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 (French)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Europe Tour
Type	Stage-race
History
First edition	1955 (1955)
Editions	61 (as of 2015)
First winner	Louis Deprez (FRA)
Most wins	Freddy Maertens (BEL) (4 wins)
Most recent	Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU)

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 is organised as a 2.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. French cyclist Arnaud Démare has won the two most recent editions of the race, in 2013 and 2014.

List of overall winners

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

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

External links

• Wielersite
• Official website