They are back ! Absent from the calendar for the last two seasons due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 4 Days of Dunkirk will be in the news again this week. From this Tuesday to Sunday, sprinters and punchers will have the opportunity to express themselves on the roads of northern France. Always highly contested and tight, the general classification will certainly be decided in large part on Saturday during the Cassel stage, but the contenders for the succession of Mike Teunissen (Team Jumbo-Visma) will nevertheless have to be present and vigilant every day because every second will be important when counting on Sunday. And it starts this Tuesday with the 1st stage, drawn between Dunkirk and Aniche. You can find the live below thanks to the WebTV of the Urban Community of Dunkirk, Corsair TV.
Video – The 4 Days of Dunkirk is on CorsaireTV!
Arnaud De Lie, Hugo Hofstetter, Marc Sarreau… beautiful sprints expected
Having several opportunities to shine this week, the sprinters will be present in number on this 66th edition: Marc Sarreau (AG2R Citroën Team), Arnaud DeLie (Lotto Soudal), Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Materials), Bram Welten (Groupama-FDJ), Sam Welsford (DSM-Team), Lorrenzo Manzin (Team TotalEnergies), Hugo Hofstetter, Daniel McLay (Team Arkéa-Samsic), Pierre Barbier (B&B Hotels-KTM), Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB), Arvid de Kleijn (Human Powered Health), Thomas Boudat (Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Métropole), Romain Cardis and Jason Shard (St Michel-Auber93).
Damien Touzé, Axel Zingle, Nils Eekhoff… they will want to blow up the race
Other headliners will also be present and will certainly liven up the race, and even play a very important role in the general classification. We can cite among others Oliver Naesen, Damien Touze (AG2R Citroën Team), Philip Gilbert, Brent VanMoer, Andreas Kron (Lotto Soudal), Benjamin Thomas, Axel Zingle (Cofidis), Jake Stewart (Groupama-FDJ), Dimitri Claeys, Nils Eekhoff (DSM-Team), Michael Gogl, Gianni Vermeersch (Alpecin-Fenix), Pier-Andre Cote (Human Powered Health), Clement Russo (Team Arkéa-Samsic), Niki Terpstra (Team TotalEnergies), Stephane Rossetto (St Michel-Auber93) or even Emmanuel Morin (Team U Nantes Atlantique).
D-40 Presentation of the jerseys: the pink jersey/general classification, sponsored by the CIC.#4jdd pic.twitter.com/Pep2YDPG5o
— 4 Days of Dunkirk / Hauts-de-France GP (@4JDDunkerque) March 24, 2022
The list of entrants
Soudal Lotto
1 GILBERT Philippe
2 BEULLENS Cedric
3 OF LIE Arnaud
4 BARBERO Carlos
5 VAN MOER Brent
6 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
7 KRON Andreas
AG2R Citroën Team
11 NAESEN Oliver
12 RAUGEL Antoine
13 SARREAU Marc
14 TOUZE Damien
15 VAN HOECKE Gijs
16 LAPEIRA Paul
Cofidis
21 THOMAS Benjamin
22 DELETTRE Alexandre
23 FINÉ Eddy
24 FOX Alexis
25 SAJNOK Szymon
26 TOUMIRE Hugo
27 ZINGLE Axel
Groupama-FDJ
31 LADAGNOUS Matthieu
32 LIENHARD Fabian
33 PITHIE Laurence
34 STEWART Jake
35 WATSON Samuel
