Four Days of Dunkirk 2018 – Stage 5 [FULL STAGE]

May 12, 2018

Four Days of Dunkirk 2018 – Stage 5 – Wormhout CCHF – Cassel CCFI : 178,7 km

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.

André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) claimed his second stage victory of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque, but unlike his previous sprint victory, the stage 5 win was a solo attack that moved the German into third place overall. Dmitri Claeys (Cofidis) crossed the line six seconds later to take the race lead, out-sprinting Oscar Riesebeek (Roompot) from the remnants of the breakaway.

Greipel entered into the day’s 18-man breakaway, but with four local laps with two short, sharp climbs each, the group was quickly whittled down in the last half of the stage. The German made his move after the final ascent, taking Claeys and Riesebeek with him. Despite a spirited chase from the peloton by Alexis Gougeard (AG2R La Mondiale), who came within 20 seconds, the trio managed to stay clear and Greipel charged away to the win.

“It was a difficult day,” Greipel said, according to Sporza. “We were in an attack with 18 men fairly early, and the succession of the Mont Cassel climbs did not fail.”

“The last climb was really tough, and we were left with three men, but everyone did their job, until Claeys got on and I could get onto his wheel, and then I thought my moment came.”

“I also won a stage uphill in the Tour of Luxembourg, so this is not new to me, but I can not deny that it is special to win a mountain stage.”

Greipel has another shot at a stage victory in the expected sprint on Sunday where time bonuses could propel him to the overall win. “We will see – I am already very happy to have been able to win again today, my second victory in this 4 Jours de Dunkerque, and after a 7 week rehabilitation, I do not think about the final victory yet.”

Results :
1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 4:27:55
2 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:06
3 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
4 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:19
5 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:01:04
7 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
8 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
9 Casper Pedersen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport
10 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
11 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:07
12 Yoann Paillot (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
13 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
14 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
15 Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
16 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport 0:01:15
17 Sergei Shilov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
18 Aaron Gate (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:01:17
19 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
20 Aitor Gonzalez Prieto (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
21 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
22 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
23 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
24 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal
25 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:25
26 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
27 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:38
28 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:42
29 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:43
30 Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
31 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:02:14
32 Huub Duijn (Ned) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
33 Sjoerd van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
34 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:02:43
35 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
36 Damien Touze (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
37 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
38 Filippo Zaccanti (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
39 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:03:15
40 Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:20
41 Rudy Barbier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:49
42 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:04:17
43 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie 0:04:25
44 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal
45 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale
46 Alo Jakin (Est) St Michel-Auber 93 0:04:28
47 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
48 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
49 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
50 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal
51 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
52 Kevin Le Cunff (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
53 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
54 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie
55 Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:57
56 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:06:31
57 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:07:55
58 Peter Koning (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport 0:09:12
59 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:09:47
60 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
61 Jan Willem van Schip (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:12:05
62 Mathias De Witte (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
63 Samuel Leroux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
64 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
65 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
66 Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
67 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
68 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
69 Arjen Livyns (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
70 Tom Dernies (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
71 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto Soudal
72 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
73 Iuri Filosi (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
74 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
75 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:12:31
76 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept Club 0:12:37
77 Pierre Idjouadiene (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:13:17
78 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:14:29
79 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
80 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
81 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
82 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal
83 Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
84 Simon Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
85 Ludwig De Winter (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
86 Senne Leysen (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
87 David Tanner (Aus) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
88 Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
89 Romain Feillu (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
90 Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept Club
91 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
92 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
93 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) Vital Concept Club
94 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:14:38
95 Bram Welten (Ned) Fortuneo-Samsic
96 Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
97 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal
98 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
99 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie
100 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
101 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
102 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept Club
103 Corentin Ermenault (Fra) Vital Concept Club
104 Ludovic Robeet (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
105 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:20:50
106 Michael Carbel (Den) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:20:53
107 Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept Club 0:21:17
108 Simon Sellier (Fra) Direct Energie
109 Julien Stassen (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic 0:21:33
110 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
111 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
112 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept Club 0:22:37
113 Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:22:53
114 Gotzon Udondo Santamaria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
115 Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
116 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
117 Pierre Barbier (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
DNF Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Jimmy Duquennoy (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNF Moreno De Pauw (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
DNF Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
DNF Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
DNF Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
DNF Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
DNF Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
DNF Christophe Masson (Fra) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
DNS Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

