2026 Classique Dunkerque (1.Pro), France
(Dunkirk Classic)
2nd edition: Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Classique Dunkerque podium history | Map & profile | Start list
Dunkerque - Mont-Saint-Eloi, 202.7 km
Artem Schmidt wins the 2026 Classique Dunkerque. Photo: JL Burnod
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Weather at the finish town of Mont-Saint-Eloi at 2:50 PM, local time: 13C (55F) , rain, with the wind from the south at 16 km/hr (26 km/hr). The rain is forecast to end around 4:30 PM.
The race: Here's the report from winner Artem Schmidt's Team INEOS Grenadiers.
Artem Shmidt claimed a memorable solo victory in soaking wet conditions at Classique Dunkerque.
The race gets its official start.
The young American launched a brave attack heading into the final 14 kilometers and opened out a winning margin on the run back into Mont-Saint-Eloi.
Shmidt had chance to enjoy the first win of the Netcompany INEOS era as he crossed the line four seconds ahead of the chasing pack. The success also marked his first pro road race victory.
Kim Heiduk came home seventh on a day which saw the team enliven the run in amid wet and windy conditions.
The peloton with 45 km to go and three riders 2min 50sec up the road. Photo: vrz_photographie
American racer Artem Schmidt solos across the line just ahead of a small group of chasers.
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Complete results:
202.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.428 km/hr
| 1 | Artem Shmidt | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 5hr 0min 50sec |
| 2 | Pierre Gautherat | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | @ 4sec |
| 3 | Jordi Meeus | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 4 | Alessio Magagnotti | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 5 | Tobias Müller | Unibet Rose Rockets | 0:06 |
| 6 | Thibaud Gruel | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 7 | Kim Heiduk | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 8 | Marius Mayrhofer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 9 | Matys Grisel | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 10 | Jon Barrenetxea | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 11 | Henrik Pedersen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 12 | Mathias Sanlaville | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 13 | Noah Hobbs | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 14 | Bryan Coquard | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 15 | Alexander Konijn | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 16 | Rasmus Tiller | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 17 | Joren Bloem | Unibet Rose Rockets | 0:11 |
| 18 | Axel Bouquet | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 19 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | 0:13 |
| 20 | Stan Dewulf | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 21 | Gonzalo Serrano | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 22 | Théo Delacroix | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 23 | Antoine Raugel | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 24 | Fabien Doubey | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 25 | Alex Kirsch | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 26 | Cameron Rogers | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 27 | Marijn van den Berg | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:20 |
| 28 | Daniel Årnes | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 0:23 |
| 29 | Oliver Mätik | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 30 | Antoine L'Hote | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 31 | Joppe Heremans | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 32 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 0:27 |
| 33 | Morne Van Niekerk | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 0:33 |
| 34 | Dillon Corkery | Team Picnic PostNL | 0:36 |
| 35 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto-Intermarché | 0:39 |
| 36 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 37 | Jacob Eriksson | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 38 | Jenthe Biermans | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 39 | Benjamin Thomas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 40 | Luke Lamperti | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 41 | Lucas Hamilton | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | 0:45 |
