Four Days of Dunkirk (2.Pro), France

(Quatre Jours De Dunkerque)
Winners, distance, average speed

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The race:

The Four Days of Dunkirk (Quatre Jours de Dunkerque ) bicycle race no longer takes 4 days to complete. In 2009 the race was both 6 stages and 6 days long.

It started out in 1955 as a 4-day race in the the Nord-Pas de Calais region of Northern France but in 1963 the race added a time trial. The organizers chose to retain the orginal name, and so it is today.

Held in early May (where it can conflict with the Giro d'Italia), a look below at the riders who have made the podium of Four days of Dunkirk shows that it is a very prestigious race.

Since 2005 the UCI has ranked it as an "HC" level race and in 2020 it was made a "2.Pro" race.

Complete podium history of The Four Days of Dunkirk:

Year	1st Place	2nd Place	3rd Place	Distance	Average speed km/hr
1955	Louis Deprez 13hr 26min 17sec	Roland Callebout @ 2min 20sec	Roger Callewaert @ 4min 25sec	532.5 km	39.626
1956	Jean Adriaensens 19hr 6min 18sec	Gilbert Desmet @ 1min 26sec	Albert Bouvet @ 2min 4sec	687 km	35.959
1957	Joseph Planckaert 21hr 54min 45sec	Pierre Everaert @ 2min 1sec	Jean Stablinski 2min 30sec	787 km	35.916
1958	Jacques Anquetil 20hr 52min 38sec	Jean Brankart @ 1min 15sec	André Darrigade @ 1min 37sec	779 km	37.313
1959	Jacques Anquetil 18hr 46min 11sec	Joseph Morvan @ 49sec	Frans Aerenhouts @ 2min 15sec	701 km	37.347
1960	Joseph Planckaert 20hr 34min 30sec	Jean Stablinski @ 51sec	Pierre Everaert @ 1min	813 km	39.513
1961	Albertus "Ab" Geldermans 20hr 34min 15sec	Raymond Poulidor @ 1min 2sec	Pierre Beuffeuil @ 2min 10sec	785.7 km	38.195
1962	Joseph Groussard 21hr 17min 38sec	Jean-Baptiste Claes @ 8sec	Piet Rentmeester @ 2min 5sec	792 km	37.193
1963	Joseph Planckaert 25hr 50min 48sec	Hans Junkermann @ 52sec	André Messelis @ 2min 20sec	963 km	37.258
1964	Gilbert Desmet 23hr 10min 21sec	Yvo Molenaers @ 10sec	Joseph Huysmans @ 37sec	902 km	38.925
1965	Gustave Desmet 25hr 47min 8sec	Pierre Everaert @ 44sec	Arie Den Hartog @ 1min 3sec	926.4 km	35.927
1966	Théo Mertens 24hr 34min 9sec	Jan Janssen @ 6sec	Pierre Beuffeuil @ 53sec	939.9 km	38.255
1967	Lucien Aimar 23hr 53min 3sec	Jean-Baptiste Claes @ 59sec	Bernard Guyot @ 1min 30sec	921.1 km	38.565
1968	Jean Jourden 24hr 21min 42sec	Rémi Van Vreckom @ 1min 6sec	Raymond Poulidor @ 1min 13sec	943.4 km	38.725
1969	Alain Vasseur 24hr 38min 19sec	Rini Wagtmans @ 10sec	Willy In't Ven @ 22sec	955.1 km	38.764
1970	Willy Vanneste 22hr 5min 38sec	Jean-Marie Leblanc @ 7sec	Henri Heintz @ 1min 39sec	906.3 km	41.020
1971	Roger De Vlaeminck 22hr 53min 29sec	Willy Van Malderghem @ 55sec	Jurgen Tschan @ 59sec	926 km	40.452
1972	Yves Hézard 22hr 22min 1sec	Luis Ocaña @ 20sec	Ferdi Bracke @ 30sec	941.7 km	42.071
1973	Freddy Maertens 22hr 54min 51sec	Frans Verbeeck @ 3sec	Joop Zoetemelk @ 13sec	975.4 km	42.568
