2023 Four Days of Dunkirk -
4 Jours de Dunkerque
(2.Pro), France

67th edition: May 16 - May 21, 2023

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2023 4 Days of Dunkirk map.

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Sunday, May 21: 6th & Final Stage, Avion - Dunkerque, 182.6 km

Stage 6 map

Tim Merlier wins stage six. Getty Sport photo

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Weather at the finish city of Dunkerque at 2:00 PM, local time: 16C (60F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 29 km/hr (18 mph). There is just a 2% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Tim Merlier's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Tim Merlier took the spoils on the final stage of the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque, racking up Soudal Quick-Step’s 25th victory of the year. The win capped off a solid week of racing for our team, who was a major protagonist also in the fight for the general classification with Kasper Asgreen, the Dane who in his first outing since mid-April concluded this 67th edition in the runner-up spot, just 13 seconds behind the overall victor.

Sunday afternoon, the early threat of echelons failed to materialise on the roads to Dunkerque, and the stage – controlled by a number of teams, including the Wolfpack – came down to a rather chaotic bunch sprint, spiced up by the numerous corners in the closing kilometers. After Bert Van Lerberghe dropped him off with 500 meters to go, Merlier expertly surfed wheels and kicked out just 150 meters from the line, narrowly edging out Erlend Blikra (Uno X) for his sixth win this season.

“This week I couldn’t sprint as I had wanted to until today, and I’m incredibly happy for myself and the team that I could take this victory after a rest and training period. There was a big breakaway and we knew it wouldn’t be easy to reel them in, but the team did a great job and I’m grateful for that”, Tim explained after the stage. “In the sprint I got closed in a bit, I found Bert again and he brought me in a good position. A guy from Uno X went from the distance, so I had to push to outpower him in the end and fortunately it worked out. I’m glad I could take this win with some members of my family here, that made it even more special.”

“It was really nice to return to competition after a few good weeks of rest and training in Denmark and Andorra. It seems that it was good for my shape, as I now finally start to feel like myself again after quite some time. That’s encouraging ahead of the next races. It would have been a pity to go home without a stage win after all the work we put in here, so I’m super happy I could contribute to Tim’s victory”, added Kasper after his second podium in a stage race.

Complete results:

182.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.230 km/hr

1	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	3hr 56min 38sec
2	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	s.t.
3	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
4	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
7	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
8	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
9	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
10	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
11	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
12	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
13	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	s.t.
14	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
15	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
16	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
17	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
19	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
20	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
22	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
24	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
25	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
26	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
27	Ethan Vernon	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
28	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
29	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
30	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
31	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
32	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
33	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
34	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
35	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
36	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	@ 7sec
37	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	0:08
38	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
39	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
40	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
42	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
43	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
44	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
45	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
46	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
47	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	Per Strand Hagenes	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
49	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
50	Julian Mertens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
51	Maël Guégan	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
52	Pierre Barbier	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
53	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
54	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
55	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
56	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
57	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
58	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
59	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
60	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
62	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
63	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
64	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
65	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
66	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	0:21
67	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	0:30
68	Axel Huens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:36
69	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
70	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	0:45
71	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:57
72	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	1:16
73	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
74	Valentin Tabellion	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
75	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
76	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
77	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	1:18
78	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	1:27
79	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	1:45
80	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
81	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	2:23
82	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	s.t.
83	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:05
84	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
85	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	4:14
86	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	4:24
87	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
88	Kevin Kuhn	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
89	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
90	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
91	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	6:40
92	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
93	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	8:27
94	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
95	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
96	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
97	Lars Craps	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
98	Enzo Boulet	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
99	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	8:30
100	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
101	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
102	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
103	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	15:02
104	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	17:40

 

Final GC after stage 6:

• GC winner: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
• Mountains classification winner: Alex Colman (Team Flanders-Baloise)
• Points classification winner: Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma)
• Best young rider: Romain Grégoire (Groupama-FDJ)
• Teams classification winner: Jumbo-Visma)

926.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.630 km/hr

1	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	21hr 14min 8sec
2	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 13sec
3	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	0:15
4	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	0:17
5	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	0:20
6	Ethan Vernon	Soudal Quick-Step	0:24
7	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	0:27
8	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	0:36
9	Per Strand Hagenes	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	0:39
11	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
12	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:41
13	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:46
14	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	1:00
15	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	1:24
16	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	1:29
17	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	1:39
18	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:41
19	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	1:52
20	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	2:01
21	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	2:07
22	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:22
23	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	2:23
24	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	2:26
25	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	2:38
26	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	3:10
27	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
28	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	3:24
29	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	3:25
30	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	3:28
31	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	3:42
32	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	3:50
33	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	5:05
34	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	5:16
35	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	5:51
36	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	6:07
37	Maël Guégan	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	6:18
38	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	6:21
39	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	6:29
40	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	7:04
41	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
42	Julian Mertens	Bingoal-WB	7:13
43	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	7:32
44	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	8:06
45	Axel Huens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	9:03
46	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	9:30
47	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	9:54
48	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	10:03
49	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	10:09
50	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	10:11
51	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	10:12
52	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	10:22
53	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	10:32
54	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	10:46
55	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	11:12
56	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	11:41
57	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:46
58	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	12:07
59	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	13:39
60	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	14:27
61	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	14:31
62	Kevin Kuhn	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	14:46
63	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
64	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	14:52
65	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	15:17
66	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
67	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	15:46
68	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	15:50
69	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	15:58
70	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	16:07
71	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	16:45
72	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	17:25
73	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	17:31
74	Valentin Tabellion	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	18:13
75	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	18:14
76	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	18:23
77	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	18:59
78	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	19:13
79	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	19:30
80	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	19:53
81	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	20:18
82	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	20:21
83	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	20:42
84	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	21:06
85	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	21:50
86	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	21:54
87	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	22:38
88	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	22:49
89	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	23:18
90	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	23:28
91	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	23:49
92	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	24:05
93	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	26:26
94	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	27:42
95	Pierre Barbier	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	28:14
96	Lars Craps	Soudal Quick-Step	29:35
97	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	29:37
98	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	32:23
99	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	35:49
100	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	37:01
101	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	39:51
102	Enzo Boulet	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	41:48
103	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	43:07
104	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	44:44

 

Stage 6 map:

Stage 6 map

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Saturday, May 20: Stage 5, Roubaix - Cassel, 187.7 km

Stage 5 map

Per Strand Hagenes finishes ahead of Romain Grégoire to win stage five.

