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Four Days of Dunkirk (HC), France

(Quatre Jours De Dunkerque)
Winners, distance, average speed
The Four Days of Dunkirk bicycle race no longer takes 4 days to complete. In 2009 the race was both 6 stages and 6 days long. It started out in 1955 as a 4-day race in the the Nord-Pas de Calais region of Northern France but in 1963 the race added a time trial. The organizers chose to retain the orginal name, and so it is today. Held in early May, a look below at the riders who have made the podium of Four days of Dunkirk shows that it is a very prestigious race.

Year

1st Place

2nd Place

3rd Place

Distance

Average speed
km/hr
1955 Louis Deprez
13hr 26min 17sec		 Roland Callebout
@ 2min 20sec		 Roger Callewaert
@ 4min 25sec		 532.5 km 39.626
1956 Jean Adriaensens
19hr 6min 18sec		 Gilbert Desmet
@ 1min 26sec		 Albert Bouvet
@ 2min 4sec		 687 km 35.959
1957 Joseph Planckaert
21hr 54min 45sec		 Pierre Everaert
@ 2min 1sec		 Jean Stablinski
2min 30sec		 787 km 35.916
1958 Jacques Anquetil
20hr 52min 38sec		 Jean Brankart
@ 1min 15sec		 André Darrigade
@ 1min 37sec		 779 km 37.313
1959 Jacques Anquetil
18hr 46min 11sec		 Joseph Morvan
@ 49sec		 Frans Aerenhouts
@ 2min 15sec		 701 km 37.347
1960  Joseph Planckaert
20hr 34min 30sec		 Jean Stablinski
@ 51sec		 Pierre Everaert
@ 1min		 813 km 39.513
1961  Albertus "Ab" Geldermans
20hr 34min 15sec		 Raymond Poulidor
@ 1min 2sec		 Pierre Beuffeuil
@ 2min 10sec		 785.7 km 38.195
1962  Joseph Groussard
21hr 17min 38sec		 Jean-Baptiste Claes
@ 8sec		 Piet Rentmeester
@ 2min 5sec		 792 km 37.193
1963  Joseph Planckaert
25hr 50min 48sec		 Hans Junkermann
@ 52sec		 André Messelis
@ 2min 20sec		 963 km 37.258
1964 Gilbert Desmet
23hr 10min 21sec		 Yvo Molenaers
@ 10sec		 Joseph Huysmans
@ 37sec		 902 km 38.925
1965 Gustave Desmet
25hr 47min 8sec		 Pierre Everaert
@ 44sec		 Arie Den Hartog
@ 1min 3sec		 926.4 km 35.927
1966 Théo Mertens
24hr 34min 9sec		 Jan Janssen
@ 6sec		 Pierre Beuffeuil
@ 53sec		 939.9 km 38.255
1967 Lucien Aimar
23hr 53min 3sec		 Jean-Baptiste Claes
@ 59sec		 Bernard Guyot
@ 1min 30sec		 921.1 km 38.565
1968 Jean Jourden
24hr 21min 42sec		 Rémi Van Vreckom
@ 1min 6sec		 Raymond Poulidor
@ 1min 13sec		 943.4 km 38.725
1969  Alain Vasseur
24hr 38min 19sec		 Rini Wagtmans
@ 10sec		 Willy In't Ven
@ 22sec		 955.1 km 38.764
1970 Willy Vanneste
22hr 5min 38sec		 Jean-Marie Leblanc
@ 7sec		 Henri Heintz
@ 1min 39sec		 906.3 km 41.020
1971 Roger De Vlaeminck
22hr 53min 29sec		 Willy Van Malderghem
@ 55sec		 Jurgen Tschan
@ 59sec		 926 km 40.452
1972 Yves Hézard
22hr 22min 1sec		 Luis Ocaña
@ 20sec		 Ferdi Bracke
@ 30sec		 941.7 km 42.071
1973 Freddy Maertens
22hr 54min 51sec		 Frans Verbeeck
@ 3sec		 Joop Zoetemelk
@ 13sec		 975.40 km 42.568
1974 Walter Goodefroot
23hr 59min 16sec		 Michael Wright
@ 3min 17sec		 Freddy Maertens
@ 4min 10sec		 953.7 km 39.758
1975  Freddy Maertens
24hr 19min 28sec		 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
@ 14sec		 Bernard Thévénet
@ 25sec		 976.7 km 40.153
1976 Freddy Maertens
23hr 24min 11sec		 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
@ 12sec		 Roger Legeay
@ 1min 6sec		 945.5 km 40.401
1977 Gerrie Knetemann
22hr 22min 54sec		 Joseph Jacobs
@ 8sec		 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke
@ 33sec		 881.3 km 39.376
1978 Freddy Maertens
24hr 23min 44sec		 Jean-Pierre Danguillaume
@ 49sec		 Gerrie Knetemann
@ 4min 56sec		 995.6 km 40.811
1979  Daniel Willems
