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  Clément Venturini (FRA)
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 Déprez, LouisLouis Déprez (FRA) Ryssel-Wolber
1956 Belgium Adriaensens, JeanJean Adriaensens (BEL) Mercier-BP-Hutchinson
1957 Belgium Planckaert, JosephJoseph Planckaert (BEL) Peugeot-BP-Dunlop
1958 France Anquetil, JacquesJacques Anquetil (FRA) Helyett-Hutchinson
1959 France Anquetil, JacquesJacques Anquetil (FRA) Helyett-Fynsec
1960 Belgium Planckaert, JosephJoseph Planckaert (BEL) Wiel's-Flandria
1961 Netherlands Geldermans, AbAb Geldermans (NED) Saint Raphaël-R. Geminiani
1962 France Groussard, JosephJoseph Groussard (FRA) Pelforth-Sauvage-Lejeune
1963 Belgium Planckaert, JosephJoseph Planckaert (BEL) Faema-Flandria
1964 Belgium Desmet, GilbertGilbert Desmet (BEL) Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
1965 Belgium De Smet, GustaafGustaaf De Smet (BEL) Wiel's-Groene Leeuw
1966 Belgium Mertens, TheoTheo Mertens (BEL) Peugeot-BP-Michelin
1967 France Aimar, LucienLucien Aimar (FRA) Bic
1968 France Jourden, JeanJean Jourden (FRA) Frimatic-Wolber-De Gribaldy
1969 France Vasseur, AlainAlain Vasseur (FRA) Bic
1970 Belgium Van Neste, WillyWilly Van Neste (BEL) Mann-Grundig
1971 Belgium De Vlaeminck, RogerRoger De Vlaeminck (BEL) Flandria–Mars
1972 France Hézard, YvesYves Hézard (FRA) Sonolor-Lejeune
1973 Belgium Maertens, FreddyFreddy Maertens (BEL) Flandria–Carpenter–Shimano
1974 Belgium Godefroot, WalterWalter Godefroot (BEL) Carpenter–Confortluxe–Flandria
1975 Belgium Maertens, FreddyFreddy Maertens (BEL) Carpenter–Confortluxe–Flandria
1976 Belgium Maertens, FreddyFreddy Maertens (BEL) Flandria–Velda–West Vlaams Vleesbedrijf
1977 Netherlands Knetemann, GerrieGerrie Knetemann (NED) TI–Raleigh
1978 Belgium Maertens, FreddyFreddy Maertens (BEL) Flandria–Velda–Lano
1979 Belgium Willems, DanielDaniel Willems (BEL) Ijsboerke-Warncke Eis
1980 Belgium Vandenbroucke, Jean-LucJean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL) La Redoute-Motobécane
1981 Netherlands Oosterbosch, BertBert Oosterbosch (NED) TI–Raleigh
1982 Belgium Hoste, FrankFrank Hoste (BEL) TI–Raleigh
1983 Netherlands van Vliet, LeoLeo van Vliet (NED) TI–Raleigh
1984 France Hinault, BernardBernard Hinault (FRA) La Vie Claire
1985 Belgium Vandenbroucke, Jean-LucJean-Luc Vandenbroucke (BEL) La Redoute
1986 Belgium De Wolf, DirkDirk De Wolf (BEL) Hitachi-Splendor
1987 Belgium Frison, HermanHerman Frison (BEL) Roland-Skala
1988 France Poisson, PascalPascal Poisson (FRA) Toshiba
1989 France Mottet, CharlyCharly Mottet (FRA) RMO
1990 Republic of Ireland Roche, StephenStephen Roche (IRL) Histor-Sigma
1991 France Mottet, CharlyCharly Mottet (FRA) RMO
1992 Germany Ludwig, OlafOlaf Ludwig (GER) Panasonic-Sportlife
1993 France Desbiens, LaurentLaurent Desbiens (FRA) Castorama
1994 France Seigneur, EddyEddy Seigneur (FRA) GAN
1995 Belgium Museeuw, JohanJohan Museeuw (BEL) Mapei–GB–Latexco
1996 France Gaumont, PhilippePhilippe Gaumont (FRA) GAN
1997 Belgium Museeuw, JohanJohan Museeuw (BEL) Mapei–GB
1998 Kazakhstan Vinokourov, AlexandreAlexandre Vinokourov (KAZ) Casino–Ag2r
1999 Denmark Sandstød, MichaelMichael Sandstød (DEN) home–Jack & Jones
2000 Sweden Rittsel, MartinMartin Rittsel (SWE) Memory Card–Jack & Jones
2001 France Rous, DidierDidier Rous (FRA) Bonjour
2002 France Chavanel, SylvainSylvain Chavanel (FRA) Bonjour
2003 France Moreau, ChristopheChristophe Moreau (FRA) Crédit Agricole
2004 France Chavanel, SylvainSylvain Chavanel (FRA) Brioches La Boulangère
2005 France Fédrigo, PierrickPierrick Fédrigo (FRA) Bouygues Télécom
2006 Italy Petito, RobertoRoberto Petito (ITA) Team Tenax-Salmilano
2007 France Ladagnous, MathieuMathieu Ladagnous (FRA) Française des Jeux
2008 France Augé, StéphaneStéphane Augé (FRA) Cofidis
2009 Portugal Costa, RuiRui Costa (POR) Caisse d'Epargne
2010 Switzerland Elmiger, MartinMartin Elmiger (SUI) Ag2r–La Mondiale
2011 France Voeckler, ThomasThomas Voeckler (FRA) Team Europcar
2012 France Engoulvent, JimmyJimmy Engoulvent (FRA) Saur–Sojasun
2013 France Démare, ArnaudArnaud Démare (FRA) FDJ
2014 France Démare, ArnaudArnaud Démare (FRA) FDJ.fr
2015 Lithuania Konovalovas, IgnatasIgnatas Konovalovas (LTU) Team Marseille 13 KTM
2016 France Coquard, BryanBryan Coquard (FRA) Direct Énergie
2017 France Venturini, ClémentClément Venturini (FRA) 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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