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Weather at the finish city of Cassel at 2:15 PM, local time: 18C (65F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 27 km/hr (17 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Per Strand Hagenes' Team Jumbo-Visma.

Per Strand Hagenes has won the queen stage of the Quatre Jours du Dunkerque. The 19-year-old Norwegian, who normally rides for the Jumbo-Visma Development Team, was the strongest in a sprint-à-deux in Cassel.

The 188-kilometre stage lived up to its moniker as the queen stage, beginning at the Roubaix circuit and finishing at the top of the Rue de Tambour in Cassel. The highlight was the same Rue de Tambour, which was climbed no less than seven times today.

Seven riders attacked, but none of them came close to winning. Just before the final kilometre, Frenchman Romain Grégoire made a move and was joined by Hagenes. The two stayed away from the peloton and sprinted to the line. Strand Hagenes proved to be the strongest. With his victory, Strand Hagenes is now eighth in the general classification. Olav Kooij came in seventh and holds onto third place in the overall standings while also donning the points jersey.

"Winning a race like this is always a great feeling”, said Strand Hagenes. "We were in a good position on the last local lap. I knew I had to follow Grégoire as soon as he attacked. Luckily I was able to do that. He gave everything for his position in the general classification. On the finish straight, I just kept going. I don't even feel like I'm at my best. Things are going better than expected for our team here in France.”

Kooij's main focus was to keep up with his main rivals. "I wanted to maintain my good position in the GC. I managed to do that, although it's unfortunate that Gregoire gained time. We knew that Per had a chance today. When I saw him at the front, I knew he would finish it off. We are still in a good position in the overall standings, but I am afraid that trailing seventeen seconds behind is too much for having a decent chance of winning the GC. But we’re not giving up. With three stage wins, we can already reflect on a successful week”, Kooij said after stage five.

The victory on the queen stage of the Quatre Jours du Dunkerque is Hagenes' third victory of the season. It brings the total number of victories for Team Jumbo-Visma to 27.

Complete results:

187.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.868 km/hr

1	Per Strand Hagenes	Jumbo-Visma	4hr 42min 29sec
2	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
3	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	@ 5sec
4	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
5	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
6	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:08
7	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
8	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	0:11
9	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	0:14
10	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
11	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
12	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
13	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
14	Maël Guégan	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	0:19
15	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
16	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
17	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
18	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
19	Ethan Vernon	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
20	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
21	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:23
22	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
23	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	0:25
24	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
25	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
26	Erik Resell	Uno-X	0:33
27	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	0:35
28	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
29	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	0:55
30	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	0:56
31	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
32	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
33	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
34	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:13
35	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
36	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	1:16
37	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
38	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	1:20
39	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	1:26
40	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	1:29
41	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	1:45
42	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	2:03
43	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	2:20
44	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	2:38
45	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
46	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
47	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	3:15
49	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	3:39
50	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	3:49
51	Axel Huens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	5:01
52	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
53	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
54	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
55	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
56	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
57	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
58	Julian Mertens	Bingoal-WB	5:24
59	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
60	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
61	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	6:06
62	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	6:56
63	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
64	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	7:02
65	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
66	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	7:42
67	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
68	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
69	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
70	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
71	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
72	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	7:46
73	Kevin Kuhn	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	7:48
74	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
75	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	7:54
76	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	8:20
77	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	8:25
78	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	9:27
79	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	12:47
80	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
81	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	12:49
82	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
83	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	13:08
84	Valentin Tabellion	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	13:51
85	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
86	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
87	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	s.t.
88	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	s.t.
89	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
90	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
91	Pierre Barbier	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
92	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	13:56
93	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	s.t.
94	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	14:02
95	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	15:45
96	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	s.t.
97	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
98	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	s.t.
99	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
100	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
101	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
102	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
103	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
104	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
105	Lars Craps	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
106	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
107	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
108	Enzo Boulet	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
109	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
110	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	s.t.
111	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
112	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	s.t.
113	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	18:04
114	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
115	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	18:07
116	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	22:00

 

GC after stage 5:

736 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.564 km/hr

1	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	17hr 17min 30sec
2	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 13sec
3	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	0:17
4	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	0:19
5	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	0:20
6	Ethan Vernon	Soudal Quick-Step	0:24
7	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	0:27
8	Per Strand Hagenes	Jumbo-Visma	0:28
9	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	0:36
10	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	0:39
11	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	0:39
12	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:41
13	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:46
14	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	1:00
15	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	1:24
16	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	1:29
17	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	1:32
18	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	1:39
19	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:41
20	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	1:52
21	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	1:54
22	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	1:59
23	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	2:05
24	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:14
25	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	2:15
26	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	2:18
27	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	2:30
28	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	2:34
29	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	3:10
30	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
31	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	3:16
32	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	3:17
33	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	3:28
34	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	3:34
35	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	3:35
36	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	3:43
37	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	4:57
38	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	5:08
39	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	5:58
40	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	5:59
41	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	6:01
42	Maël Guégan	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	6:10
43	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	6:21
44	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	6:47
45	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	6:56
46	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
47	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	7:04
48	Julian Mertens	Bingoal-WB	7:05
49	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	7:31
50	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	7:32
51	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	7:43
52	Axel Huens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	8:27
53	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	8:30
54	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	9:06
55	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	9:23
56	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	9:26
57	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	9:30
58	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	9:45
59	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	9:54
60	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	9:55
61	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	10:01
62	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	10:02
63	Kevin Kuhn	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
64	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	10:24
65	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	10:32
66	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	10:38
67	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	11:20
68	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:38
69	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	11:41
70	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	12:01
71	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	12:46
72	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	13:31
73	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	13:50
74	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	14:27
75	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	14:52
76	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	15:00
77	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	15:10
78	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	15:17
79	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	15:50
80	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	16:13
81	Valentin Tabellion	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	16:57
82	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	17:17
83	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	17:30
84	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	18:15
85	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	18:25
86	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	18:43
87	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	19:05
88	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	19:22
89	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	19:27
90	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	19:33
91	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	19:45
92	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	19:50
93	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	20:18
94	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	20:21
95	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	20:34
96	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	21:00
97	Lars Craps	Soudal Quick-Step	21:08
98	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	21:14
99	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	21:26
100	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	21:28
101	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	21:46
102	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	22:38
103	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	23:24
104	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	23:53
105	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	26:18
106	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	26:26
107	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	27:19
108	Pierre Barbier	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	28:06
109	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	28:40
110	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	29:29
111	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	31:24
112	Enzo Boulet	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	33:21
113	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	34:40
114	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	36:14
115	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	36:32
116	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	40:11

 

Stage 5 map:

Stage 5 map

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Friday, May 19: Stage 4, Maubeuge - Achicourt, 173.8 km

Stage 4 map

Olav Kooij gets his second stage win this edition of 4 Days of Dunkirk. Photo: François Lo Presti

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Weather at the finish city of Achicourt at 2:10 PM, local time: 18C (64F), fair, with the wind from the northeast at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Olav Kooij's Team Jumbo-Visma.

Olav Kooij has sprinted to a stage win in the 4 Jours de Dunkerque in convincing fashion. The sprinter of Team Jumbo-Visma was able to finish off the excellent work of his teammates. It is Kooij’s second victory in the six-day stage race in France.

It was clear from the start that the fourth stage would be for the sprinters. Six riders nevertheless opted for the early breakaway. After a couple of cobbled parts, the peloton broke up, and the escapees were caught well before the finish. Leader Benjamin Thomas had missed the attack and did not return. Kooij easily beat all his rivals in the thinned-out front group.

“I am thrilled with this second victory”, the 21-year-old rider said. “I had good legs today and a super strong team. I have to thank them for doing a great job. They rode for me all day. We were always in the front. We knew that the open roads and cobbled course sections would be important today.

“It got through the day quite easily. In the end, I was well-placed in the sprint. It’s great to be here with a second stage win. As a sprinter, you want to take every chance you get. I did that today”, a proud Kooij said.

The rider of the Dutch cycling team made a leap in the general classification due to the bonus seconds at the finish line. Kooij is now in third place, just seven seconds behind leader Kasper Asgreen. “It will be challenging to win the general classification, but we will try. Tomorrow will be a very tough day. I will try to make it through, and hopefully, we can sprint for the win again during the final stage on Sunday.”

This is Kooij’s third victory of the season. Earlier this season, the Dutchman had already won a stage at Paris-Nice. So far, Team Jumbo-Visma has won 26 races this season.

Complete results:

173.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.409 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	3hr 44min 42sec
2	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
3	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
4	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	s.t.
5	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
7	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
8	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
10	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
11	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	s.t.
12	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
13	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	s.t.
14	Emmanuel Morin	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
15	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
16	Ethan Vernon	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
17	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
18	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
19	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
20	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
21	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
22	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
23	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
24	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
25	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
26	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
27	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
28	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
29	Kevin Kuhn	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
30	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
31	Julian Mertens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
32	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
33	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
34	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
35	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
36	Axel Huens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
37	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
39	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
40	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
41	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
42	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
43	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
44	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
45	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
46	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
47	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
48	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
49	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
50	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
51	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
52	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
53	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
54	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
55	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
56	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
57	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
58	Per Strand Hagenes	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
59	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
60	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
61	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
62	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	@ 9sec
63	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	0:12
64	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
65	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	s.t.
66	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	0:23
67	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	1:12
68	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
69	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	1:34
70	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
71	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	s.t.
72	Erik Resell	Uno-X	1:36
73	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
74	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
75	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
76	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
77	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
78	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
79	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
80	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
81	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
82	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
83	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
84	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
85	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
86	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
87	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
88	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
89	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
90	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
91	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	s.t.
92	Maël Guégan	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
93	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
94	Lars Craps	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
95	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
96	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
97	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
98	Valentin Tabellion	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
99	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
100	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
101	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	2:18
102	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	3:23
103	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	7:00
104	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
105	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
106	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
107	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	7:42
108	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	7:51
109	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
110	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
111	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
112	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
113	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
114	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
115	Nolann Mahoudo	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
116	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	10:54
117	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
118	Enzo Boulet	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
119	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
120	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
121	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
122	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
123	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
124	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
125	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
126	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	s.t.
127	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
128	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
129	Pierre Barbier	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	10:58

 

GC after stage 4:

