38
113	Max Poole	Team DSM	9:18
114	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	14:15
115	Juan Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	16:05
116	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Fenix	17:25
117	Louis Richard	Team U Nantes Atlantique	19:24
118	Nathan Brown	Human Powered Health	31:21

 

Stage 2 map:

4 Days of Dunkirk stage 2 map

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Tuesday, May 3: Stage 1, Dunkerque - Aniche, 161.1 km

Stage 1 map & profile

The finish as riders start to go down in a big crash. At the front in the dark jersey is Team DSM's Sam Welsford, who was relegated. The two falling riders are Lotto Soudal's Arnaud De Lie & Arkea-Samsic's Dan McLay.

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Weather at the finish city of Aniche at 1:15 PM, local time: 18C (65F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: 123 riders began stage one about 12:45 PM. Sven Erik Bystrom (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert) did not start.

Lotto Soudal's Arnaud De Lie suffered a concussion in his crash during the stage's final sprint

Here's the race report from third-place Nils Eeckhoff's Team DSM:

The opening day of racing at 4 Jours de Dunkerque saw the bunch take on a predominantly flat 161 kilometre long parcours from Dunkerque to Aniche, albeit with a few short hills littered throughout the day. It was a steady start to proceedings with a three rider breakaway going clear from the flag drop but as the day proceeded the pace picked up and the original move was caught with over 65 kilometres to go.

More attacks flew from the bunch which the team covered well, before a new three rider group escaped, with Enzo Leijnse taking up a role towards the front of the peloton in the chase. As the finish drew closer fellow Development program rider Max Poole also joined in the chase and the attackers were eventually caught inside five kilometres to go. Setting up a fast and nervous finish, the bunch took on the twists and turns in the finale, avoiding the road furniture.

The team moved forward well as a unit with Jonas Iversby Hvidberg doing a lot of work, bringing sprinter Sam Welsford towards the front under the flamme rouge, with Nils Eekhoff in tow just behind him. With last lead out man Niklas Märkl peeling off, Welsford sat in third wheel as the line approached. Kicking and going full-gas straight for the line around the final kink in the road, Welsford made contact with De Lie and a mass crash occurred.

Here's the crash from street level Photo: Jean-Louis Burnod

Crossing the line first, Welsford would ultimately be relegated by the jury, meaning the closely following Eekhoff was the team’s best finisher on the stage in third place.

Team DSM hope that all of those involved in the fall are ok.

“The stage started off controlled but after a period of crosswind and chaos, where the peloton caught the break, another breakaway got clear,” explained Eekhoff. “We decided to put Enzo in the chase to keep the bunch calm because we’re confident in our lead out and sprinter. Towards the finish we stayed together well and made sure to bring Sam in a good position for the sprint. It’s a shame to see such a bad crash happen in the final and we hope that everyone is ok after it. We are confident for the next days that we can deliver Sam in an even better spot to go for the win. Personally, I’m happy with my shape after a long time out of racing after a concussion, and I’m looking forward to the next days here.”

Team DSM coach Roy Curvers added: “First of all, I really hope that all the riders who crashed at the finish are ok. You can discuss at length how the crash happened but in the end the jury makes the ultimate decision and that’s final. Performance wise, I saw a really dedicated team who took the race in their hands in the final and did a strong lead out. I think if we continue working like this then the victories will follow.”

Complete results:

161.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.760 km/hr

1	Arvid De Kleijn	Human Powered Health	3hr 31min 14sec
2	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
3	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	s.t.
4	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
5	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
7	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
9	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
10	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
11	Christopher Lawless	TotalEnergies	s.t.
12	Felipe Orts	Burgos-BH	s.t.
13	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
14	Pier-Andre Cote	Human Powered Health	s.t.
15	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
16	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
17	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
19	Mihkel Raim	Burgos-BH	s.t.
20	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
22	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
23	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
24	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
25	Emmanuel Morin	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
26	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
27	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
28	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
29	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
30	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
31	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
32	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
33	Milan Fretin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
34	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
35	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
36	Oscar Pelegri	Burgos-BH	s.t.
37	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
39	Sebastian Schonberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
40	Juraj Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
41	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
42	Cedric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
43	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
44	Christophe Noppe	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
45	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
46	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
47	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
48	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
49	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
50	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
51	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
52	Clement Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
53	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
54	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
55	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
56	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
57	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
58	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
59	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	s.t.
60	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
61	Florian Richard-Andrade	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
62	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
63	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
64	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
65	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
66	Colin Joyce	Human Powered Health	s.t.
67	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
68	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	s.t.
69	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
70	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
71	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
72	Jordi Warlop	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
73	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	s.t.
74	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
75	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
76	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
77	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
78	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
80	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
81	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
82	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
83	Jonas Iversby	Team DSM	s.t.
84	Dorian De Maeght	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
85	Jordan Jegat	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
86	Leo Danes	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
87	Mathias Le Turnier	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
88	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
89	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
90	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
91	Kevin Besson	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
92	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
93	Corne Van Kessel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
94	Sven Erik Bystrom	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
95	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
96	Jules Hesters	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
97	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
98	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
99	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
100	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
101	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
102	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
103	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
104	Stephane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
105	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
107	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
108	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
109	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
110	Enzo Leijnse	Team DSM	s.t.
111	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
112	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
113	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
114	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
115	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
116	Mael Guegan	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
117	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
118	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
119	Nathan Brown	Human Powered Health	13:56
120	Louis Richard	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
121	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
122	Juan Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
123	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	16:21