General Classification after Stage 5 :
1 Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 21:01:53
2 Oscar Riesebeek (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:00:02
3 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:00:04
4 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:19
5 Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:50
6 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:00:52
7 Marc Sarreau (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:57
8 Brice Feillu (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:00:58
9 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:04
10 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
11 Eduard Michael Grosu (Rom) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini
12 Casper Pedersen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport
13 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport 0:01:06
14 Julien Simon (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:01:07
15 Yoann Paillot (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
16 Julien Antomarchi (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
17 Sergei Shilov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:15
18 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:17
19 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic
20 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal
21 Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole
22 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Direct Energie
23 Aaron Gate (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport
24 Aitor Gonzalez Prieto (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias
25 Romain Combaud (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:19
26 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:01:25
27 Mauro Finetto (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:01:38
28 Paul Ourselin (Fra) Direct Energie 0:01:41
29 Daniel Hoelgaard (Nor) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:42
30 Flavien Maurelet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:01:43
31 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:02:14
32 Sjoerd van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij
33 Huub Duijn (Ned) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
34 Damien Touze (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:02:40
35 Maxime Bouet (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:02:43
36 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Direct Energie
37 Jimmy Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:03:20
38 Rudy Barbier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:41
39 Filippo Zaccanti (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:04:00
40 Anthony Turgis (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:04:14
41 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:04:18
42 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:04:22
43 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:25
44 Romain Cardis (Fra) Direct Energie
45 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:04:28
46 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
47 Kevin Le Cunff (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
48 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
49 Alo Jakin (Est) St Michel-Auber 93
50 Adrien Petit (Fra) Direct Energie 0:04:54
51 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:05:49
52 Dmitriy Kozontchuk (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:06:31
53 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:06:54
54 Hector Saez Benito (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:07:53
55 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:08:42
56 Julien Duval (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:18
57 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:09:47
58 Jan Willem van Schip (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:11:58
59 Mathias De Witte (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:12:05
60 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
61 Igor Boev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
62 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport
63 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan
64 Iuri Filosi (Ita) Delko Marseille Provence KTM
65 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept Club 0:12:15
66 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:12:17
67 Franck Bonnamour (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:12:30
68 Lindsay De Vylder (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:12:53
69 Arjen Livyns (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:13:51
70 Edward Planckaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 0:13:55
71 Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) Vital Concept Club 0:14:20
72 Jérémy Leveau (Fra) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:14:21
73 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:14:28
74 Senne Leysen (Bel) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:14:29
75 Ludwig De Winter (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic
76 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:14:36
77 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:14:48
78 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:15:36
79 Tom Dernies (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:15:39
80 Bram Welten (Ned) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:15:59
81 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:16:15
82 Damiano Cima (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:16:19
83 Samuel Leroux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:16:26
84 Yohann Gene (Fra) Direct Energie 0:16:28
85 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:17:53
86 Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept Club 0:18:13
87 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Lotto Soudal 0:18:20
88 Pierre Idjouadiene (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:18:32
89 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:18:38
90 David Tanner (Aus) Veranda’s Willems Crelan 0:19:06
91 Romain Feillu (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:19:24
92 Enzo Wouters (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:19:29
93 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:20:10
94 Simon Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:20:52
95 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:21:00
96 Corentin Ermenault (Fra) Vital Concept Club 0:21:04
97 Lawrence Naesen (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:21:24
98 Michael Carbel (Den) Fortuneo-Samsic 0:21:32
99 Peter Koning (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport 0:21:35
100 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 0:21:53
101 Sho Hatsuyama (Jpn) Nippo-Vini Fantini-Europa Ovini 0:22:07
102 Ludovic Robeet (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic 0:22:32
103 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij 0:22:45
104 Mikel Aristi Gardoki (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:22:53
105 Simon Sellier (Fra) Direct Energie 0:23:07
106 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept Club 0:23:12
107 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept Club 0:23:54
108 Julien Stassen (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic 0:26:06
109 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic 0:28:37
110 Gotzon Udondo Santamaria (Spa) Euskadi Basque Country-Murias 0:30:58
111 Przemyslaw Kasperkiewicz (Pol) Delko Marseille Provence KTM 0:31:45
112 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:31:49
113 Emiel Vermeulen (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:35:13
114 Pierre Barbier (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0:36:25
115 Bruno Armirail (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:37:35
116 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 0:37:55
117 Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept Club 0:41:22