548.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.574 km/hr

1	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	12hr 35min 0sec
2	Ethan Vernon	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 6sec
3	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	0:07
4	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
5	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	0:12
6	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	0:15
7	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	0:16
8	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	0:18
9	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:19
10	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	0:26
11	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	0:27
12	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:30
13	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	0:35
14	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	0:37
15	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	0:38
16	Per Strand Hagenes	Jumbo-Visma	0:39
17	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:42
18	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
19	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	0:50
20	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
21	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	0:58
22	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	1:01
23	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:02
24	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	s.t.
25	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:07
26	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	1:11
27	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	1:21
28	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	1:22
29	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
30	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:24
31	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:33
32	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	1:35
33	Julian Mertens	Bingoal-WB	1:42
34	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	1:45
35	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	1:46
36	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	s.t.
37	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	1:54
38	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	1:56
39	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
40	Emmanuel Morin	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	1:57
41	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:00
42	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	2:02
43	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:10
44	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
45	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	2:12
46	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	2:14
47	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	2:22
48	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
49	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
50	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	2:33
51	Kevin Kuhn	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:37
52	Erik Resell	Uno-X	2:38
53	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	2:48
54	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:51
55	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	2:55
56	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	2:58
57	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	3:01
58	Valentin Tabellion	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	3:07
59	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	3:19
60	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:22
61	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
62	Axel Huens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:27
63	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	3:36
64	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:38
65	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	3:39
66	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	3:43
67	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	3:50
68	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	3:56
69	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:57
70	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	4:06
71	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	4:15
72	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	4:22
73	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
74	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	4:25
75	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	4:28
76	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	4:29
77	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	4:30
78	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	4:34
79	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	4:37
80	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	4:48
81	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	4:50
82	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	4:54
83	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	5:02
84	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	5:06
85	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:16
86	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	5:20
87	Lars Craps	Soudal Quick-Step	5:24
88	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	5:26
89	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	5:30
90	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	5:43
91	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	5:44
92	Maël Guégan	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	5:52
93	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	6:02
94	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:09
95	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	6:19
96	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	7:17
97	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	7:40
98	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	8:09
99	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	8:12
100	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	9:01
101	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	9:06
102	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	9:27
103	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	9:28
104	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	9:50
105	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	10:20
106	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	10:33
107	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	10:54
108	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	11:24
109	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	11:35
110	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	11:58
111	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	12:24
112	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	12:27
113	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	12:36
114	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	12:56
115	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	13:16
116	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	13:21
117	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	13:32
118	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	13:45
119	Pierre Barbier	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	14:16
120	Nolann Mahoudo	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	14:32
121	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	15:39
122	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	16:05
123	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	17:12
124	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	17:18
125	Enzo Boulet	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	17:37
126	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	18:08
127	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	18:12
128	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	18:56
129	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	20:40

 

Stage 4 map:

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Thursday, May 18: Stage 3, St. Quentin - St. Quentin, 15.9 km individual time trial

Stage 3 map

Benjamin Thomas on his way to winning the stage and taking over the GC lead. Cofidis photo

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Weather at the race city of St. Quentin at 2:25 PM, local time: 16C (60F), fair, with the wind from the north at 18 km/hr (13 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: First rider scheduled to start was Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X) at 2:29 PM.

Here is the report from stage winner and new GC leader Benjamin Thomas' Team Cofidis:

He was expected, he was favourite and he was there. Benjamin Thomas was one of the last riders to start on the 16 kilometre course in Saint-Quentin this afternoon. And the Cofidis rider has done a very complete time trial. He took the lead in all the intermediate points and won without giving any chance to his rivals. More regular, more constant than his rivals, Benjamin Thomas wins with 9 seconds advantage on Niklas Larsen.

Bringing the (pink) jersey home
This success is particularly symbolic for Benjamin: it was on the roads of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque that he won his first professional race six years ago. This is his 9th victory, the 11th for the Cofidis team this season. From now on, the whole team will try to protect him and to consolidate his pink leader jersey.
It will be a difficult task, but all his team-mates are determined to do it until the end of the race. The 4 Jours de Dunkerque is obviously a special race for Cofidis and Benjamin recognises that he has to give it his all until the end.   

ON THE SPOT REACTIONS:
Benjamin Thomas: "I've been waiting for a good time for a while. I am particularly happy to have found my sensations in this exercise. Winning here has a special flavour, especially as this is where I won my first race six years ago. The objective now is to bring back the leader's pink jersey. We have a strong team with Max, Piet, Victor, Alexis, Christopher and Jelle. We will have to avoid the traps, especially on the cobbles. I have a comfortable lead but we should not relax and not hesitate to attack if necessary to defend the jersey.

Alain Deloeuil, sport director: "This success is good for us and it allows us to restart our victory counter. It's great for Benjamin who has been slow to show the extent of his talent since the beginning of the season. It's all the more interesting as it was a time trial, so it was his favourite event. And he did a great time trial! It also validates all the work that has been done on time trials by our performance unit. We have a very good Look bike for time trials, ideal for high level performances. From now on, we will focus on fighting to keep the jersey. We won a stage but not the 4 Days! It's up to us to give ourselves the means to do it!

Complete results:

15.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 49.302 km/hr

1	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	19min 21sec
2	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	@ 9sec
3	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	0:14
4	Ethan Vernon	Soudal Quick-Step	0:26
5	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
6	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	s.t.
7	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	0:29
8	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	0:30
9	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
10	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	0:31
11	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	0:34
12	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
13	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	0:36
14	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:37
15	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	0:40
16	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	0:41
17	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	0:42
19	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	0:44
20	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
21	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	0:45
22	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
23	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	0:46
24	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
25	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:48
26	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
27	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
28	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	0:51
29	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	0:52
30	Per Strand Hagenes	Jumbo-Visma	0:53
31	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	0:54
32	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	0:55
33	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
34	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:56
35	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
36	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
37	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	1:00
38	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
39	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
40	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	1:01
41	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:06
42	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:07
43	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:09
44	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
45	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
46	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	1:10
47	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
48	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:13
49	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	1:14
50	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	1:15
51	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
52	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:16
53	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	s.t.
54	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
55	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	1:18
56	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
57	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	1:19
58	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:21
59	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	1:24
60	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	1:25
61	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	1:26
62	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	1:27
63	Valentin Tabellion	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	1:28
64	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
65	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:29
66	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	1:30
67	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
68	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
69	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	1:31
70	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	1:32
71	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	1:33
72	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	1:35
73	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	1:36
74	Kevin Kuhn	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
75	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:37
76	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	1:39
77	Lars Craps	Soudal Quick-Step	1:40
78	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	1:41
79	Axel Huens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:42
80	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
81	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
82	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	1:44
83	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
84	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:45
85	Daniel Mclay	Arkéa-Samsic	1:46
86	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
87	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	1:48
88	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
89	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	1:49
90	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	1:52
91	Julian Mertens	Bingoal-WB	1:56
92	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	1:57
93	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:59
94	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
95	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	2:00
96	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
97	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:01
98	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	2:02
99	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
100	Maël Guégan	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	2:04
101	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
102	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	2:05
103	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
104	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	2:08
105	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	2:10
106	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
107	Emmanuel Morin	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	2:11
108	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
109	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	2:16
110	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	2:17
111	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:18
112	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
113	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	2:21
114	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	2:22
115	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	2:24
116	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
117	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	2:27
118	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	2:35
119	Nolann Mahoudo	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
120	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	2:36
121	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	2:37
122	Pierre Barbier	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
123	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	2:38
124	Enzo Boulet	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	2:39
125	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
126	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	2:50
127	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:51
128	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	2:57
129	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	3:12
130	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	3:13
131	Lucas Bourgoyne	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	3:42
132	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	3:49

 

GC after stage 3:

374.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.391 km/hr

1	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	8hr 50min 4sec
2	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 14sec
3	Ethan Vernon	Soudal Quick-Step	0:20
4	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	0:21
5	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	0:26
6	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	s.t.
7	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	0:29
8	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	0:30
9	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	0:31
10	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	0:32
11	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:33
12	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:34
13	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	0:40
14	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	0:41
15	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	0:42
16	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	0:44
17	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
18	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	0:48
19	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
20	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	0:49
21	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	0:51
22	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	0:52
23	Per Strand Hagenes	Jumbo-Visma	0:53
24	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	0:56
25	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
26	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	1:00
27	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
28	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	1:04
29	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
30	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:09
31	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	1:11
32	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	1:12
33	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	1:14
34	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	1:15
35	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:16
36	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	s.t.
37	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
38	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	1:21
39	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	1:24
40	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	1:25
41	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	1:33
42	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	1:35
43	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	1:36
44	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:38
45	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	1:39
46	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:42
47	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	1:44
48	Valentin Tabellion	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	1:45
49	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	1:47
50	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	1:53
51	Julian Mertens	Bingoal-WB	1:56
52	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	1:57
54	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	1:59
55	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	2:00
56	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:06
57	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	2:08
58	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	2:10
59	Emmanuel Morin	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	2:11
60	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
61	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	2:14
62	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	2:18
63	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:23
64	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	2:32
65	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	2:36
66	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
67	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	2:37
68	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	2:41
69	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	2:42
70	Kevin Kuhn	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:51
71	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	2:52
72	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	3:02
73	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	3:05
74	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	3:14
75	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	3:17
76	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	3:28
77	Pierre Barbier	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	3:32
78	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	3:36
79	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	3:40
80	Axel Huens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:41
81	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:52
82	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	3:53
83	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	3:54
84	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	3:56
85	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	3:57
86	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	3:58
87	Lars Craps	Soudal Quick-Step	4:02
88	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	4:04
89	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
90	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	4:08
91	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
92	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	4:10
93	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:11
94	Daniel Mclay	Arkéa-Samsic	4:21
95	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
96	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	s.t.
97	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:27
98	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	4:28
99	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	4:29
100	Maël Guégan	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	4:30
101	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	4:36
102	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:38
103	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	4:39
104	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
105	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	4:42
106	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	4:43
107	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	4:44
108	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	4:50
109	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	4:51
110	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	4:57
111	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	4:59
112	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	5:08
113	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	5:27
114	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	5:47
115	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	5:55
116	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	6:10
117	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	6:12
118	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	6:16
119	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	6:38
120	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	6:47
121	Nolann Mahoudo	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	6:55
122	Enzo Boulet	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	6:57
123	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	7:28
124	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	7:32
125	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	7:54
126	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	8:16
127	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	8:28
128	Lucas Bourgoyne	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	8:41
129	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	10:08
130	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	10:47
131	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	11:41
132	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	11:59

 

Stage 3 map:

Stage 3 map

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Wednesday, May 17: Stage 2, Compiègne - Laon, 162 km

Stage 2 map

Romain Grégoire emphatically wins stage two. Photo: Getty Sport

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Weather at the finish city of Laon at 2:35 PM, local time: 16C (60F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 18 km/hr (11mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from Olav Kooij's Team Jumbo-Visma.

Olav Kooij has sprinted to tenth place in the second stage of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque. In a difficult final kilometre, the winner of the first stage had to concede the victory to Romain Grégoire. Kooij is now second in the general classification but retains his lead in the points and youth classifications.

Race leader Olav Kooij in his pink leader's jersey before the start of stage two.

From Compiègne, the peloton headed towards Laon. Like the day before, the second stage had several small climbs. However, it was clear from the start that the stage would not end in a traditional bunch sprint. The last two kilometres were challenging and uphill. "Of course, we knew that this final was not really up my alley, but Mick van Dijke, Per Strand Hagenes, and I gave it our best shot", Kooij said.

A few kilometres from the finish line, Van Dijke led a small group to catch the three early leaders. "Mick was in a good position, but then everything came together again", Kooij said. "I was in a good position in the last kilometre, but I didn't have the legs to lead the sprint and win."

In the end, 21-year-old Kooij finished tenth, dropping to second in the general classification. "We're looking forward to the rest of the week. An arrival like today was new for me too. So I cannot be dissatisfied, we can continue with this. There are still many opportunities to come."