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Arvid De Kleijn	Human Powered Health	3hr 31min 4sec
2	Jason Tesson	St Michel-Auber 93	@ 4sec
3	Nils Eekhoff	Team DSM	0:06
4	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
5	Milan Fretin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
6	Evaldas Siskevicius	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
7	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	0:07
8	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	0:08
9	Axel Zingle	Cofidis	0:09
10	Pierre Barbier	B&B Hotels-KTM	0:10
11	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
12	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
13	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Arne Marit	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
15	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
16	Emiel Vermeulen	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
17	Christopher Lawless	TotalEnergies	s.t.
18	Felipe Orts	Burgos-BH	s.t.
19	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
20	Pier-Andre Cote	Human Powered Health	s.t.
21	Jake Stewart	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
22	Tristan Delacroix	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
23	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
24	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
25	Mihkel Raim	Burgos-BH	s.t.
26	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
27	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
28	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
29	Norman Vahtra	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
30	Emmanuel Morin	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
31	Quentin Jauregui	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
32	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
33	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
34	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
35	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
36	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
37	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
38	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
39	Oscar Pelegrí	Burgos-BH	s.t.
40	Michael Gogl	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
41	Sebastian Schonberger	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
42	Juraj Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
43	Cyril Gautier	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
44	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
45	Christophe Noppe	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
46	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
47	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
48	Tom Wirtgen	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
49	Jetse Bol	Burgos-BH	s.t.
50	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
51	Louis Blouwe	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
52	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
53	Clement Carisey	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
54	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
55	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
56	Samuel Leroux	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
57	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Ward Vanhoof	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
59	Thomas Boudat	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
60	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	s.t.
61	Maxime Urruty	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
62	Florian Richard-Andrade	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
63	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
64	Eddy Fine	Cofidis	s.t.
65	Stephen Bassett	Human Powered Health	s.t.
66	Gilles De Wilde	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
67	Colin Joyce	Human Powered Health	s.t.
68	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
69	Wessel Krul	Human Powered Health	s.t.
70	Baptiste Planckaert	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
71	Jens Debusschere	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
72	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
73	Jordi Warlop	B&B Hotels-KTM	s.t.
74	Niki Terpstra	TotalEnergies	s.t.
75	Hugo Toumire	Cofidis	s.t.
76	Dimitri Claeys	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
77	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
78	Szymon Sajnok	Cofidis	s.t.
79	Alexandre Delettre	Cofidis	s.t.
80	Julien Vermote	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
81	Alan Riou	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
82	Jean Goubert	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
83	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
84	Jonas Iversby	Team DSM	s.t.
85	Dorian De Maeght	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
86	Jordan Jegat	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
87	Leo Danes	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
88	Mathias Le Turnier	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
89	Ayco Bastiaens	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
90	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
91	Lionel Taminiaux	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
92	Kévin Besson	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
93	Philippe Gilbert	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
94	Corne Van Kessel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
95	Sven Erik Bystrom	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
96	Angel Fuentes	Burgos-BH	s.t.
97	Jules Hesters	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
98	Laurenz Rex	Bingoal-Pauwels Sauces	s.t.
99	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
100	Julien Simon	TotalEnergies	s.t.
101	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
102	Ruben Apers	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
103	Alex Colman	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
104	Stephane Rossetto	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
105	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Matthieu Ladagnous	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
107	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole Cote d'Azur	s.t.
108	Nicolas Debeaumarche	St Michel-Auber 93	s.t.
109	Max Poole	Team DSM	s.t.
110	Enzo Leijnse	Team DSM	s.t.
111	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
112	Gijs Van Hoecke	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
113	Alex Molenaar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
114	Andreas Kron	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
115	Jeremy Leveau	GO Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropole	s.t.
116	Mael Guegan	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
117	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
118	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
119	Nathan Brown	Human Powered Health	14:06
120	Louis Richard	Team U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
121	Carlos Barbero	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
122	Juan Lopez-Cozar	Burgos-BH	s.t.
123	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	16:31

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Start list with back numbers, May 2, 2022:

	LOTTO SOUDAL
DS	Nikolas Maes
1	GILBERT Philippe
2	BEULLENS Cedric
3	DE LIE Arnaud
4	BARBERO CUESTA Carlos
5	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
6	VAN MOER Brent
7	KRON Andreas Lorentz
	AG2R CITROEN TEAM
DS	C. Dessel, S. Goubert
11	NAESEN Oliver
12	RAUGEL Antoine
13	SARREAU Marc
14	TOUZÉ Damien
15	VAN HOECKE Gijs
16	LAPEIRA Paul
	COFIDIS
DS	A Deloeuil, T. Marichal
21	THOMAS Benjamin
22	DELETTRE Alexandre
23	FINÉ Eddy
24	RENARD Alexis
25	SAJNOK Szymon
26	TOUMIRE Hugo
27	ZINGLE Axel
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
DS	F. Guesdon, F Pineau
31	LADAGNOUS Matthieu
32	LIENHARD Fabian
33	PITHIE Laurence
34	STEWART Jake
36	WATSON Samuel
37	WELTEN Bram
	INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT
DS	H. Van Der Schueren, P Vanspeybrouck
41	CLAEYS Dimitri
42	PAGE Hugo
43	PLANCKAERT Baptiste
44	THIJSSEN Gerben
45	VAN KESSEL Corné
46	VAN POPPEL Boy
47	BYSTROM Sven Erik
	TEAM DSM
DS	Roy Curvers
51	WELSFORD Samuel
52	EEKHOFF Nils
53	HVIDEBERG Jonas Iversby
54	LEIJNSE Enzo
55	MÄRKL Niklas
56	POOLE Max
	ALPECIN-FENIX
DS	?
61	BALLERSTEDT Maurice
62	BASTIAENS Ayco
63	GOGL Michael
64	STANNARD Robert
65	TAMINIAUX Lionel
66	VERMEERSCH Gianni
67	VERMOTE Julien
	B&B HOTELS-KTM
DS	J.Engoulvent, S. Arbault
71	DEBUSSCHERE Jens
72	BARBIER Pierre
73	JAUREGUI Quentin
74	BARTHE Cyril
75	GAUTIER Cyril
76	SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian
77	WARLOP Jordi
	BINGOAL-PAUWELS SAUCES WB
DS	S. Dernarbaix, J. Vandenbroucke
81	WIRTGEN Tom
82	ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw
83	BLOUWE Louis
84	DE MAEGHT Dorian
85	LIVYNS Arjen
86	REX Laurenz
87	ROBEET Ludovic
	BURGOS-BH
DS	D. Garcia, A. Gandia Soriano
91	ORTS LLORET Felipe
92	BOL Jetse
93	MOLENAAR Alex
94	RÄIM Mihkel
95	PELEGRÍ FERRANDIS Óscar
96	FUENTES PANIEGO Ángel
97	LÓPEZ-COZAR Juan
	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH
DS	H. Redant, C.Sheehan
101	DE KLEIJN Arvid
102	BASSETT Stephen
103	BROWN Nathan
104	COTÉ Pier-André
105	HECHT Gage
106	JOYCE Colin
107	KRUL Wessel
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
DS	H. De Clercq, W. Planckaert
111	MARIT Arne
112	APERS Ruben
113	COLMAN Alex
114	FRETIN Milan
115	HESTERS Jules
116	DE WILDE Gilles
117	VANHOOF Ward
	TEAM ARKÉA-SAMSIC
DS	Yvon Ladanois
121	HOFSTETTER Hugo
122	LEDANOIS Kevin
123	MCLAY Daniel
124	NOPPE Christophe
125	PICHON Laurent
126	RIOU Alan
127	RUSSO Clement
	TOTAL ENERGIES
DS	D Arnould, J. Valach
131	TERPSTRA Niki
132	BODNAR Maciej
133	LAWLESS Christopher
134	MANZIN Lorrenzo
135	SAGAN Juraj
136	SIMON Julien
137	SOUPE Geoffrey
	GO SPORT-ROUBAIX LILLE METROPOLE
DS	M. Dernies, M. Leveau
141	BOUDAT Thomas
142	CARISEY Clément
143	LEROUX Samuel
144	LEVEAU Jérémy
145	SISKEVICIUS Evaldas
146	VAHTRA Norman
147	VERMEULEN Emiel
	NICE METROPOLE COTE D'AZUR
DS	Frederic Doutre
151	DELACROIX Tristan
152	BESSON Kevin
153	COUANON Jonathan
154	GOUBERT Jean
155	HENNEQUIN Paul
156	MIFSUD Andréa
157	URRUTY Maxime
	ST MICHEL-AUBER 93
DS	Stephan Gaudry
161	ROSSETTO Stéphane
162	CARDIS Romain
163	DEBEAUMARCHE Nicolas
164	DELBOVE Joris
165	MAURELET Flavien
166	TESSON Jason
167	VAN NIEKERK Morne
	TEAM U NANTES ATLANTIQUE
DS	A. Clot Courant, A. Ravard
171	MORIN Emmanuel
172	DANES Léo
173	GUEGAN Maël
174	LE TURNIER Mathias
175	RICHARD-ANDRADE Florian
176	JEGAT Jordan
177	RICHARD Louis