2025 Four Days of Dunkirk -
4 Jours de Dunkerque
(2.Pro), France

69th edition: May 14 - May 18, 2025

4 Days of Dunkirk podium history | 2024 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

2025 4 Days of Dunkirk map.

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Sunday, May 18: 5th & final stage, Wormhout - Dunkerque, 185.6 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Jake Stewart wins the final stage. Photo: Marie Van Ingelgem

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Weather at the finish city of Dunkerque at 2:20 PM, local time: 12C (55F), cloudy, with the wind from the north at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: About a third of the way into the stage Davide Cimolai (Movistar) abandoned. Later Pascal Ackermann (Israel-Premier Tech) & Pier André Coté (Israel-Premier Tech) also quit the race.

Here's the report from stage winner Jake Stewart's Team Israel-Premier Tech:

Jake Stewart took his first win in IPT colors on Sunday as he produced a dominant sprint to take the final stage of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque.

After placing second in Friday’s pavé stage, Stewart outlined his finishing speed once again in the port city of Dunkerque, as he comfortably beat Alberto Dainese (TUD) and Thibaud Gruel (GFD) to the line.

Stewart, who is now in his second season with IPT, last enjoyed a race victory at the Tour de l’Ain in July 2023. Coincidentally, all three of his pro wins to date have come in France.

“It feels like a long time coming – I’ve been close, but I’ve never managed to get the job done,” says the 25-year-old British rider. “In this new role I’ve got in the lead-out, it’s not often I get the opportunity to sprint for a win, so when you get one you want to take it with both hands.”

Early in the the fifth & final stage, lots of attacks. Photo: vrz_photographie

IPT’s time in Northern France has seen both great highs and some unfortunate lows. Pascal Ackermann kickstarted the week by winning the one-day Classique Dunkerque on Tuesday, before Stewart placed ninth and second in stages 2 and 3 of the 4 Jours race as he builds towards the Tour de France.

Ackermann sadly crashed out early on in today’s stage, which looked perfectly suited to the German’s capabilities, after teammate Riley Sheehan had to abandon yesterday’s stage after a fall. Pier-André Côte also left the race today as the result of a crash on Saturday.

Acknowledging the work of his teammates in Sunday’s final stage, Stewart adds: “It has been quite a tough couple of days with the crashes we had, and we really had to rally ourselves during the stage after Ackie went down.

“It got a bit messy coming into the finish, but we know this finish as we raced it last year. We ended up being short on guys last year, and with the riders we were missing today, we knew we had to make our move a bit later than normal.

“We used Schwarzi [Michael Schwarzmann] and his race craft to move us up, and then [Matîs] Louvel pulled a big turn. G [Guillaume Boivin] and I got boxed in a bit coming into the final kilometer, but we managed to wriggle our way out of that. Coming out of the last corner I told him to commit to the line. I knew I was in a good position and I backed my legs.

“I knew from the sprint on Friday that I had the speed. I kicked and saw that I had a gap when I looked under my legs, so it was all about taking it to the line. It’s always a nice feeling when you win with clean air, and you don’t have to worry about nailing a bike throw!”

Complete results:

185.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.912 km/hr

1	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	4hr 7min 57sec
2	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
3	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
4	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
5	Daniel McLay	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
6	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
7	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
8	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
9	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
11	Elia Viviani	Lotto	s.t.
12	Martijn Budding	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
13	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
14	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
15	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
16	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
17	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar Team	s.t.
18	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	3
19	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
20	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
21	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
22	Leander Van Hautegem	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
23	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
24	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
25	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
27	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
28	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
29	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
30	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	s.t.
31	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
32	Jenno Berckmoes	Lotto	s.t.
33	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
34	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
35	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
36	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
37	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
38	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
39	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	s.t.
40	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
41	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
42	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
43	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
44	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
45	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
46	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
47	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
48	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
49	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
50	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
51	Abram Stockman	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
52	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
54	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	s.t.
55	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
56	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
57	Alec Segaert	Lotto	s.t.
58	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
59	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
60	Luca De Meester	Wagner Bazin WB	@ 11sec
61	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
62	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
63	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
64	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	s.t.
65	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
67	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
68	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
69	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
70	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
71	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
72	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
73	Joris Chaussinand	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
74	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
75	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
76	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
77	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
78	Jordi Warlop	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
79	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
80	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	s.t.
81	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
82	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
83	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
84	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
85	Matisse Julien	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
86	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
87	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
88	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
89	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:19
90	Matys Grisel	Lotto	0:33
91	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto	s.t.
92	Lenaic Langella	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
93	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	0:36
94	Matis Louvel	Israel-Premier Tech	0:40
95	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
96	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	0:54
97	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	1:17
98	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
99	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:21
100	Jordi Lopez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:40
101	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto	s.t.
102	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
103	Maximilien Juillard	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
104	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
105	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
106	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
107	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
108	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:44
109	Juan David Sierra	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
110	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
111	Ryan Gal	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
112	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
113	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	6:00

 

Final GC after stage 5:

• GC winner: Sam Watson (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification winner: Paul Hennequin (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
• Points classification winner: Tobias Lund Andresen (Team Picnic-PostNL)
• Best young rider: Sam Watson (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Teams classification winner: Cofidis