Tomorrow, the Team Jumbo-Visma rider will wear the sprinter's jersey for the time trial of almost sixteen kilometres. "Everything is still close, and tomorrow, the stronger time trialists will pass me. Hopefully, it will be someone from our team", Kooij concluded.

Complete results:

169.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.638 km/hr

1	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	3hr 59min 5sec
2	Ethan Vernon	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
4	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
5	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
6	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
8	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
9	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
10	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
11	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
12	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
13	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
14	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
15	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
16	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	s.t.
17	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	s.t.
19	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
20	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
21	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
22	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
23	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
24	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
25	Julian Mertens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
26	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
27	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
28	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
29	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
30	Lars Craps	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
31	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
32	Emmanuel Morin	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
33	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
34	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
35	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
36	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
37	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
38	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
39	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
40	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
41	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
42	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
43	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
44	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
45	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
46	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	s.t.
47	Per Strand Hagenes	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
49	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	@ 13sec
50	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Valentin Tabellion	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:17
52	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	0;19
53	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	0:21
54	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
55	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:24
56	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	0:30
57	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	0:32
58	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
59	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
60	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
61	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	0:41
62	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
63	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
64	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	0:50
65	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
66	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	0:53
67	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
69	Pierre Barbier	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	0:55
70	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
71	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:01
72	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:04
73	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:12
74	Kevin Kuhn	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:15
75	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
76	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	1:36
77	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
78	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	1:40
79	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
80	Axel Huens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:59
81	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	2:01
82	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:11
83	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:17
84	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	2:22
85	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
86	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	2:26
87	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
88	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
89	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
90	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
91	Maël Guégan	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
92	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
93	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
94	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
96	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
97	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
98	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
99	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
100	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
101	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
102	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	2:34
103	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	2:35
104	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:45
105	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	3:16
106	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:20
107	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
108	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	s.t.
109	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
110	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
111	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
112	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
113	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	s.t.
114	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
115	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	3:25
116	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
117	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
118	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	s.t.
119	Enzo Boulet	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	4:18
120	Nolann Mahoudo	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	4:20
121	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
122	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
123	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
124	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
125	Lucas Bourgoyne	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	4:59
126	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:29
127	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
128	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
129	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	5:49
130	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
131	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	6:19
132	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	s.t.
133	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	6:30

 

GC after stage 2:

358.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.144 km/hr

1	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	8hr 30min 32sec
2	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	@ 1sec
3	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
4	Ethan Vernon	Soudal Quick-Step	0:05
5	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	s.t.
6	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	0:07
7	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
8	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
9	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	0:08
10	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
11	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	0:09
12	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	0:11
13	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
14	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
15	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
16	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
17	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
19	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
20	Julian Mertens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
21	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
22	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
24	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
25	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
26	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
27	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	s.t.
28	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
29	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
30	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
31	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
32	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
33	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
34	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
35	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
36	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
37	Emmanuel Morin	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
38	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
39	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
40	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
41	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
42	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
43	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
44	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
45	Per Strand Hagenes	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
46	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
47	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
48	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:24
49	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
50	Valentin Tabellion	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:28
51	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	0:30
52	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	0:32
53	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
54	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	0:35
55	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:40
56	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	0:41
57	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	0:43
58	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
59	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	0:43
60	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	0:51
61	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	0:52
62	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
63	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	1:01
64	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
65	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	1:04
66	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
67	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Pierre Barbier	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	1:06
69	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
70	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:10
71	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	1:15
72	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	1:23
73	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	1:26
74	Kevin Kuhn	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:26
75	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	1:47
76	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
77	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	1:51
78	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
79	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	2:06
80	Axel Huens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:10
81	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:21
82	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:28
83	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	2:33
84	Lars Craps	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
85	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
86	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	2:37
87	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
88	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
89	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
90	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
91	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
92	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
93	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
94	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
95	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
96	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
97	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
98	Maël Guégan	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
99	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
100	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
101	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	2:45
102	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	2:46
103	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	2:56
104	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	3:27
105	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	3:31
106	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
107	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	s.t.
108	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
109	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	s.t.
110	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
111	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
112	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
113	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
114	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	3:36
115	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
116	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	s.t.
117	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
118	Enzo Boulet	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	4:29
119	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	4:31
120	Nolann Mahoudo	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
121	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
122	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
123	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	4:56
124	Lucas Bourgoyne	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	5:10
125	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	5:40
126	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
127	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	6:00
128	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	s.t.
129	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	6:30
130	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	6:41
131	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	7:45
132	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	9:13
133	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	10:04

 

Stage 2 map:

Stage 2 map

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Tuesday, May 16: Stage 1, Dunkerque - Abbeville, 196.6 km

Stage 1 map

Olav Kooij takes the first stage. Getty Images

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Weather at the finish city of Abbeville at 2:50 PM, local time: 15C (59F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 18 km/hr (11 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from fourth-place Tim Merlier's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Tim Merlier returned to racing for the first time since last month’s Paris-Roubaix, and he showed his strong legs despite not finishing in the top three on a day marred by crashes. Taking place over an undulating course, the stage that concluded in Abbeville was animated by a five-man breakaway, caught with only seven kilometers to go, in part thanks to the fantastic effort put in by the Soudal Quick-Step boys.

Unfortunately, numerous crashes happened in the closing kilometers, disrupting the sprint trains, among those affected being also Tim Merlier. Going under the flamme rouge, the Belgian Champion found himself alone, after his teammates were caught behind those pile-ups, and boxed in, making it impossible for him to find a space to launch his sprint. Even in these conditions, Tim showed his incredible speed, taking fourth place behind winner Olav Kooij (Jumbo-Visma).

“We knew that we had to be at the front, as crashes were a possibility, and the guys did a perfect job keeping me in a good position. But when the crashes began coming, we lost one another, Bert being among those held up. Due to all this, I was quite far when the sprint started, but being able to finish just outside the podium in these conditions gives me a lot of confidence for the next stages”, Tim explained.