| 42 | Floris Van Tricht | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 43 | Arne Marit | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 44 | Clément Russo | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 45 | Hugo Hofstetter | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 46 | Wessel Mouris | Unibet Rose Rockets | 0:58 |
| 47 | Vito Braet | Lotto-Intermarché | 1:14 |
| 48 | Lewis Askey | NSN Cycling Team | 1:29 |
| 49 | Laurence Pithie | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 50 | Jean-Loup Fayolle | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 51 | Jaakko Hänninen | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 52 | Karl Sagnier | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 53 | William Blume Levy | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 54 | Óscar Rodríguez | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 55 | Jonas Hem Hvideberg | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 56 | Abram Stockman | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 57 | Victor Langellotti | Netcompany INEOS Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 58 | Filip Maciejuk | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 59 | Clément Davy | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 60 | Moritz Kretschy | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 61 | Christiaan van Rees | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 62 | Kévin Avoine | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 1:37 |
| 63 | Killian Théot | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 64 | Lorrenzo Manzin | Team TotalEnergies | 1:47 |
| 65 | Kasper Asgreen | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:09 |
| 66 | Matthias Schwarzbacher | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 67 | Lewis Bower | Groupama-FDJ United | 2:16 |
| 68 | Jan Maas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 69 | Sam Maisonobe | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 70 | Jens Verbrugghe | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 71 | Linus Larsson | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 72 | Thomas Champion | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | s.t. |
| 73 | Titouan Fontaine | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 74 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 75 | Matis Louvel | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 76 | Matthew Fox | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 77 | Natnael Tesfazion | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 78 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 2:20 |
| 79 | Similien Hamon | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | 2:26 |
| 80 | Liam Slock | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 81 | Joes Oosterlinck | Van Rysel-Roubaix | s.t. |
| 82 | Callum Thornley | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 2:29 |
| 83 | Nils Eekhoff | Team Picnic PostNL | 2:33 |
| 84 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2:49 |
| 85 | Kasper Haugland | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 3:13 |
| 86 | Storm Ingebrigtsen | Uno-X Mobility | 3:31 |
| 87 | Sebastian Putz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 3:41 |
| 88 | Jason Tesson | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 89 | Rayan Boulahoite | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 90 | Maël Guégan | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 91 | Matteo Milan | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 92 | Aivaras Mikutis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 3:54 |
| 93 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 94 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto-Intermarché | 3:58 |
| 95 | Axel Mariault | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | 4:08 |
| 96 | Jérémy Lecroq | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 4:20 |
| 97 | Camille Charret | Cofidis | 4:29 |
| 98 | Louis Chaleil | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| 99 | Petr Kelemen | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 4:31 |
| 100 | Stian Fredheim | Uno-X Mobility | 4:38 |
| 101 | Simon Guglielmi | St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | 4:41 |
