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	FRA !	Déprez, LouisLouis Déprez (FRA)	Ryssel-Wolber
1956	BEL !	Adriaensens, JeanJean Adriaensens (BEL)	Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
1957	BEL !	Planckaert, JosephJoseph Planckaert (BEL)	Peugeot-BP-Dunlop
1958	FRA !	Anquetil, JacquesJacques Anquetil (FRA)	Helyett-Hutchinson
1959	FRA !	Anquetil, JacquesJacques Anquetil (FRA)	Helyett-Fynsec
1960	BEL !	Planckaert, JosephJoseph Planckaert (BEL)	Wiel's-Flandria
1961	NED !	Geldermans, AbAb Geldermans (NED)	Saint Raphaël-R. Geminiani
1962	FRA !	Groussard, JosephJoseph Groussard (FRA)	Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune
1963	BEL !	Planckaert, JosephJoseph Planckaert (BEL)	Faema-Flandria
1964	BEL !	Desmet, GilbertGilbert Desmet (BEL)	Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
1965	BEL !	De Smet, GustaafGustaaf De Smet (BEL)	Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
1966	BEL !	Mertens, TheoTheo Mertens (BEL)	Peugeot-BP-Michelin
1967	FRA !	Aimar, LucienLucien Aimar (FRA)	Bic
1968	FRA !	Jourden, JeanJean Jourden (FRA)	Frimatic-Wolber-De Gribaldy
1969	FRA !	Vasseur, AlainAlain Vasseur (FRA)	Bic
1970	BEL !	Van Neste, WillyWilly Van Neste (BEL)	Mann-Grundig
1971	BEL !	De Vlaeminck, RogerRoger De Vlaeminck (BEL)	Flandria–Mars
1972	FRA !	Hézard, YvesYves Hézard (FRA)	Sonolor-Lejeune
1973	BEL !	Maertens, FreddyFreddy Maertens (BEL)	Flandria–Carpenter–Shimano
1974	BEL !	Godefroot, WalterWalter Godefroot (BEL)	Flandria–Carpenter
1975	BEL !	Maertens, FreddyFreddy Maertens (BEL)	Flandria–Carpenter
1976	BEL !	Maertens, FreddyFreddy Maertens (BEL)	Flandria–Velda
1977	NED !	Knetemann, GerrieGerrie Knetemann (NED)	TI-Raleigh
1978	BEL !	Maertens, FreddyFreddy Maertens (BEL)	Flandria–Velda–Lano
1979	BEL !	Willems, DanielDaniel Willems (BEL)	Ijsboerke-Warncke Eis
1980	BEL !	Vandenbroucke, Jean-LucJean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL)	La Redoute-Motobécane
1981	NED !	Oosterbosch, BertBert Oosterbosch (NED)	TI-Raleigh
1982	BEL !	Hoste, FrankFrank Hoste (BEL)	TI-Raleigh
1983	NED !	van Vliet, LeoLeo van Vliet (NED)	TI-Raleigh
1984	FRA !	Hinault, BernardBernard Hinault (FRA)	La Vie Claire
1985	BEL !	Vandenbroucke, Jean-LucJean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL)	La Redoute
1986	BEL !	De Wolf, DirkDirk De Wolf (BEL)	Hitachi-Splendor
1987	NED !	Frison, HermanHerman Frison (NED)	Roland-Skala
1988	FRA !	Poisson, PascalPascal Poisson (FRA)	Toshiba
1989	FRA !	Mottet, CharlyCharly Mottet (FRA)	R.M.O.
1990	IRL !	Roche, StephenStephen Roche (IRL)	Histor-Sigma
1991	FRA !	Mottet, CharlyCharly Mottet (FRA)	R.M.O.
1992	GER !	Ludwig, OlafOlaf Ludwig (GER)	Panasonic-Sportlife
1993	FRA !	Desbiens, LaurentLaurent Desbiens (FRA)	Castorama
1994	FRA !	Seigneur, EddyEddy Seigneur (FRA)	GAN
1995	BEL !	Museeuw, JohanJohan Museeuw (BEL)	Mapei–GB–Latexco
1996	FRA !	Gaumont, PhilippePhilippe Gaumont (FRA)	GAN
1997	BEL !	Museeuw, JohanJohan Museeuw (BEL)	Mapei–GB
1998	KAZ !	Vinokourov, AlexandreAlexandre Vinokourov (KAZ)	Casino–Ag2r
1999	DEN !	Sandstød, MichaelMichael Sandstød (DEN)	Team home–Jack & Jones
2000	SWE !	Rittsel, MartinMartin Rittsel (SWE)	Memory Card–Jack & Jones
2001	FRA !	Rous, DidierDidier Rous (FRA)	Bonjour
2002	FRA !	Chavanel, SylvainSylvain Chavanel (FRA)	Bonjour
2003	FRA !	Moreau, ChristopheChristophe Moreau (FRA)	Crédit Agricole
2004	FRA !	Chavanel, SylvainSylvain Chavanel (FRA)	Brioches La Boulangère
2005	FRA !	Fédrigo, PierrickPierrick Fédrigo (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom
2006	ITA !	Petito, RobertoRoberto Petito (ITA)	Team Tenax-Salmilano
2007	FRA !	Ladagnous, MathieuMathieu Ladagnous (FRA)	Française des Jeux
2008	FRA !	Augé, StéphaneStéphane Augé (FRA)	Cofidis
2009	POR !	Costa, RuiRui Costa (POR)	Caisse d'Epargne
2010	SUI !	Elmiger, MartinMartin Elmiger (SUI)	Ag2r–La Mondiale
2011	FRA !	Voeckler, ThomasThomas Voeckler (FRA)	Team Europcar
2012	FRA !	Engoulvent, JimmyJimmy Engoulvent (FRA)	Saur–Sojasun
2013	FRA !	Démare, ArnaudArnaud Démare (FRA)	FDJ
2014	FRA !	Démare, ArnaudArnaud Démare (FRA)	FDJ.fr
2015	LTU !	Konovalovas, IgnatasIgnatas 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

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