Complete results:

196.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.426 km/hr

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	4hr 31min 38sec
2	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	s.t.
3	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
4	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
5	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
6	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
7	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
8	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	s.t.
9	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	s.t.
10	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	s.t.
11	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
12	Pierre Barbier	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
13	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
14	Rudy Barbier	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
15	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
16	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
17	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
18	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
19	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
20	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
21	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
22	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
23	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
24	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
25	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
26	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	s.t.
27	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
28	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
30	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
31	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
32	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	s.t.
33	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
34	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
35	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
36	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
37	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
38	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
39	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
40	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
43	Ethan Vernon	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
44	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
45	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
46	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	s.t.
47	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
48	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	s.t.
49	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
50	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
51	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
52	Valentin Tabellion	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
53	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
55	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
56	Julian Mertens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
57	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
58	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
59	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	s.t.
60	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
61	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
62	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
63	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
64	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
65	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
66	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
67	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
68	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
69	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
70	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
71	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
72	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
74	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
75	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
76	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
77	Axel Huens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
78	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
79	Nolann Mahoudo	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
80	Lucas Bourgoyne	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
81	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
82	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
83	Emmanuel Morin	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
84	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
85	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
86	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
87	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
88	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
89	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
90	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
91	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
92	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
93	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
94	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
96	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
97	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
98	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
99	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
100	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
101	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
102	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
103	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
104	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
105	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
106	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
107	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
108	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
109	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
110	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
111	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
112	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
113	Kevin Kuhn	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
114	Per Strand Hagenes	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
115	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
116	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	s.t.
117	Maël Guégan	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
118	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
119	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
120	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
121	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
122	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
123	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	@ 2min 19sec
124	Lars Craps	Soudal Quick-Step	2:22
125	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	@ 0sec
126	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	@ 0sec
127	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	@ 0sec
128	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	@ 0sec
129	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	3:14
130	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	@ 0sec
131	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	3:33
132	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	3:34
133	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	@ 0sec
134	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	@ 0sec
135	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	@ 0sec
136	Enzo Boulet	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	@ 0sec
137	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	@ 0sec
138	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	@ 0sec
139	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	@ 0sec

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	4hr 31min 28sec
2	Max Walscheid	Cofidis	@ 4sec
3	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ	0:06
4	Alex Colman	Team Flanders-Baloise	0:07
5	Samuel Leroux	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
6	Mathis Le Berre	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
7	Anthony Turgis	TotalEnergies	s.t.
8	Peter Sagan	TotalEnergies	0:08
9	Mark Stewart	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
10	Jannik Steimle	Soudal Quick-Step	0:09
11	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
12	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	0:10
13	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
14	Matteo Malucelli	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
15	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
16	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X	s.t.
17	Stanislaw Aniolkowski	Human Powered Health	s.t.
18	Milan Fretin	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
19	Pierre Barbier	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
20	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
21	Rudy Barbier	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
22	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
24	Luke Mudgway	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
25	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
26	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
27	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
28	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
29	Christophe Noppe	Cofidis	s.t.
30	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
31	Tuur Dens	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
32	Gleb Brussenskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
33	Alan Banaszek	Human Powered Health	s.t.
34	Mick Van Dijke	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
35	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Martí Márquez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
37	Greg Van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
38	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
39	William Blume Levy	Uno-X	s.t.
40	Loe Van Belle	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
41	Anthon Charmig	Uno-X	s.t.
42	Norman Vahtra	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
43	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
45	Brent Van Moer	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
46	Benoît Cosnefroy	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
47	Sam Watson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
48	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
49	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
50	Ethan Vernon	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
51	Morne Van Niekerk	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
52	Lasse Norman Leth	Uno-X	s.t.
53	Chad Haga	Human Powered Health	s.t.
54	Paul Ourselin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
55	Iñigo Elosegui	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
56	Valentin Tabellion	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
57	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Kevin Ledanois	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
59	Anthony Delaplace	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
60	Julian Mertens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
61	Hugo Hofstetter	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
62	Gage Hecht	Human Powered Health	s.t.
63	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
64	Louis Barré	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
65	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Antoine Raugel	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
67	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
68	Igor Chzhan	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
69	Erik Resell	Uno-X	s.t.
70	Gilles De Wilde	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
71	Logan Currie	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
72	Ibon Ruiz	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
73	Eugenio Sanchez	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
74	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
75	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
76	Nicolas Debeaumarché	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
77	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
78	Jonathan Couanon	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
79	Axel Huens	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
80	Laurent Pichon	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
81	Nolann Mahoudo	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
82	Lucas Bourgoyne	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
83	Paul Hennequin	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
84	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
85	Emmanuel Morin	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
86	Victor Lafay	Cofidis	s.t.
87	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
88	Jean-Louis Le Ny	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
89	Thomas Boudat	Van Rysel-Roubaix-Lille Metropole	s.t.
90	Danny Van Der Tuuk	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
91	Noah Vandenbranden	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
92	Flavien Maurelet	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
93	Stan Van Tricht	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
94	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
95	Enzo Paleni	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	Cériel Desal	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
97	Urko Berrade	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
98	Niklas Larsen	Uno-X	s.t.
99	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
100	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
101	Théo Delacroix	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	s.t.
102	Damien Girard	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
103	Andrea Mifsud	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
104	Daniel Oss	TotalEnergies	s.t.
105	Geoffrey Soupe	TotalEnergies	s.t.
106	Maciej Bodnar	TotalEnergies	s.t.
107	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
108	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
109	Ludovic Robeet	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
110	Valentin Retailleau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
111	Bastien Tronchon	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
112	Lorrenzo Manzin	TotalEnergies	s.t.
113	Kevin Kuhn	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
114	Per Strand Hagenes	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
115	Pau Miquel Delgado	Equipo Kern Pharma	s.t.
116	Pier-André Côté	Human Powered Health	s.t.
117	Maël Guégan	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
118	Julian Lino	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur	s.t.
119	Lindsay De Vylder	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
120	Tom Sexton	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
121	Ollie Jones	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
122	Aaron Gate	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
123	James Oram	Bolton Equities-Black Spoke	s.t.
124	Gleb Syritsa	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
125	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
126	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
127	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
128	Aaron Van Poucke	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
129	Arjen Livyns	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
130	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
131	Enzo Boulet	CIC U Nantes Atlantique	s.t.
132	Arnaud De Lie	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
133	Ben Perry	Human Powered Health	s.t.
134	Barnabas Peak	Human Powered Health	s.t.
135	Adrien Petit	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:29
136	Lars Craps	Soudal Quick-Step	2:32
137	Joris Delbove	St Michel-Mavic-Auber 93	3:24
138	Axel De Lie	Lotto Dstny	3:43
139	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X	3:44