1974	Walter Goodefroot 23hr 59min 16sec	Michael Wright @ 3min 17sec	Freddy Maertens @ 4min 10sec	953.7 km	39.758
1975	Freddy Maertens 24hr 19min 28sec	Jean-Pierre Danguillaume @ 14sec	Bernard Thévénet @ 25sec	976.7 km	40.153
1976	Freddy Maertens 23hr 24min 11sec	Jean-Pierre Danguillaume @ 12sec	Roger Legeay @ 1min 6sec	945.5 km	40.401
1977	Gerrie Knetemann 22hr 22min 54sec	Joseph Jacobs @ 8sec	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke @ 33sec	881.3 km	39.376
1978	Freddy Maertens 24hr 23min 44sec	Jean-Pierre Danguillaume @ 49sec	Gerrie Knetemann @ 4min 56sec	995.6 km	40.811
1979	Daniel Willems 22hr 46min 6sec	Bert Oosterbosch @ 49sec	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke @ 51sec	926.2 km	40.679
1980	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke 23hr 16min 56sec	Hubert Linard @ 41sec	Joaquim Agostinho @ 56sec	926.8 km	39.807
1981	Bert Oosterbosch 22hr 53min 43sec	Sean Kelly @ 24sec	Jacques Bossis @ s.t.	901.3 km	39.366
1982	Frank Hoste 25hr 37min 46sec	Ferdi Van Den Haute @ 4sec	Stephen Roche @ s.t.	985.5 km	38.452
1983	Léo Van Vliet 24hr 12min 33sec	Paul Sherwen @ 2min 17sec	William Tackaert @ 3min 2sec	941.4 km	38.886
1984	Bernard Hinault 25hr 44min 20sec	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke @ 13sec	Bruno Cornillet @ 23sec	978.7 km	38.024
1985	Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke 24hr 47min 4sec	Bruno Wojtinek @ 13sec	Rudy Matthijs @ s.t.	984 km	39.702
1986	Dirk De Wolf 24hr 23min 43sec	Régis Simon @ 1min 40sec	Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle @ 3min 49sec	894.9 km	36.683
1987	Herman Frison 23hr 12min 37sec	Patrice Esnault @ 3sec	Charly Mottet @ 5min 14sec	902.9 km	38.901
1988	Pascal Poisson 24hr 24min 24sec	Charly Mottet @ 1min 15sec	Erik Vanderaerden @ 1min 28sec	954.6 km	39.112
1989	Charly Mottet 26hr 5min 11sec	Thierry Marie @ 10sec	Stephen Roche @ 24sec	1007.9 km	38.641
1990	Stephen Roche 23hr 51min 49sec	François Lemarchand @ 19sec	Thierry Marie @ 1min 43sec	855.5 km	35.850
1991	Charly Mottet 24hr 18min 54sec	Laurent Jalabert @ 14sec	Johan Museeuw @ 16sec	973.5 km	40.037
1992	Olaf Ludwig 26hr 48min 30sec	Frans Maasen @ 22sec	Viatscheslav Ekimov @ 25sec	1014.5 km	37.861
1993	Laurent Desbiens 25hr 39min 35sec	Viatcheslav Ekimov @ 48sec	Eddy Seigneur @ 1min	1022 km	39.829
1994	Eddy Seigneur 27hr 3min 38sec	Olaf Ludwig @ 28sec	Andre Tchmil @ 44sec	1034.9 km	38.243
1995	Johan Museeuw 23hr 25min 5sec	François Simon @ 5sec	Erik Zabel @ 38sec	972 km	41.506
1996	Philippe Gaumont 24hr 14min 7sec	Thierry Laurent @ 2sec	Olaf Ludwig @ 18sec	988.4 km	40.783
1997	Johan Museeuw 23hr 24min 25sec	Frank Vandenbroucke @ 11sec	Daniele Contini @ 21sec	977.8 km	41.734
1998	Alexandre Vinokourov 24hr 52min 29sec	Arturas Kasputis @ 34sec	Evgeni Berzin @ 1min	1050.2 km	42.212
1999	Michael Sandstod 22hr 36min 13sec	Enrico Cassani @ 9sec	Christian Vande Velde @ 16sec	990.5 km	43.820