868.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.535 km/hr

1	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	19hr 30min 5sec
2	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	@ 4sec
3	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	0:11
4	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	0:12
5	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:16
6	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	0:18
7	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	0:22
8	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:23
9	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
11	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	0:25
12	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	0:32
13	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	0:33
14	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	0:38
15	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	0:41
16	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	s.t.
17	Alec Segaert	Lotto	0:43
18	Jenno Berckmoes	Lotto	0:46
19	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
20	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	0:49
21	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	0:55
22	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	0:58
23	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	1:00
24	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:04
25	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	1:27
26	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:28
27	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:16
28	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:53
29	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	3:35
30	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	6:41
31	Abram Stockman	Unibet Tietema Rockets	7:00
32	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	7:44
33	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:52
34	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	8:26
35	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:36
36	Joris Chaussinand	CIC-U-Nantes	8:45
37	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	8:59
38	Matys Grisel	Lotto	9:00
39	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	9:01
40	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:08
41	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	9:09
42	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	9:57
43	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	10:02
44	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	10:16
45	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	10:52
46	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	11:06
47	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	11:14
48	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	11:40
49	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	11:43
50	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	11:48
51	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	11:54
52	Ryan Gal	Team Picnic PostNL	12:08
53	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	12:36
54	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	12:59
55	Matis Louvel	Israel-Premier Tech	14:52
56	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	15:02
57	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	15:03
58	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	15:24
59	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	15:34
60	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	15:36
61	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	15:44
62	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	15:46
63	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	16:13
64	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	16:19
65	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	16:34
66	Jordi Warlop	Soudal Quick-Step	16:38
67	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:46
68	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	16:50
69	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:54
70	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	16:58
71	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	17:31
72	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	18:49
73	Elia Viviani	Lotto	19:34
74	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	20:15
75	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar Team	21:07
76	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	21:29
77	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	21:39
78	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	21:50
79	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	21:56
80	Lenaic Langella	CIC-U-Nantes	21:57
81	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	22:07
82	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	22:22
83	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	23:08
84	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	24:04
85	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	25:23
86	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto	25:54
87	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	25:58
88	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	26:59
89	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	27:09
90	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	27:35
91	Martijn Budding	Unibet Tietema Rockets	27:40
92	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto	28:55
93	Leander Van Hautegem	Wagner Bazin WB	28:58
94	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	29:03
95	Maximilien Juillard	Van Rysel-Roubaix	29:12
96	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	29:39
97	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	30:44
98	Luca De Meester	Wagner Bazin WB	31:42
99	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	31:45
100	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	32:17
101	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	32:29
102	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	34:45
103	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	35:29
104	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	36:17
105	Matisse Julien	CIC-U-Nantes	37:17
106	Jordi Lopez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	37:52
107	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	40:21
108	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	41:25
109	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	41:53
110	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	42:39
111	Daniel McLay	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	45:41
112	Juan David Sierra	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	52:25
113	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	52:35

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Saturday, May 17: Stage 4, La Chapelle d'Armentieres - Cassel, 172.7 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Sam Watson wins the stage and become the new GC leader.

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Weather at the finish city of Cassel at 2:20 PM, local time: 16C (60F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 24 km/hr (15 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Sam Watson's Team INEOS Grenadiers:

Sam Watson fired to a powerful sprint win and the overall lead on the fourth stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk, with one stage remaining.

The British rider punched up the final climb to the finish, kicking hard and accelerating to cross the line ahead of Carlos Canal (Movistar), and take the leader’s jersey from third place Lewis Askey (Groupama - FDJ).

The first time through the Porte d'Aire (See map below). Photo JL Burnod

With GC leader Axel Zingle (Team Visma - Lease A Bike) abandoning the race with 24km to go, Ben Swift attacked from the peloton at the 19km mark. Swift managed to get away in a group of three, reducing to two as he pushed the pace up the Rue de Tambour.

Despite his efforts, Swift was caught with just 1km remaining, but it was the perfect time for Watson to attack, and he clung on to take the stage win for the team.

Victor Langellotti sprinted to sixth on the stage, and sits eighth on the GC, while Swift’s efforts saw him awarded the Combative award for a second day in a row.

The final flat stage tomorrow will see Watson ride in the white jersey as he sits three seconds ahead of Askey in a battle for the overall win.

Complete results:

172.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.316 km/hr

1	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	4hr 17min 1sec
2	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	s.t.
3	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	@ 3sec
4	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	0:05
5	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
6	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	0:06
7	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
8	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	0:08
10	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
11	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	0:15
12	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
13	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
14	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
15	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
16	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	0:21
17	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	0:22
18	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	0:24
19	Alec Segaert	Lotto	0:26
20	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Jenno Berckmoes	Lotto	0:29
22	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
23	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
24	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	0:41
25	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
26	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
27	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	0:46
28	Ryan Gal	Team Picnic PostNL	0:55
29	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	1:01
31	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	1:10
32	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	1:48
33	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1:51
34	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	3:18
36	Abram Stockman	Unibet Tietema Rockets	3:42
37	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	5:03
39	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	6:24
40	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	6:25
41	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
42	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	6:35
43	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:27
44	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	s.t.
45	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:09
46	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
47	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:11
48	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	8:13
49	Matys Grisel	Lotto	8:15
50	Joris Chaussinand	CIC-U-Nantes	8:20
51	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	8:24
52	Lenaic Langella	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
53	Elie Gesbert	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:27
54	Matis Louvel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
55	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:32
56	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
57	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
58	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	8:37
59	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	8:42
60	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
62	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
63	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
64	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
65	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
66	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	9:05
67	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	9:16
68	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	9:37
69	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	s.t.
70	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	9:42
71	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
73	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:49
74	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
75	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	9:54
76	Luca De Meester	Wagner Bazin WB	14:01
77	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
78	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	15:36
79	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
80	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
81	Maximilien Juillard	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
82	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto	s.t.
83	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
84	Matisse Julien	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
85	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
86	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
87	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
88	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
89	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
90	Juan David Sierra	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
92	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
93	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
94	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
95	Leander Van Hautegem	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
96	Jordi Lopez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:45
97	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	s.t.
98	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
99	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
100	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
101	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
102	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	Jordi Warlop	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
104	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
105	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
106	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
107	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
108	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
109	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
110	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
111	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
112	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
113	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
114	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
115	Elia Viviani	Lotto	s.t.
116	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar Team	s.t.
117	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto	s.t.
118	Martijn Budding	Unibet Tietema Rockets	22:18
119	Daniel McLay	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
120	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
121	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

