Four Days of Dunkirk

French multi-day road cycling race

Four Days of Dunkirk

Race details
Date| Early May
Region| Nord-Pas de Calais, France
English name| Four Days of Dunkirk
Local name(s)| Quatre Jours de Dunkerque (in French)
Discipline| Road
Competition| UCI ProSeries
Type| Stage-race
Web site| www.4joursdedunkerque.com
History
First edition| 1955 (1955)
Editions| 68 (as of 2024)
First winner|  Louis Deprez (FRA)
Most wins|  Freddy Maertens (BEL) (4 wins)
Most recent|  Sam Bennett (IRL)
Winners in 2015

The Four Days of Dunkirk (French: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France.[1] Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been held over a 5 or 6 day period for most of its history. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became part of the UCI ProSeries in 2020. Irish cyclist Sam Bennett won the most recent edition of the race.[2]

## List of overall winners[edit]

Year  | Country  | Rider  | Team

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1955  |  France | Louis Déprez | Ryssel–Wolber
1956  |  Belgium | Jean Adriaensens | Mercier–BP–Hutchinson
1957  |  Belgium | Joseph Planckaert | Peugeot–Dunlop
1958  |  France | Jacques Anquetil | Helyett–Hutchinson
1959  |  France | Jacques Anquetil | Helyett–Fynsec
1960  |  Belgium | Joseph Planckaert | Wiel's–Flandria
1961  |  Netherlands | Ab Geldermans | Saint-Raphaël–R. Geminiani
1962  |  France | Joseph Groussard | Pelforth–Sauvage–Lejeune
1963  |  Belgium | Joseph Planckaert | Faema–Flandria
1964  |  Belgium | Gilbert Desmet | Wiel's–Groene Leeuw
1965  |  Belgium | Gustaaf De Smet | Wiel's–Groene Leeuw
1966  |  Belgium | Theo Mertens | Peugeot–BP–Michelin
1967  |  France | Lucien Aimar | Bic
1968  |  France | Jean Jourden | Frimatic–Wolber–De Gribaldy
1969  |  France | Alain Vasseur | Bic
1970  |  Belgium | Willy Van Neste | Mann–Grundig
1971  |  Belgium | Roger De Vlaeminck | Flandria–Mars
1972  |  France | Yves Hézard | Sonolor–Lejeune
1973  |  Belgium | Freddy Maertens | Flandria–Carpenter–Shimano
1974  |  Belgium | Walter Godefroot | Carpenter–Confortluxe–Flandria
1975  |  Belgium | Freddy Maertens | Carpenter–Confortluxe–Flandria
1976  |  Belgium | Freddy Maertens | Flandria–Velda–West Vlaams Vleesbedrijf
1977  |  Netherlands | Gerrie Knetemann | TI–Raleigh
1978  |  Belgium | Freddy Maertens | Flandria–Velda–Lano
1979  |  Belgium | Daniel Willems | IJsboerke–Warncke Eis
1980  |  Belgium | Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke | La Redoute–Motobécane
1981  |  Netherlands | Bert Oosterbosch | TI–Raleigh
1982  |  Belgium | Frank Hoste | TI–Raleigh
1983  |  Netherlands | Leo van Vliet | TI–Raleigh
1984  |  France | Bernard Hinault | La Vie Claire
1985  |  Belgium | Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke | La Redoute
1986  |  Belgium | Dirk De Wolf | Hitachi–Splendor
1987  |  Belgium | Herman Frison | Roland–Skala
1988  |  France | Pascal Poisson | Toshiba
1989  |  France | Charly Mottet | RMO
1990  |  Ireland | Stephen Roche | Histor–Sigma
1991  |  France | Charly Mottet | RMO
1992  |  Germany | Olaf Ludwig | Panasonic–Sportlife
1993  |  France | Laurent Desbiens | Castorama
1994  |  France | Eddy Seigneur | GAN
1995  |  Belgium | Johan Museeuw | Mapei–GB–Latexco
1996  |  France | Philippe Gaumont | GAN
1997  |  Belgium | Johan Museeuw | Mapei–GB
1998  |  Kazakhstan | Alexandre Vinokourov | Casino–Ag2r
1999  |  Denmark | Michael Sandstød | home–Jack & Jones
2000  |  Sweden | Martin Rittsel | Memory Card–Jack & Jones
2001  |  France | Didier Rous | Bonjour
2002  |  France | Sylvain Chavanel | Bonjour
2003  |  France | Christophe Moreau | Crédit Agricole
2004  |  France | Sylvain Chavanel | Brioches La Boulangère
2005  |  France | Pierrick Fédrigo | Bouygues Télécom
2006  |  Italy | Roberto Petito | Team Tenax-Salmilano
2007  |  France | Mathieu Ladagnous | Française des Jeux
2008  |  France | Stéphane Augé | Cofidis
2009  |  Portugal | Rui Costa | Caisse d'Epargne
2010  |  Switzerland | Martin Elmiger | Ag2r–La Mondiale
2011  |  France | Thomas Voeckler | Team Europcar
2012  |  France | Jimmy Engoulvent | Saur–Sojasun
2013  |  France | Arnaud Démare | FDJ
2014  |  France | Arnaud Démare | FDJ.fr
2015 |  Lithuania | Ignatas Konovalovas | Team Marseille 13 KTM
2016 |  France | Bryan Coquard | Direct Énergie
2017 |  France | Clément Venturini | Cofidis
2018 |  Belgium | Dimitri Claeys | Cofidis
2019 |  Netherlands | Mike Teunissen | Team Jumbo–Visma
2020  | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021  | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2022 |  Belgium | Philippe Gilbert | Lotto–Soudal
2023 |  France | Romain Grégoire | Groupama–FDJ
2024 |  Ireland | Sam Bennett | Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale

### Multiple winners[edit]

Riders in italics are still active

Wins  | Rider  | Editions

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|  Freddy Maertens (BEL) | 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978

|  Jef Planckaert (BEL) | 1957, 1960, 1963

|  Jacques Anquetil (FRA) | 1958, 1959
Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL) | 1980 + 1985
Charly Mottet (FRA) | 1989 + 1991
Johan Museeuw (BEL) | 1995 + 1997
Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) | 2002 + 2004
Arnaud Démare (FRA) | 2013 + 2014

### Wins per country[edit]

Wins  | Country

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|  France

|  Belgium

|  Netherlands

|  Ireland

|  Denmark
Germany
Italy
Kazakhstan
Lithuania
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland

## External links[edit]

* Wielersite
* Official website

## References[edit]

1. ^ "4 Jours de Dunkerque". FirstCycling.com. 2023.
2. ^ "4 Jours de Dunkerque / Grand Prix des Hauts de Fra(2.Pro)". ProcyclingStats. 2023.

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*[FRA]: France
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