 

Stage 1 map:

Stage 1 map

Start list with back numbers, May 15, 2023:

	LOTTO DSTNY
1	Arnaud De Lie
2	Cédric Beullens
3	Axel De Lie
4	Sébastien Grignard
5	Arjen Livyns
6	Rüdiger Selig
7	Brent Van Moer
	AG2R-CITROËN
11	Greg Van Avermaet
12	Benoît Cosnefroy
13	Oliver Naesen
14	Valentin Retailleau
15	Antoine Raugel
16	Marc Sarreau
17	Bastien Tronchon
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
21	Lewis Askey
22	Romain Grégoire
23	Olivier Le Gac
24	Enzo Paleni
25	Paul Penhoët
26	Sam Watson
27	Bram Welten
	COFIDIS
31	Benjamin Thomas
32	Piet Allegaert
33	Victor Lafay
34	Christophe Noppe
35	Alexis Renard
36	Jelle Wallays
37	Max Walscheid
	INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY
41	Gerben Thijssen
42	Adrien Petit
43	Axel Huens
44	Kevin Kuhn
45	Julius Johansen
46	Boy Van Poppel
47	Loic Vliegen
	ARKÉA-SAMSIC
51	Hugo Hofstetter
52	Louis Barré
53	Anthony Delaplace
54	Daniel McLay
55	Kevin Ledanois
56	Laurent Pichon
57	Mathis Le Berre
	TOTALENERGIES
61	Peter Sagan
62	Maciej Bodnar
63	Lorrenzo Manzin
64	Daniel Oss
65	Geoffrey Soupe
66	Anthony Turgis
67	Paul Ourselin
	JUMBO-VISMA
71	Olav Kooij
72	Mick Van Dijke
73	Loe Van Belle
74	Jos Van Emden
75	Timo Roosen
76	Tosh Van Der Sande
77	Per Strand Hagenes
	SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
81	Tim Merlier
82	Kasper Asgreen
83	Jannik Steimle
84	Bert Van Lerberghe
85	Stan Van Tricht
86	Ethan Vernon
87	Lars Craps
	ASTANA QAZAQSTAN
91	Cees Bol
92	Gleb Syritsa
93	Yevgeniy Gidich
94	Gleb Brussenskiy
95	Yuriy Natarov
96	Dmitriy Gruzdev
97	Igor Chzhan
	TEAM FLANDERS-BALOISE
101	Alex Colman
102	Noah Vandenbranden
103	Lindsay De Vylder
104	Gilles De Wilde
105	Tuur Dens
106	Milan Fretin
107	Aaron Van Poucke
	BINGOAL-WB
111	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
112	Cériel Desal
113	Matteo Malucelli
114	Julian Mertens
115	Ludovic Robeet
116	Luca Van Boven
117	Karl Patrick Lauk
	HUMAN POWERED HEALTH
121	Chad Haga
122	Stanislaw Aniolkowski
123	Alan Banaszek
124	Pier-André Côté
125	Gage Hecht
126	Ben Perry
127	Barnabas Peak
	UNO-X
131	Lasse Norman Leth
132	Erlend Blikra
133	Erik Resell
134	Niklas Larsen
135	Anthon Charmig
136	William Blume Levy
137	Jonas Abrahamsen
	EQUIPO KERN PHARMA
141	Martí Márquez
142	Eugenio Sanchez
143	Ibon Ruiz
144	Danny Van Der Tuuk
145	Urko Berrade
146	Iñigo Elosegui
147	Pau Miquel Delgado
	BOLTON EQUITIES-BLACK SPOKE
151	Aaron Gate
152	Logan Currie
153	Ollie Jones
154	Luke Mudgway
155	Mark Stewart
156	Tom Sexton
157	James Oram
	VAN RYSEL-ROUBAIX-LILLE MÉTROPOLE
161	Thomas Boudat
162	Samuel Leroux
163	Rait Ärm
164	Norman Vahtra
165	Maxime Jarnet
166	Valentin Tabellion
167	Kenny Molly
	ST MICHEL-MAVIC-AUBER 93
171	Rudy Barbier
172	Romain Cardis
173	Nicolas Debeaumarché
174	Théo Delacroix
175	Joris Delbove
176	Flavien Maurelet
177	Morne Van Niekerk
	NICE MÉTROPOLE-CÔTE D'AZUR
181	Jonathan Couanon
182	Damien Girard
183	Paul Hennequin
184	Julian Lino
185	Jean-Louis Le Ny
186	Andrea Mifsud
187	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli
	CIC U NANTES ATLANTIQUE
191	Pierre Barbier
192	Enzo Boulet
193	Lucas Bourgoyne
194	Søjberg Pedersen Rasmus
195	Maël Guégan
196	Nolann Mahoudo
197	Emmanuel Morin