• GC leader: Sam Watson (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Mountains classification leader: Paul Hennequin (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
• Points classification leader: Lewis Askey (Groupama-FDJ)
• Best young rider: Sam Watson (INEOS Grenadiers)
• Teams classification leader: Cofidis

682.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.434 km/hr

1	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	15hr 22min 8sec
2	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	@ 3sec
3	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	0:08
4	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	0:13
5	Strand Hagenes Per	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
6	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	0:19
7	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	0:20
8	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
10	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	0:22
11	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
12	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	0:29
13	Koller Løland Sakarias	Uno-X Mobility	0:30
14	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	0:35
15	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	0:38
16	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	s.t.
17	Alec Segaert	Lotto	0:40
18	Jenno Berckmoes	Lotto	0:43
19	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
20	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	0:46
21	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	0:55
22	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
23	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	1:00
24	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:01
25	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:17
26	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	1:24
27	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	2:05
28	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:42
29	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	3:32
30	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	6:38
31	Abram Stockman	Unibet Tietema Rockets	7:01
32	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	7:33
33	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	7:41
34	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	8:23
35	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:25
36	Matys Grisel	Lotto	8:27
37	Joris Chaussinand	CIC-U-Nantes	8:34
38	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	8:56
39	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	8:58
40	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	9:05
41	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	9:06
42	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	9:46
43	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	9:51
44	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	10:05
45	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:23
46	Ryan Gal	Team Picnic PostNL	10:24
47	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	10:52
48	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	10:55
49	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	11:11
50	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	11:32
51	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	11:45
52	Sunekær Norsgaard Mathias	Movistar Team	11:51
53	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	12:23
54	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	12:25
55	Matis Louvel	Israel-Premier Tech	14:12
56	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	14:51
57	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	14:52
58	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	15:13
59	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	15:25
60	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	15:43
61	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	15:44
62	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	15:50
63	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	15:57
64	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	15:59
65	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	16:08
66	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	16:10
67	Jordi Warlop	Soudal Quick-Step	16:27
68	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	16:34
69	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	16:43
70	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
71	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	16:47
72	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	16:50
73	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	17:20
74	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	17:59
75	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	18:38
76	Elia Viviani	Lotto	19:34
77	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	19:55
78	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	20:10
79	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	20:15
80	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	20:42
81	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar Team	21:07
82	Lenaic Langella	CIC-U-Nantes	21:24
83	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	21:26
84	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	22:07
85	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	23:05
86	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	23:35
87	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	24:01
88	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	24:43
89	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
90	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto	25:21
91	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	25:25
92	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	25:47
93	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	26:18
94	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	26:50
95	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto	27:15
96	Maximilien Juillard	Van Rysel-Roubaix	27:32
97	Martijn Budding	Unibet Tietema Rockets	27:40
98	Leander Van Hautegem	Wagner Bazin WB	28:55
99	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	29:00
100	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	29:39
101	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	30:05
102	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	30:41
103	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	30:56
104	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	31:25
105	Luca De Meester	Wagner Bazin WB	31:31
106	Elie Gesbert	Arkea-B&B Hotels	32:09
107	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	32:29
108	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	33:01
109	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	35:18
110	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	36:06
111	Jordi Lopez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	36:12
112	Matisse Julien	CIC-U-Nantes	37:06
113	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	39:27
114	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	39:45
115	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	40:55
116	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	41:50
117	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	43:37
118	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	44:52
119	Daniel McLay	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	45:41
120	David Sierra Juan	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	50:41
121	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	52:24

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Friday, May 16: Stage 3, Valenciennes - Famars, 154.2 km

Stage 3 map & profile

A joyous Pierre Gautherat wins the stage. Photo: JL Burnod

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Weather at the finish city of Famars at 2:10 PM, local time: 19C (67F), fair, with the wind from the north-northeast at 19 km/hr (12 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Jake Stewart's Team Israel-Premier Tech.

Jake Stewart equaled his best result of the 2025 season as he sprinted to second place in stage 3 of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque on Friday.

Stewart led the peloton across the line to take second place as the group came agonisingly close to catching breakaway rider Pierre Gautherat (DAT), who launched his race-winning move approaching the flamme rouge.

Stage one gets rolling in Valenciennes. Photo: vrz-photographie

The British rider, who also finished second in the final stage of February’s Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, looked strong throughout the 154.2-kilometer stage between Valenciennes and Famars, which featured 22.2 kilometers of pavé.

“I’m really happy with the sensations, but it’s a bit frustrating to win the bunch kick when there’s one guy in front,” says the 25-year-old. “But I’m happy with how the legs are, it’s all about building for the Tour, so there’s still some more to come.”

IPT was active throughout the stage, with both German Michael Schwarzmann and home rider Matîs Louvel placing themselves in breakaway groups in the second half of the race.

Lots of dust raised while riding over the cobbles. Photo: JL Burnod

“It was a pretty hectic day – three-and-a-half hours of racing, first cobbles after six kilometres, so it was a big day of concentration and making sure to race from the front,” adds Stewart.

“The boys did a really good job positioning in the final cobbled sector, as we knew that was going to be pretty important. Riley [Sheehan] followed the key guys on the last kicker with around three kilometers to go to keep his GC hopes alive in case they moved there, then Matîs did a great job moving me up coming off the cobbled sector.

“Unfortunately, that guy just nipped off the front. The boys – PA [Pier-André Côté] and Louvel – committed from behind, but it was too late at the finish. He was just a bit too strong to bring him back.”

Today’s result moves him up four places to eighth overall with two stages remaining. Stewart sits eight seconds off the race lead, but only four seconds off the podium, going into Saturday’s crucial GC stage to Cassel.

Stewart adds: “It’s a really big GC day tomorrow – it has been the stage that has decided the race in previous years. I was third in it in 2022, which put me on the podium on GC, although tomorrow’s parcours is a bit harder. If the legs are good, it should be a stage that I should be able to survive. We can play it by ear with Riley and me, but we’ve got a strong team here to give ourselves the best opportunity for the GC.”