36 WELTEN Bram
Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Materials
41 CLAEYS Dimitri
42 PAGE Hugo
43 PLANCKAERT Baptiste
44 THIJSSEN Gerben
45 VAN KESSEL Horny
46 VAN POPPEL Boy
DSM-Team
51 WELSFORD Sat
52 EEKHOFF Nils
53 HVIDEBERG Jonas Iversby
54 LEIJNSE Enzo
55 MÄRKL Niklas
56 POOLE Max
Alpecin-Fenix
61 BALLERSTEDT Mauritius
62 BASTIAENS Ayco
63 GOGL Michael
64 STANNARD Robert
65 TAMINIALS Lionel
66 VERMEERSCH Gianni
67 VERMOTE Julien
B&B Hotels-KTM
71 DEBUSSCHERE Jens
72 BARBER Peter
73 JAUREGUI Quentin
74 BARTHE Cyril
75 GAUTIER Cyril
76 SCHÖNBERGER Sebastian
77 WARLOP Jordi
Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
81 WIRTGEN Tom
82 ANIOLKOWSKI Stanislaw
83 BLOUWE Louis
84 BY MAEGHT Dorian
85 LIVYNS Arjen
86 R.E.X. Laurenz
87 ROBEET Ludovic
Burgos-BH
91 ORTS Felipe
92 BOWL Jetse
93 MOLENAAR Alex
94 RAIM Mihkel
95 PELEGRÍ Oscar
96 FUENTES Angel
97 LOPEZ-CÓZAR Juan Antonio
Human Powered Health
101 DE KLEIJN Arvid
102 BASSETT Stephen
103 BROWN Nathan
104 COTE Pier-Andre
105 HECHT Pledge
106 JOYCE Colin
107 KRUL Wessel
Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise
111 MARIT Arne
112 APER Ruben
113 COLMAN Alex
114 FRETIN Milan
115 HESTERS Jules
116 DE WILDE Gilles
117 VANHOOF Ward
Team Arkea Samsic
121 HOFSTETTER Hugo
122 LEDANOIS Kevin
123 MCLAY Daniel
124 NOPPE Christopher
125 PICHON Laurent
126 RIOU Alan
127 RUSSO Clement
Team TotalEnergies
131 TERPSTRA Niki
132 BODNAR Maciej
133 LAWLESS Chris
134 MANZIN Lorrenzo
135 SAGAN Juraj
136 SIMON Julien
137 SOUP Geoffrey
Go Sport-Roubaix Lille Metropolis
141 BOUDAT Thomas
142 CARISEY Clement
143 LEROUX Samuel
144 LEVEAU Jeremy
145 SISKEVICIUS Evaldas
146 VAHTRA Norman
147 VERMEULEN Emiel
Nice Metropolis French Riviera
151 DELACROIX Tristan
152 BESSON Kevin
153 Jonathan Couanon
154 GOUBERT John
155 HENNEQUIN Paul
156 MIFSUD Andrea
157 URRUTY Maxime
St Michel-Auber93
161 ROSSETTO Stephane
162 CARDIS Roman
163 DEBEAUMARCHE Nicolas
164 DELBOVE Joris
165 MAURELET Flavien
166 SHARD Jason
167 VAN NIEKERK Morné
Team U Nantes Atlantic
171 MORIN Emmanuel
172 DANES Leo
173 GUEGAN Mael
174 THE TURNIER Mathias
175 RICHARD ANDRADE Florian
176 JEGAT Jordan
177 RICHARD Louis
Here is the final list of starters for the 66th edition of the 4 Days of Dunkerque / Grand Prix des Hauts de France. See you tomorrow!😠pic.twitter.com/JgtrMEavOw
— 4 Days of Dunkirk / Hauts-de-France GP (@4JDDunkerque) May 2, 2022
The profile of the stages
Tuesday, May 3 – stage 1: Dunkirk – Aniche, 161.1 km (actual start at 12:45 p.m., arrival around 4:35 p.m.)
Listed climbs
Mont de Boeschepe (summit at km 44.3): 900 m at 5.1%
Mont des Chats (km 46): 600 m at 7%
Mons-en-Pévèle (km 109.5): 1.1 km at 3.9%
Wednesday May 4 – stage 2: Béthune – Maubeuge, 181.5 km (real start at 12:15 p.m., arrival around 4 p.m.)
Listed climbs
Bermerain (summit at km 102.8): 1.1 km at 2.5%
Hon-Hergnies (km 128.1): 700 m at 2.9%
Hamlet of Ostergnies (km 168.8): 700 m at 5.7%
Thursday May 5 – stage 3: Péronne – Mont-Saint-Éloi, 170 km (real start at 12:45 p.m., arrival around 4:50 p.m.)