22hr 46min 6sec		 Bert Oosterbosch
@ 49sec		 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke
@ 51sec		 926.2 km 40.679
1980  Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke
23hr 16min 56sec		 Hubert Linard
@ 41sec		 Joaquim Agostinho
@ 56sec		 926.8 km 39.807
1981  Bert Oosterbosch
22hr 53min 43sec		 Sean Kelly
@ 24sec		 Jacques Bossis
@ s.t.		 901.3 km 39.366
1982 Frank Hoste
25hr 37min 46sec		 Ferdi Van Den Haute
@ 4sec		 Stephen Roche
@ s.t.		 985.5 km 38.452
1983 Léo Van Vliet
24hr 12min 33sec		 Paul Sherwen
@ 2min 17sec		 William Tackaert
@ 3min 2sec		 941.4 km km 38.886
1984 Bernard Hinault
25hr 44min 20sec		 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke
@ 13sec		 Bruno Cornillet
@ 23sec		 978.7 km 38.024
1985 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke
24hr 47min 4sec		 Bruno Wojtinek
@ 13sec		 Rudy Matthijs
@ s.t.		 984 km 39.702
1986  Dirk De Wolf
24hr 23min 43sec		 Régis Simon
@ 1min 40sec		 Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle
@ 3min 49sec		 894.9 km 36.683
1987 Herman Frison
23hr 12min 37sec		 Patrice Esnault
@ 3sec		 Charly Mottet
@ 5min 14sec		 902.9 km 38.901
1988 Pascal Poisson
24hr 24min 24sec		 Charly Mottet
@ 1min 15sec		 Erik Vanderaerden
@ 1min 28sec		 954.6 km 39.112
1989  Charly Mottet
26hr 5min 11sec		 Thierry Marie
@ 10sec		 Stephen Roche
@ 24sec		 1007.9 km 38.641
1990 Stephen Roche
23hr 51min 49sec		 François Lemarchand
@ 19sec		 Thierry Marie
@ 1min 43sec		 855.5 km 35.850
1991 Charly Mottet
24hr 18min 54sec		 Laurent Jalabert
@ 14sec		 Johan Museeuw
@ 16sec		 973.5 km 40.037
1992 Olaf Ludwig
26hr 48min 30sec		 Frans Maasen
@ 22sec		 Viatscheslav Ekimov
@ 25sec		 1014.5 km 37.861
1993 Laurent Desbiens
25hr 39min 35sec		 Viatcheslav Ekimov
@ 48sec		 Eddy Seigneur
@ 1min		 1022 km 39.829
1994 Eddy Seigneur
27hr 3min 38sec		 Olaf Ludwig
@ 28sec		 Andre Tchmil
@ 44sec		 1034.9 km 38.243
1995 Johan Museeuw
23hr 25min 5sec		 François Simon
@ 5sec		 Erik Zabel
@ 38sec		 972 km 41.506
1996 Philippe Gaumont
24hr 14min 7sec		 Thierry Laurent
@ 2sec		 Olaf Ludwig
@ 18sec		 988.4 km 40.783
1997 Johan Museeuw
23hr 24min 25sec		 Frank Vandenbroucke
@ 11sec		 Daniele Contini
@ 21sec		 977.8 km 41.734
1998 Alexandre Vinokourov
24hr 52min 29sec		 Arturas Kasputis
@ 34sec		 Evgeni Berzin
@ 1min		 1050.2 km 42.212
1999 Michael Sandstod
22hr 36min 13sec		 Enrico Cassani
@ 9sec		 Christian Vande Velde
@ 16sec		 990.5 km 43.820
2000 Martin Rittsel
22hr 52min 7sec		 Arturas Kasputis
@ 24sec		 Robert Hunter
@ 1min 6sec		 966.3 km 42.254
2001 Didier Rous
24hr 22min 13sec		 Laurent Jalabert
@ 40sec		 Stéphen Heulot
@ 1min 13sec		 1039.2 km 42.642
2002  Sylvain Chavanel
19hr 41min 47sec		 Didier Rous
@ 25sec		 Laurent Brochard
@ 1min 26sec		 886 km 44.983
2003 Christophe Moreau
20hr 26min 5sec		 Didier Rous
@ 29sec		 Laurent Brochard
@ 1min 19sec		 876.4 km 42.888
2004 Sylvain Chavanel
21hr 23min 43sec		 Laurent Brochard
@ 31sec		 Didier Rous
@ 37sec		 861.5 km 40.266
2005 Pierrick Fedrigo
21hr 14min 55sec		 Vladimir Efimkin
@ 12sec		 Christophe Moreau
@ 19sec		 891.3 km 41.946
2006 Roberto Petito
21hr 33min 24sec		 Stéphane Petilileau
@ 4sec		 Didier Rous
@ 16sec		 899.7 km 41.736
2007 Mathieu Ladagnous
22hr 13min 25sec		 Laurent Lefevre
@ 13sec		 Dominique Cornu
@ 14sec		 932.4 41.955
2008 Stéphane Augé
25hr 45min 48sec		 Clément Lhôtellerie
@ 1min 36sec		 Pierrick Fedrigo
@ 1min 54sec		 1065.4 km 41.353
2009 Rui Alberto Faria
23hr 36min 57sec		 David Lelay
@ 9sec		 Cyril Lemoine @ 18sec 980.3 km 41.51