Complete results:

154.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.670 km/hr

1	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon AG2R La Mondial	3hr 22min 35sec
2	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
3	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
4	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
5	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
8	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
9	Jordi Warlop	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
10	Matys Grisel	Lotto	s.t.
11	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
12	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
13	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
14	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
15	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
16	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
17	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	s.t.
18	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
19	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
21	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
22	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
23	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	s.t.
25	Jenno Berckmoes	Lotto	s.t.
26	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
27	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
28	Elia Viviani	Lotto	s.t.
29	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
30	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
31	Cériel Desal	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
32	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
34	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
35	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
36	Alec Segaert	Lotto	s.t.
37	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	s.t.
39	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
40	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
41	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
42	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
43	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
44	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
45	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
47	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
48	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
49	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
51	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
52	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
53	Abram Stockman	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
54	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
55	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
56	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	s.t.
57	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
58	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
60	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	s.t.
61	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
62	Ivan Smirnov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
63	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
64	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
65	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	@ 16sec
66	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	0:24
67	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
68	Matis Louvel	Israel-Premier Tech	0:39
69	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	0:48
70	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
71	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:51
72	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
73	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto	0:59
74	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	@ 0sec
75	Joris Chaussinand	CIC-U-Nantes	@ 0sec
76	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	1:12
77	Ryan Gal	Team Picnic PostNL	1:42
78	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	@ 0sec
79	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	3:24
80	Martijn Budding	Unibet Tietema Rockets	5:08
81	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
82	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar Team	s.t.
83	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	5:52
84	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	6:17
85	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto	s.t.
86	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
87	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
88	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
89	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
90	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
91	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
92	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
93	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
94	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	8:53
95	Elie Gesbert	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
96	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
97	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
98	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
99	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
100	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
101	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
102	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
103	Daniel McLay	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
104	Matisse Julien	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
105	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
106	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	s.t.
107	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	9:16
108	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	10:42
109	Juan David Sierra	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:50
110	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	10:56
111	Maximilien Juillard	Van Rysel-Roubaix	10:58
112	Jordi Lopez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
113	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	11:08
114	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
115	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	11:21
116	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
117	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
118	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	12:02
119	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
120	Lenaic Langella	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
121	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
122	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	13:05
123	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
124	Luca De Meester	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
125	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
126	Leander Van Hautegem	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
127	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
128	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
129	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
130	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
131	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
132	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
133	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	13:08

 

GC after stage 3:

• GC leader: Axel Zingle (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification leader: Kenny Molly (Van Rysel-Roubaix)
• Points classification leader: Axel Zingle (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Best young rider: Pierre Gautherat (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale)
• Teams classification leader: Lotto

510.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.015 km/hr

1	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	11hr 5min 7sec
2	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	@ 4sec
3	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
4	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	0:06
5	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
6	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:07
7	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	0:08
8	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
10	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	0:10
11	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	0:11
12	Matys Grisel	Lotto	0:12
13	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:14
14	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
15	Jenno Berckmoes	Lotto	s.t.
16	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
17	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
18	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
19	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	s.t.
20	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
22	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
23	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	s.t.
25	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	s.t.
26	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
27	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
28	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
29	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
31	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
32	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Alec Segaert	Lotto	s.t.
34	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
35	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
36	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	s.t.
37	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
38	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
39	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
40	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
41	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
42	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
43	Cériel Desal	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
44	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
46	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	s.t.
48	Joris Chaussinand	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
49	Jordi Warlop	Soudal Quick-Step	0:42
50	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
51	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:51
52	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:56
53	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:58
54	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
55	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
56	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:02
57	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
58	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	1:05
59	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	2:10
60	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	2:38
61	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:13
62	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	3:19
63	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
64	Abram Stockman	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
65	Elia Viviani	Lotto	3:49
66	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	3:51
67	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:19
68	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	4:30
69	Martijn Budding	Unibet Tietema Rockets	5:22
70	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar Team	s.t.
71	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	5:41
72	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	5:46
73	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	5:50
74	Matis Louvel	Israel-Premier Tech	5:51
75	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	6:10
76	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	6:29
77	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	6:31
78	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	6:36
79	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	6:43
80	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	7:15
81	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	8:22
82	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	9:07
83	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
84	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
85	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	9:18
86	Ryan Gal	Team Picnic PostNL	9:29
87	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto	9:36
88	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	9:49
89	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	9:56
90	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	10:01
91	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	10:42
92	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	10:56
93	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	11:05
94	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	11:28
95	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
96	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto	11:39
97	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	11:54
98	Maximilien Juillard	Van Rysel-Roubaix	11:56
99	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	12:10
100	Ivan Smirnov	XDS Astana Team	12:11
101	Lenaic Langella	CIC-U-Nantes	13:00
102	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
103	Leander Van Hautegem	Wagner Bazin WB	13:19
104	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
105	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
106	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	14:03
107	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	14:07
108	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	14:20
109	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	15:05
110	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	15:27
111	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15:40
112	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	15:49
113	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	16:15
114	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	16:44
115	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	17:16
116	Luca De Meester	Wagner Bazin WB	17:30
117	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	19:32
118	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	20:21
119	Jordi Lopez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	20:27
120	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	21:14
121	Matisse Julien	CIC-U-Nantes	21:30
122	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	22:34
123	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	22:35
124	Daniel McLay	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	23:23
125	Elie Gesbert	Arkea-B&B Hotels	23:42
126	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	s.t.
127	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	26:41
128	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	27:52
129	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	29:07
130	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	31:06
131	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	31:32
132	Juan David Sierra	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	35:05
133	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	36:39

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

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Thursday, May 15: Stage 2, Avesnes sur Helpe - Crépy en Valois, 178.7 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Lewis Askey wins stage two. Photo: JL Burnod

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Weather at the finish city of Crépy-en-Valois at 2:25 PM, local time: 17C (60F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the north at 23 km/hr (15 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Oliver Le Gac (Groupama-FDJ) & Rasmus Pedersen (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) did not start. Early on Antoine Hue (CIC-U-Nantes) & Alessandro Romele (XDS Astana) abandoned.