| 102 | Nicola Marcerou | Team TotalEnergies | 6:09 |
| 103 | Jahkim Carty | Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur | s.t. |
| 104 | Oscar Chamberlain | Decathlon CMA CGM Team | 6:19 |
| 105 | Victor Vaneeckhoutte | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 106 | James Knox | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 107 | Jhonatan Guatibonza | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 108 | Kiaan Watts | NSN Cycling Team | 6:38 |
| 109 | Jonas Walton | CIC Pro Cycling Academy | s.t. |
| 110 | Robbe Dhondt | Team Picnic PostNL | 7:03 |
| 111 | Léandre Huck | Van Rysel-Roubaix | 13:51 |
Course map & profile:
Classique Dunkerque map
Classique Dunkerque profile
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Start list with back numbers, May 18, 2026:
| NSN Cycling Team | |
| 1 | Lewis Askey |
| 2 | Hugo Hofstetter |
| 3 | Matis Louvel |
| 4 | Floris Van Tricht |
| 5 | Moritz Kretschy |
| 6 | Jens Verbrugghe |
| 7 | Kiaan Watts |
| Netcompany INEOS | |
| 11 | Lucas Hamilton |
| 12 | Kim Heiduk |
| 13 | Óscar Rodríguez |
| 14 | Artem Shmidt |
| 15 | Victor Langellotti |
| 16 | Sam Welsford |
| 17 | Cameron Rogers |
| Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 21 | Sebastian Putz |
| 22 | Arne Marit |
| 23 | Jordi Meeus |
| 24 | Laurence Pithie |
| 25 | Callum Thornley |
| 26 | Danny van Poppel |
| 27 | Alessio Magagnotti |
| Decathlon CMA CGM Team | |
| 31 | Louis Chaleil |
| 32 | Oscar Chamberlain |
| 33 | Stan Dewulf |
| 34 | Pierre Gautherat |
| 35 | Kasper Haugland |
| 36 | Antoine L'Hote |
| 37 | Gianluca Pollefliet |
| Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 41 | Lewis Bower |
| 42 | Titouan Fontaine |
| 43 | Olivier Le Gac |
| 44 | Matteo Milan |
| 45 | Thibaud Gruel |
| 46 | Clément Russo |
| 47 | Karl Sagnier |
| EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 51 | Marijn van den Berg |
| 52 | Noah Hobbs |
| 53 | Kasper Asgreen |
| 54 | Matthias Schwarzbacher |
| 55 | Luke Lamperti |
| 56 | Alastair Mackellar |
| 57 | Linus Larsson |
| Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 61 | Vito Braet |
| 62 | Steffen De Schuyteneer |
| 63 | Matthew Fox |
| 64 | Liam Slock |
| 65 | Matys Grisel |
| 66 | Lionel Taminiaux |
| 67 | Victor Vaneeckhoutte |
| Movistar Team | |
| 71 | Jon Barrenetxea |
| 73 | Davide Formolo |
| 74 | Gonzalo Serrano |
| 75 | Natnael Tesfazion |
| 76 | Filip Maciejuk |
| 77 | Jhonatan Guatibonza |
| Team Picnic PostNL | |
| 81 | Dillon Corkery |
| 82 | Pavel Bittner |
| 83 | Robbe Dhondt |
| 84 | Nils Eekhoff |
| 85 | James Knox |
| 86 | Niklas Märkl |
| 87 | Christiaan van Rees |
| Uno-X Mobility | |
| 91 | Rasmus Tiller |
| 92 | Erik Resell |
| 93 | William Blume Levy |
| 94 | Stian Fredheim |
| 95 | Jonas Hem Hvideberg |
| 96 | Henrik Pedersen |
| 97 | Storm Ingebrigtsen |
| Cofidis | |
| 101 | Jenthe Biermans |
| 102 | Bryan Coquard |
| 103 | Sam Maisonobe |
| 104 | Alex Kirsch |
| 105 | Benjamin Thomas |
| 106 | Camille Charret |
| 107 | Jan Maas |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 111 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi |
| 112 | Jacob Eriksson |
| 113 | Petr Kelemen |
| 114 | Oliver Mätik |
| 115 | Marius Mayrhofer |
| 116 | Aivaras Mikutis |
| 117 | Roland Thalmann |
| Team TotalEnergies | |
| 121 | Rayan Boulahoite |
| 122 | Alexys Brunel |
| 123 | Fabien Doubey |
| 124 | Lorrenzo Manzin |
| 125 | Nicola Marcerou |
| 126 | Jason Tesson |
| Unibet Rose Rockets | |
| 131 | Abram Stockman |
| 132 | Joren Bloem |
| 133 | Adam Toupalik |
| 134 | Karsten Feldmann |
| 135 | Tobias Müller |
| 136 | Wessel Mouris |
| CIC Pro Cycling Academy | |
| 141 | Axel Mariault |
| 142 | Jean-Loup Fayolle |
| 143 | Maël Guégan |
| 144 | Victor Guernalec |
| 145 | Similien Hamon |
| 146 | Mathias Sanlaville |
| 147 | Jonas Walton |
| Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur | |
| 151 | Clément Davy |
| 152 | Alexander Konijn |
| 153 | Jahkim Carty |
| 154 | Laurens Huys |
| 155 | Jaakko Hänninen |
| 156 | Victor Papon |
| Van Rysel-Roubaix | |
| 161 | Kévin Avoine |
| 162 | Joppe Heremans |
| 163 | Daniel Årnes |
| 164 | Léandre Huck |
| 165 | Antoine Raugel |
| 166 | Joes Oosterlinck |
| 167 | Killian Théot |
| St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 | |
| 171 | Axel Bouquet |
| 172 | Thomas Champion |
| 173 | Théo Delacroix |
| 174 | Simon Guglielmi |
| 175 | Jérémy Lecroq |
| 177 | Morn Van Niekerk |