Four Days of Dunkirk

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 Europe Tour
Type Stage-race
History
First edition 1955 (1955)
Editions 63 (as of 2017)
First winner  Louis Deprez (FRA)
Most wins  Freddy Maertens (BEL) (4 wins)
Most recent  Dimitri Claeys (BEL)
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. 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. French cyclist Clément Venturini won the most recent edition of the race.

List of overall winners

Rider Team
1955 France Louis Déprez (FRA) Ryssel-Wolber
1956 Belgium Jean Adriaensens (BEL) Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
1957 Belgium Joseph Planckaert (BEL) Peugeot-BP-Dunlop
1958 France Jacques Anquetil (FRA) Helyett-Hutchinson
1959 France Jacques Anquetil (FRA) Helyett-Fynsec
1960 Belgium Joseph Planckaert (BEL) Wiel's-Flandria
1961 Netherlands Ab Geldermans (NED) Saint Raphaël-R. Geminiani
1962 France Joseph Groussard (FRA) Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune
1963 Belgium Joseph Planckaert (BEL) Faema-Flandria
1964 Belgium Gilbert Desmet (BEL) Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
1965 Belgium Gustaaf De Smet (BEL) Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
1966 Belgium Theo Mertens (BEL) Peugeot-BP-Michelin
1967 France Lucien Aimar (FRA) Bic
1968 France Jean Jourden (FRA) Frimatic-Wolber-De Gribaldy
1969 France Alain Vasseur (FRA) Bic
1970 Belgium Willy Van Neste (BEL) Mann-Grundig
1971 Belgium Roger De Vlaeminck (BEL) Flandria–Mars
1972 France Yves Hézard (FRA) Sonolor-Lejeune
1973 Belgium Freddy Maertens (BEL) Flandria–Carpenter–Shimano
1974 Belgium Walter Godefroot (BEL) Carpenter–Confortluxe–Flandria
1975 Belgium Freddy Maertens (BEL) Carpenter–Confortluxe–Flandria
1976 Belgium Freddy Maertens (BEL) Flandria–Velda–West Vlaams Vleesbedrijf
1977 Netherlands Gerrie Knetemann (NED) TI–Raleigh
1978 Belgium Freddy Maertens (BEL) Flandria–Velda–Lano
1979 Belgium Daniel Willems (BEL) Ijsboerke-Warncke Eis
1980 Belgium Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL) La Redoute-Motobécane
1981 Netherlands Bert Oosterbosch (NED) TI–Raleigh
1982 Belgium Frank Hoste (BEL) TI–Raleigh
1983 Netherlands Leo van Vliet (NED) TI–Raleigh
1984 France Bernard Hinault (FRA) La Vie Claire
1985 Belgium Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL) La Redoute
1986 Belgium Dirk De Wolf (BEL) Hitachi-Splendor
1987 Belgium Herman Frison (BEL) Roland-Skala
1988 France Pascal Poisson (FRA) Toshiba
1989 France Charly Mottet (FRA) RMO
1990 Republic of Ireland Stephen Roche (IRL) Histor-Sigma
1991 France Charly Mottet (FRA) RMO
1992 Germany Olaf Ludwig (GER) Panasonic-Sportlife
1993 France Laurent Desbiens (FRA) Castorama
1994 France Eddy Seigneur (FRA) GAN
1995 Belgium Johan Museeuw (BEL) Mapei–GB–Latexco
1996 France Philippe Gaumont (FRA) GAN
1997 Belgium Johan Museeuw (BEL) Mapei–GB
1998 Kazakhstan Alexandre Vinokourov (KAZ) Casino–Ag2r
1999 Denmark Michael Sandstød (DEN) home–Jack & Jones
2000 Sweden Martin Rittsel (SWE) Memory Card–Jack & Jones
2001 France Didier Rous (FRA) Bonjour
2002 France Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Bonjour
2003 France Christophe Moreau (FRA) Crédit Agricole
2004 France Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Brioches La Boulangère
2005 France Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA) Bouygues Télécom
2006 Italy Roberto Petito (ITA) Team Tenax-Salmilano
2007 France Mathieu Ladagnous (FRA) Française des Jeux
2008 France Stéphane Augé (FRA) Cofidis
2009 Portugal Rui Costa (POR) Caisse d'Epargne
2010 Switzerland Martin Elmiger (SUI) Ag2r–La Mondiale
2011 France Thomas Voeckler (FRA) Team Europcar
2012 France Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA) Saur–Sojasun
2013 France Arnaud Démare (FRA) FDJ
2014 France Arnaud Démare (FRA) FDJ.fr
2015 Lithuania Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU) Team Marseille 13 KTM
2016 France Bryan Coquard (FRA) Direct Énergie
2017 France Clément Venturini (FRA) Cofidis
2018 Belgium Dimitri Claeys (BEL) Cofidis

Multiple winners

Riders in italics are still active

Wins Rider Editions
4
 Freddy Maertens (BEL)1973, 1975, 1976, 1978
3
 Jef Planckaert (BEL)1957, 1960, 1963
2
 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

Wins Country
26
 France
22
 Belgium
4
 Netherlands
1
 Denmark,  Germany,  Ireland,  Italy,  Kazakhstan,  Lithuania,  Portugal,  Sweden,   Switzerland

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