Here's the report from GC leader Axel Zingle's Team Visma | Lease a Bike:

A day after his great victory, Axel Zingle was again competing for the day's victory in 4 Jours de Dunkerque. The rider from Team Visma | Lease a Bike sprinted to fourth place and thus remains the leader in the general classification.

With a similar course to yesterday, Team Visma | Lease a Bike focused once again on Zingle. In his home country, the Frenchman won his first race on behalf of the Dutch team yesterday. On Thursday, he appeared at the start in Avesnes-sur-Helpe in the pink leader's jersey. Thanks to the yellow-black brigade, five attackers remained within reach all day and a sprint seemed inevitable again.

Per Strand Hagenes did some strong work at the front and brought Zingle into a perfect position heading into the finale of the second stage. Lewis Askey surprised the sprinters with an attack just before the final turn. Despite slipping his foot out of his pedal, the Brit held on. The pink leader's jersey will remain on Zingle's shoulders tomorrow, who crossed the finish line in fourth place. Hagenes is just behind him with the fifth place in the general classification.

“After that turn in the last kilometre, it was hard to pass Askey anymore”, Zingle said afterwards. "Maybe I was just a little too cautious. We knew it was going to be hard to win the stage if you weren't among the front three at the last turn. It is what it is. I'm happy that we're still in a good position in the general classification with the team."

The 26-year-old rider could once again count on a strong team today. "In the finale I lost the connection with the peloton somewhat. Per then brought me back to the peloton, even all the way to the front row. That was really very great." Tomorrow the riders will face cobbled sections in northern France. "I think tomorrow's stage suits us well as a team. We are here with a strong squad. I'm looking forward to it.”

Complete Results:

178.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.295 km/hr

1	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	3hr 51min 36sec
2	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
3	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
5	Matys Grisel	Lotto	s.t.
6	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
7	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	s.t.
8	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
9	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
10	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
11	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
13	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
14	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
15	Jenno Berckmoes	Lotto	s.t.
16	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
17	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
18	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
19	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	s.t.
20	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar Team	s.t.
21	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
22	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
23	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
24	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
25	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
26	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
27	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
28	Martijn Budding	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
29	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
30	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
31	Leander Van Hautegem	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
32	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
33	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
34	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
35	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
36	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
37	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	s.t.
38	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
39	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
40	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
41	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
42	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
43	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
44	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
45	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
46	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
47	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
48	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
50	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
51	Lenaic Langella	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
52	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
53	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
54	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	s.t.
55	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
56	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
57	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
58	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
59	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
60	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	s.t.
61	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
62	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
63	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
64	Alec Segaert	Lotto	s.t.
65	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
66	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
67	Cériel Desal	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
68	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Joris Chaussinand	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
70	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
71	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
72	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
73	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
74	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
75	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
76	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
77	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
78	Maximilien Juillard	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
79	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
80	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
81	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
82	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
83	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
84	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
85	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	@ 20sec
86	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
87	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
88	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	0:23
89	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:28
90	Jordi Warlop	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
91	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
92	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:42
93	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	0:44
94	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	1:06
95	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	1:12
96	Matis Louvel	Israel-Premier Tech	1:21
97	Justin Ducret	CIC-U-Nantes	1:47
98	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	1:56
99	Pierre Barbier	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
100	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	2:21
101	Luca De Meester	Wagner Bazin WB	2:21
102	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
103	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
104	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
105	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
106	Abram Stockman	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
107	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
108	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
109	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
110	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
111	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
112	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
113	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto	s.t.
114	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
115	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	2:27
116	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
117	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	2:43
118	Ryan Gal	Team Picnic PostNL	2:45
119	Elie Gesbert	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:35
120	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
121	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	s.t.
122	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto	s.t.
123	Elia Viviani	Lotto	s.t.
124	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
125	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	3:40
126	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
127	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	3:42
128	Ivan Smirnov	XDS Astana Team	6:03
129	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	6:48
130	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	7:35
131	Miles Scotson	Arkea-B&B Hotels	7:37
132	Daniel McLay	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
133	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
134	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
135	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	8:31
136	Matisse Julien	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
137	Jordi Lopez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
138	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
139	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
140	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
141	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	12:20
142	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
143	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	13:01
144	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
145	Juan David Sierra	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
146	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
147	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
148	Corentin Devroute	CIC-U-Nantes	13:08
149	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	13:12
150	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	13:27
151	Andrei Carbunarea	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	19:10

 

GC after stage 2:

• GC leader: Axel Zingle (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification leader: Kenny Molly (Van Rysel-Roubaix)
• Points classification leader: Axel Zingle (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Best young rider: Lewis Askey (Groupama-FDJ)
• Teams classification leader: Lotto