 

2000	Martin Rittsel 22hr 52min 7sec	Arturas Kasputis @ 24sec	Robert Hunter @ 1min 6sec	966.3 km	42.254
2001	Didier Rous 24hr 22min 13sec	Laurent Jalabert @ 40sec	Stéphen Heulot @ 1min 13sec	1039.2 km	42.642
2002	Sylvain Chavanel 19hr 41min 47sec	Didier Rous @ 25sec	Laurent Brochard @ 1min 26sec	886 km	44.983
2003	Christophe Moreau 20hr 26min 5sec	Didier Rous @ 29sec	Laurent Brochard @ 1min 19sec	876.4 km	42.888
2004	Sylvain Chavanel 21hr 23min 43sec	Laurent Brochard @ 31sec	Didier Rous @ 37sec	861.5 km	40.266
2005	Pierrick Fedrigo 21hr 14min 55sec	Vladimir Efimkin @ 12sec	Christophe Moreau @ 19sec	891.3 km	41.946
2006	Roberto Petito 21hr 33min 24sec	Stéphane Petilileau @ 4sec	Didier Rous @ 16sec	899.7 km	41.736
2007	Mathieu Ladagnous 22hr 13min 25sec	Laurent Lefevre @ 13sec	Dominique Cornu @ 14sec	932.4 km	41.955
2008	Stéphane Augé 25hr 45min 48sec	Clément Lhôtellerie @ 1min 36sec	Pierrick Fedrigo @ 1min 54sec	1065.4 km	41.353
2009	Rui Alberto Faria 23hr 36min 57sec	David Lelay @ 9sec	Cyril Lemoine @ 18sec	980.3 km	41.51
2010	Martin Elmiger 21hr 36min 3sec	Rui Alberto Faria @ 4sec	José Joaquin Rojas @ 17sec	888.0 km	41.104
2011	Thomas Voeckler 20hr 36min 1sec	Laurent Pichon @ 1min 50sec	Zdenek Stybar @ 1min 52sec	882.40 km	42.827
2012	Jimmy Engoulvent 21hr 4min 0sec	Zdenek Stybar @ 42sec	John Degenkolb @ 45sec	887.5 km	42.128
2013	Arnaud Demare 20hr 37min 21sec	Florian Vachon @ 16sec	Ramon Sinkeldam @ 26sec	857.8 km	41.579
2014	Arnaud Demare 22hr 14min 25sec	Sylvain Chavanel @ 6sec	Michael Valgren Andersen @ s.t.	893.2 km	40.161
2015	Ignatas Konovalovas 21hr 25min 3sec	Bryan Coquard @ 14sec	Alo Jakin @ 31sec	883.2 km	41.237
2016	Bryan Coquard 21hr 24min 3sec	Marco Frapporti @ 30sec	Xandro Meurisse @ 31sec	892.6 km	41.686 km/hr
2017	Clement Venturini 24hr 57min 13sec	Sander Armee @ 2sec	Oliver Naesen @ 7sec	1,030.8 km	41.305 km/hr
2018	Dimitri Claeys 24hr 52min 54sec	André Greipel @ 1sec	Oscar Riesebeek @ 2sec	1,037.1 km	41.678 km/hr
2019	Mike Teunissen 25hr 37min 41sec	Amund Jansen @ 24sec	Jens Keukeleire @ 32sec	1,055.7 km	41.181 km/hr
2020	Race cancelled because of coronavirus pandemic
2021	Race cancelled because of coronavirus pandemic
2022	Philippe Gilbert 25hr 0min 26sec	Oliver Naesen @ 4sec	Jake Stewart @ 5sec	1,054.1 km	42.152 km/hr
2023	Romain Grégoire 21hr 14min 8sec	Kasper Asgreen @ 13sec	Cees Bol @ 15sec	926.5 km	43.630 km/hr
2024	Sam Bennett 23hr 58min 57sec	Paul Penhoët @ 38sec	Jenno Berckmoes @ 41sec	1,045.1 km	40.904 km/hr

 

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