Listed climbs
Bray-sur-Somme (summit at km 18.3): 700 m at 5.6%
Chipilly (km 23.7): 700 m at 6%
Vaux-sur-Somme (km 35.6): 1.5 km at 4.1%
Mont-Saint-Eloi (km 118.8): 600 m at 4.2%
Mont-Saint-Eloi (km 131.6): 600 m at 4.2%
Mont-Saint-Eloi (km 144.4): 600 m at 4.2%
Friday, May 6 – stage 4: Mazingarbe – Aire-sur-la-Lys, 174.8 km (actual start at 12:45 p.m., arrival around 4:55 p.m.)
Listed climbs
Hersin-Coupigny (summit at km 19.6): 1.7 km at 5%
Boubers-sur-Canche (km 66.6): 2 km at 4%
Predefin (km 103): 900m at 4.3%
Estrée-Blanche (km 121.6): 600 m at 4.3%
Saturday May 7 – stage 5: Roubaix – Cassel, 183.7 km (real start at 12:45 p.m., arrival around 5:20 p.m.)
Listed climbs
Cassel / rue du Tambour (summit at km 95.1): 3 km at 4.3%
Kassel / avenue Achille Samyn (km 101.9): 2.7 km at 4.5%
Kassel / rue du Tambour (km 124.3): 3 km at 4.3%
Kassel / avenue Achille Samyn (km 131.1): 2.7 km at 4.5%
Kassel / rue du Tambour (km 138.9): 3 km at 4.3%
Kassel / avenue Achille Samyn (km 145.7): 2.7 km at 4.5%
Cassel / rue du Tambour (km 153.5): 3 km at 4.3%
Cassel / avenue Achille Samyn (km 160.3): 2.7 km at 4.5%
Kassel / rue du Tambour (km 168.1): 3 km at 4.3%
Sunday May 8 – stage 6: Ardres – Dunkirk, 182.9 km (actual start at 12:30 p.m., arrival around 4:50 p.m.)
Listed climbs
Mont-de-Fiennes (summit at km 11.9): 2.4 km at 4.1%
Vigneau-de-Licques (km 29.1): 1 km at 6.7%
Diffusion
CorsairTV : from 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday / from 3.30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Eurosport 2 : from 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday / 3.30 p.m. Thursday, Saturday and Sunday / 4 p.m. Friday
Eurosport Player : from 3 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday / 3.30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
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Palmares
The last ten editions
2021: edition canceled due to the pandemic
2020: edition canceled due to the pandemic
2019: 1. Mike Teunissen (NED) 2. Amund Grondahl Jansen (NOR) 3. Jens Keukeleire (BEL)
2018: 1. Dimitri Claeys (BEL) 2. André Greipel 3. Oscar Riesebeek (NED)
2017: 1. Clement Venturini (FRA) 2. Sander Army (BEL) 3. Oliver Naesen (BEL)
2016: 1. Bryan Coquard (FRA) 2. Marco Frapporti (ITA) 3. Xandro Meurisse (BEL)
2015 : 1. Ignatas Konovalovas (LIT) 2. Bryan Coquard (FRA) 3. Alo Jakin (EST)
2014 : 1. Arnaud Demare (FRA) 2. Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) 3. Michael Valgren (DAN)
2013: 1. Arnaud Demare (FRA) 2. Florian Vachon (FRA) 3. Ramon Sinkeldam (NED)
2012: 1. Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA) 2. Zdenek Stybar (TCH) 3. John Degenkolb (GER)
2011: 1. Thomas Voeckler (FRA) 2. Laurent Pichon (FRA) 3. Zdenek Stybar (TCH)
Most overall wins
4: Freddy Maertens (BEL / 1973, 1975, 1976 and 1978)
2: Joseph Planckaert (BEL / 1957 and 1960); Jacques Anquetil (FRA / 1958 and 1959); Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL / 1980 and 1985); Charly Mottet (FRA / 1989 and 1991); Johan Museum (BEL / 1995 and 1997); Sylvain Chavanel (FRA / 2002 and 2004); Arnaud Demare (FRA / 2013 and 2014)
Most stage wins
10: Jaan Kirsipuu (IS)
6: Bryan Coquard (FRA); Arnaud Demare (FRA); Marc Demeyer (BEL); Freddy Maertens (BEL)
5: John Paul van Poppel (NED)
Final wins by country
27: France
24: Belgium
3: Netherlands
1: Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland.
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