356 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.174 km/hr

1	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	7hr 42min 36sec
2	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
3	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 2sec
4	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
5	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:03
6	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	0:04
7	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
8	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	0:06
9	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
10	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	0:07
11	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	0:10
12	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Jenno Berckmoes	Lotto	s.t.
14	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
15	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
16	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
17	Martijn Budding	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
18	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar Team	s.t.
19	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
20	Leander Van Hautegem	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
21	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
22	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
23	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
24	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
25	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
26	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
27	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
28	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
29	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
30	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
31	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	s.t.
32	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
33	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
34	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	s.t.
35	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
36	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
37	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
38	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
39	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
40	Alec Segaert	Lotto	s.t.
41	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
42	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
43	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
44	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
45	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	s.t.
46	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
47	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
48	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
49	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
50	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
51	Matys Grisel	Lotto	s.t.
52	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
53	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
54	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
55	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
56	Joris Chaussinand	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
57	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
58	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
59	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
60	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	s.t.
61	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
62	Cériel Desal	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
63	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
64	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
65	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:38
66	Jordi Warlop	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
67	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	0:47
68	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:54
69	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
70	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
71	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
72	Lenaic Langella	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
73	Maximilien Juillard	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
74	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
75	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
76	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
77	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
78	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	1:02
79	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	1:56
80	Justin Ducret	CIC-U-Nantes	1:57
81	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	2:00
82	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	2:06
83	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	2:26
84	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	2:31
85	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
86	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
87	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
88	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	2:34
89	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	2:57
90	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
91	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	3:09
92	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	3:15
93	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
94	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
96	Abram Stockman	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
97	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	3:34
98	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	3:35
99	Elia Viviani	Lotto	3:45
100	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	3:47
101	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	4:02
102	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
103	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	4:07
104	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	4:09
105	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:15
106	Luca De Meester	Wagner Bazin WB	4:21
107	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
108	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	4:34
109	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	4:44
110	Matis Louvel	Israel-Premier Tech	5:08
111	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	5:18
112	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
113	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto	s.t.
114	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	5:21
115	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	6:29
116	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	6:32
117	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	7:42
118	Ryan Gal	Team Picnic PostNL	7:43
119	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	7:47
120	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	7:48
121	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	8:02
122	Miles Scotson	Arkea-B&B Hotels	8:31
123	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto	8:33
124	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	8:41
125	Jordi Lopez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:25
126	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	9:25
127	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	9:45
128	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	10:02
129	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	11:10
130	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	11:24
131	Ivan Smirnov	XDS Astana Team	12:07
132	Matisse Julien	CIC-U-Nantes	12:33
133	Pierre Barbier	Wagner Bazin WB	13:06
134	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	13:11
135	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
136	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	13:22
137	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	13:55
138	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	14:21
139	Daniel McLay	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	14:26
140	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	14:35
141	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	14:43
142	Elie Gesbert	Arkea-B&B Hotels	14:45
143	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	s.t.
144	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	15:58
145	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	18:20
146	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	19:41
147	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	23:30
148	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
149	Juan David Sierra	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	24:11
150	Corentin Devroute	CIC-U-Nantes	24:18
151	Andrei Carbunarea	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	29:55

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Wednesday, May 14: Stage 1, Sainte Catherine - Amiens, 177.3 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Axel Zingle wins stage one. Photo: JL Burnod

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Weather at the finish city of Amiens at 2:20 PM, local time: 24C (75F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Julien Vermote (Visma | Lease a Bike) did not start.

Here's the race report from stage winner Axel Zingle's Team Visma | Lease a Bike:

Axel Zingle claimed an impressive victory in the opening stage of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque with a powerful sprint. The Frenchman, who suffered a heavy crash just yesterday in the Classique Dunkerque, proved to be the strongest in the streets of Amiens. His win not only marked Team Visma | Lease a Bike’s 14th victory of the season, but also his first since joining the team.

"I'm not the fastest sprinter at the start, but I know I can position myself well in the final kilometers. Thankfully, everything went perfectly today. I'm incredibly happy with this win, especially after being involved in a crash at the finish yesterday”, a delighted Zingle reflected. His victory also earned him the leader’s jersey in the general classification—a well-deserved reward for a strong team effort.

That team effort was evident from early in the race, with Team Visma | Lease a Bike immediately making its presence known. Without Julien Vermote, who was still suffering from injuries sustained in the Classique Dunkerque, Per Strand Hagenes broke away with five other riders. The traditional early breakaway built a lead of around three minutes, but the peloton remained firmly in control throughout.

That control paid off: with 11 kilometers to go, the breakaway was reeled in, and the sprint teams took over. Zingle positioned himself well in the chaotic final kilometers and stayed near the front. He then capped off the team’s work with an impressive and powerful sprint to take the win.

Thanks to his victory, the 26-year-old Frenchman now leads the general classification—a position he hopes to defend in the days ahead. "We came here as a team aiming for stage wins, and it’s fantastic to already have one in the bag. With both Per and myself well-placed in the GC, it would be great if we could hold onto those positions in the coming days”, Zingle concluded with determination.

Complete results:

177.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.019 km/hr

1	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3hr 51min 10sec
2	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
3	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
4	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
5	Martijn Budding	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
6	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
7	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
8	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
9	Jenno Berckmoes	Lotto	s.t.
10	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
11	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	s.t.
12	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
13	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
14	Leander Van Hautegem	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
15	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
16	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
17	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
18	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar Team	s.t.
19	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
20	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
21	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
23	Alec Segaert	Lotto	s.t.
24	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
25	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
26	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
27	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
28	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	s.t.
29	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
30	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
31	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
32	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
33	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
34	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
35	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
36	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
37	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
38	Elia Viviani	Lotto	s.t.
39	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
40	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	s.t.
41	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
42	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
44	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
45	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
46	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
48	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
49	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
50	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
51	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
52	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	s.t.
53	Joris Chaussinand	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
54	Justin Ducret	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
55	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
56	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
57	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
58	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
59	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
60	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
61	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
62	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
63	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
64	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
65	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
66	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
67	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
68	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
69	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
70	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
71	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
74	Cériel Desal	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
75	Jordi Warlop	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
76	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	s.t.
77	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	@ 15sec
78	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 0sec
79	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:44
80	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
81	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
82	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
83	Maximilien Juillard	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
84	Miles Scotson	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
85	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
86	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
87	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
88	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
89	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
90	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
91	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
92	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
93	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
94	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
95	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
96	Jordi Lopez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
97	Abram Stockman	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
98	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
99	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
100	Lenaic Langella	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
101	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	@ 0sec
102	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:44
103	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	0:52
104	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	1:04
105	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	1:10
106	Matys Grisel	Lotto	@ 0sec
107	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	1:46
108	Luca De Meester	Wagner Bazin WB	1:50
109	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
110	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
111	Alessandro Romele	XDS Astana Team	1:55
112	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	2:04
113	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:15
114	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	2:47
115	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
116	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
117	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
118	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto	s.t.
119	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
120	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
121	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
122	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
123	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	3:37
124	Matis Louvel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
125	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
126	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
127	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	3:52
128	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
129	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 0sec
130	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	3:52
131	Matisse Julien	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
132	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
133	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
134	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	4:03
135	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	4:48
136	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto	s.t.
137	Ryan Gal	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
138	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	5:25
139	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	5:54
140	Ivan Smirnov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
141	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
142	Daniel McLay	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	6:39
143	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	9:32
144	Andrei Carbunarea	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	10:35
145	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
146	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	11:00
147	Pierre Barbier	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
148	Juan David Sierra	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
149	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
150	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
151	Elie Gesbert	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
152	Corentin Devroute	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
153	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	s.t.
154	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
155	Antoine Hue	CIC-U-Nantes	14:13
156	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
157	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	@ 0sec

GC after stage 1:

• GC leader: Axel Zingle (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Mountains classification leader: Danny van der Tuuk (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
• Points classification leader: Axel Zingle (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Best young rider: Per Strand Hagenes (Visma | Lease a Bike)
• Teams classification leader: Lotto

1	Axel Zingle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3hr 51min 0sec
2	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 2sec
3	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	0:03
4	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team Picnic PostNL	0:04
5	Stian Fredheim	Uno-X Mobility	0:06
6	Gil Gelders	Soudal Quick-Step	0:07
7	Pascal Ackermann	Israel-Premier Tech	0:10
8	Martijn Budding	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
9	Jason Tesson	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
10	Jon Aberasturi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
11	Matthew Walls	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
12	Jenno Berckmoes	Lotto	s.t.
13	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
14	Cédric Beullens	Lotto	s.t.
15	Jake Stewart	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
16	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
17	Leander Van Hautegem	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
18	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
20	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	s.t.
21	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar Team	s.t.
22	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
23	Samuel Leroux	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
24	Alberto Dainese	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
25	Antoine Huby	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
26	Alec Segaert	Lotto	s.t.
27	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
28	Sakarias Koller Løland	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
29	Ronan Augé	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
30	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
31	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	s.t.
32	Alexander Konijn	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
33	Francisco Peñuela	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
34	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
36	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
37	Maxime Jarnet	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
38	William Blume Levy	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
39	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
40	Elia Viviani	Lotto	s.t.
41	Loe van Belle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
42	Damien Touzé	Cofidis	s.t.
43	Axel Huens	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
44	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
45	Romain Cardis	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
46	Pier-André Côté	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
47	Alexandre Delettre	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
48	Victor Langellotti	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
49	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
50	Raúl García	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
51	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
52	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
53	Benjamin Thomas	Cofidis	s.t.
54	Ruben Guerreiro	Movistar Team	s.t.
55	Joris Chaussinand	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
56	Justin Ducret	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
57	Baptiste Gillet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
58	Lewis Askey	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
60	Nicolas Breuillard	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
61	Guillaume Boivin	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
62	Calum Johnston	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
63	Menno Huising	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
64	Carl-Frederik Bevort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
65	Michael Schwarzmann	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
66	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
67	Paul Hennequin	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
68	Alex Diaz	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
69	Tom Portsmouth	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
70	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
71	Lucas Eriksson	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
72	Andrea Raccagni Noviero	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Nans Peters	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
74	Cériel Desal	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
75	Jordi Warlop	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
76	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	s.t.
77	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
78	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
79	Matys Grisel	Lotto	s.t.
80	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
81	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
82	Patrick Eddy	Team Picnic PostNL	0:25
83	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:54
84	Gorka Sorarrain	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
85	Eddy Le Huitouze	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
87	Maximilien Juillard	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
88	Miles Scotson	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
89	Javier Ibanez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
90	Joseba Lopez	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
91	Alex Molenaar	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
92	Henri-Francois Haquin	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
93	Victor Papon	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
94	Jaakko Hänninen	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
95	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
96	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
97	Kenny Molly	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
98	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
99	Danny van der Tuuk	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
100	Jordi Lopez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
101	Abram Stockman	Unibet Tietema Rockets	s.t.
102	Xabier Berasategi	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
103	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
104	Lenaic Langella	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
105	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
106	Robbe Dhondt	Team Picnic PostNL	1:02
107	Erik Resell	Uno-X Mobility	1:14
108	Davide Cimolai	Movistar Team	1:20
109	Sebastian Nielsen	Unibet Tietema Rockets	1:56
110	Luca De Meester	Wagner Bazin WB	2:00
111	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
112	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
113	Alessandro Romele	XDS Astana Team	2:05
114	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	2:14
115	Florian Sénéchal	Arkea-B&B Hotels	2:25
116	Geoffrey Soupe	Team TotalEnergies	2:57
117	Omar Fraile	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
118	Ander Ganzabal	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.
119	Óscar Rodríguez	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
120	Lorenz Van de Wynkele	Lotto	s.t.
121	Timo Roosen	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
122	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
123	Baptiste Planckaert	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
124	Killian Théot	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
125	Alan Riou	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	3:47
126	Matis Louvel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
127	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
128	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
129	Florian Dauphin	Team TotalEnergies	4:02
130	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
131	Jérémy Lecroq	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
132	Matisse Julien	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
133	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
134	Lucas Bénéteau	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
135	Joren Bloem	Unibet Tietema Rockets	4:13
136	Nils Eekhoff	Team Picnic PostNL	4:58
137	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto	s.t.
138	Ryan Gal	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
139	Emmanuel Morin	Van Rysel-Roubaix	5:35
140	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	6:04
141	Ivan Smirnov	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
142	Martin Urianstad Bugge	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
143	Daniel McLay	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	6:49
144	Kasper Haugland	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	9:42
145	Andrei Carbunarea	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	10:45
146	Carter Guichard	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
147	Enzo Leijnse	Team Picnic PostNL	11:10
148	Pierre Barbier	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
149	Juan David Sierra	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
150	Yohann Simon	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93	s.t.
151	Rait Ärm	Van Rysel-Roubaix	s.t.
152	Elie Gesbert	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
153	Corentin Devroute	CIC-U-Nantes	s.t.
154	Ludovic Robeet	Cofidis	s.t.
155	Noah Knecht	Nice Métropole-Côte d’Azur	s.t.
156	Antoine Hue	CIC-U-Nantes	14:23
157	Nicolas Alustiza	Euskaltel-Euskadi	s.t.

 

Stage 1 map & profile:

Stage 1 map

Stage 1 profile

Start list with back numbers, May 13, 2025:

	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
1	Pierre Gautherat
2	Sander De Pestel
3	Oscar Chamberlain
4	Kasper Haugland
5	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen
6	Nans Peters
7	Gianluca Pollefliet
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
11	Arnaud Démare
12	Elie Gesbert
13	Baptiste Gillet
14	Raúl García
15	Miles Scotson
16	Léandre Lozouet
17	Florian Sénéchal
	XDS Astana Team
21	Cees Bol
22	Alberto Bettiol
24	Aaron Gate
25	Ivan Smirnov
26	Alessandro Romele
27	Mike Teunissen
	Cofidis
31	Bryan Coquard
32	Aimé De Gendt
33	Sam Maisonobe
34	Alexis Renard
35	Ludovic Robeet
36	Damien Touzé
37	Benjamin Thomas
	Groupama-FDJ
41	Lewis Askey
42	Cyril Barthe
43	Thibaud Gruel
44	Johan Jacobs
45	Olivier Le Gac
46	Eddy Le Huitouze
47	Matthew Walls
	Team Picnic-PostNL
51	Tobias Lund Andresen
52	Patrick Eddy
53	Robbe Dhondt
54	Nils Eekhoff
55	Enzo Leijnse
56	Timo Roosen
57	Ryan Gal
	INEOS Grenadiers
61	Omar Fraile
62	Victor Langellotti
63	Bob Jungels
64	Sam Watson
65	Connor Swift
66	Ben Swift
67	Óscar Rodríguez
	Soudal Quick-Step
71	Gil Gelders
72	Antoine Huby
73	Yves Lampaert
74	Casper Pedersen
75	Andrea Raccagni Noviero
76	Jonathan Vervenne
77	Jordi Warlop
	Movistar Team
81	Carlos Canal
82	Davide Cimolai
83	Fernando Gaviria
84	Ruben Guerreiro
85	Mathiasr Norsgaard
86	Manlio Moro
87	Gonzalo Serrano
	Team Visma | Lease a Bike
91	Axel Zingle
92	Loe van Belle
93	Per Strand Hagenes
94	Menno Huising
95	Julien Vermote
96	Daniel McLay
97	Tosh Van der Sande
	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
101	Alex Molenaar
102	Francisco Peñuela
103	Javier Ibanez
104	Joseba Lopez
105	Calum Johnston
106	Alex Diaz
107	Gorka Sorarrain
	Unibet Tietema Rockets
111	Abram Stockman
112	Axel Huens
113	Joren Bloem
114	Martijn Budding
115	Tomas Kopecky
116	Wessel Mouris
117	Sebastian Nielsen
	Team TotalEnergies
121	Thomas Gachignard
122	Alexandre Delettre
123	Rayan Boulahoite
124	Samuel Leroux
125	Jason Tesson
126	Geoffrey Soupe
127	Florian Dauphin
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
131	Alberto Dainese
132	Lucas Eriksson
133	Robin Froidevaux
134	Mika Heming
135	Petr Kelemen
136	Fabian Lienhard
137	Juan David Sierra
	Uno-X Mobility
141	Erlend Blikra
142	Stian Fredheim
143	Martin Urianstad Bugge
144	Carl-Frederik Bevort
145	Erik Resell
146	William Blume Levy
147	Sakarias Koller Løland
	Lotto
151	Jenno Berckmoes
152	Cédric Beullens
153	Alec Segaert
154	Lionel Taminiaux
155	Lorenz Van de Wynkele
156	Elia Viviani
157	Matys Grisel
	Israel-Premier Tech
161	Pascal Ackermann
162	Guillaume Boivin
163	Pier-André Côté
164	Matis Louvel
165	Michael Schwarzmann
166	Riley Sheehan
167	Jake Stewart
	Wagner Bazin WB
171	Pierre Barbier
172	Luca De Meester
173	Cériel Desal
174	Victor Papon
175	Henri-Francois Haquin
176	Leander Van Hautegem
177	Tom Portsmouth
	Euskaltel-Euskadi
181	Jon Aberasturi
182	Paul Hennequin
183	Danny van der Tuuk
184	Jordi Lopez
185	Xabier Berasategi
186	Nicolas Alustiza
187	Ander Ganzabal
	Van Rysel-Roubaix
191	Baptiste Planckaert
192	Rait Ärm
193	Maximilien Juillard
194	Kenny Molly
195	Emmanuel Morin
196	Killian Théot
197	Maxime Jarnet
	CIC-U-Nantes
201	Ronan Augé
202	Joris Chaussinand
203	Corentin Devroute
204	Justin Ducret
205	Antoine Hue
206	Matisse Julien
207	Lenaic Langella
	Nice Métropole-Côte d'Azur
211	Jaakko Hänninen
212	Andrei Carbunarea
213	Axel Narbonne-Zuccarelli
214	Carter Guichard
215	Alexander Konijn
217	Noah Knecht
	St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93
221	Romain Cardis
222	Dillon Corkery
223	Nicolas Breuillard
224	Jérémy Lecroq
225	Alan Riou
226	Yohann Simon
227	Lucas Bénéteau