2015 Four Days of Dunkirk

The 2015 Four Days of Dunkirk (French: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque 2015) was the 61st edition of the Four Days of Dunkirk cycling stage race. It started on 6 May in Dunkirk and ended on 10 May again in Dunkirk.^[1] The race was won by Lithuanian rider Ignatas Konovalovas, riding for Team Marseille 13 KTM.^[2]

2015 Four Days of Dunkirk

2015 UCI Europe Tour
The final podium (from left to right): Bryan Coquard, Ignatas Konovalovas and Alo Jakin.
Race details
Dates	6–10 May
Stages	5
Distance	883.8 km (549.2 mi)
Winning time	21h 25' 03"
Results
Winner  Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU) (Team Marseille 13 KTM)   Second  Bryan Coquard (FRA) (Team Europcar)   Third  Alo Jakin (EST) (Auber 93) Points  Bryan Coquard (FRA) (Team Europcar) Mountains  Julien Antomarchi (FRA) (Roubaix–Lille Métropole) Youth  Bryan Coquard (FRA) (Team Europcar)   Sprints  Benoît Jarrier (FRA) (Bretagne–Séché Environnement)   Team Bretagne–Séché Environnement
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Schedule

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Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner	Ref
1	6 May	Dunkirk to Orchies	178.7 km (111.0 mi)		Flat stage	Bryan Coquard (FRA)	[4]
2	7 May	Fontaine-au-Pire to Maubeuge	178.7 km (111.0 mi)		Hilly stage	Jonas Ahlstrand (SWE)	[5]
3	8 May	Barlin to Saint-Omer	176.7 km (109.8 mi)		Hilly stage	Alexis Gougeard (FRA)	[6]
4	9 May	Base de loisirs EOLYS (Lestrem) to Cassel	178.7 km (111.0 mi)		Hilly stage	Omar Fraile (ESP)	[7]
5	10 May	Cappelle-la-Grande to Dunkirk	171 km (106.3 mi)		Flat stage	Edward Theuns (BEL)	[2]
Total		883.8 km (549.2 mi)

Teams

The start list included 16 teams – 2 UCI WorldTeams, 10 Professional Continental Teams, and 4 Continental Teams.^[8]

World Teams

• FDJ
• AG2R La Mondiale

Professional Continental teams

• Cofidis
• Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Bretagne–Séché Environnement
• Team Europcar
• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Colombia
• Cult Energy Pro Cycling
• Team Roompot
• Bora–Argon 18
• Wanty–Groupe Gobert

Continental teams

• Auber 93
• Roubaix–Lille Métropole
• Armée de Terre
• Team Marseille 13 KTM

Stages

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Stage 1

6 May 2015 — Dunkirk to Orchies, 178.7 km (111.0 mi)

Stage 1 result[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Team Europcar 4h 16' 34" 2  Edward Theuns (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 3  Ignatas Konovalovas (LIT) Team Marseille 13 KTM + 4" 4  Damien Gaudin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 13" 5  Björn Thurau (GER) Bora–Argon 18 + 13" 6  Pieter Vanspeybrouck (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 26" 7  Tim Declercq (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 26" 8  Alo Jakin (EST) Auber 93 + 26" 9  Steve Chainel (FRA) Cofidis + 26" 10  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Cult Energy Pro Cycling + 26"

General classification after stage 1[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Team Europcar 4h 16' 24" 2  Edward Theuns (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 4" 3  Ignatas Konovalovas (LIT) Team Marseille 13 KTM + 10" 4  Damien Gaudin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 23" 5  Björn Thurau (GER) Bora–Argon 18 + 23" 6  Pieter Vanspeybrouck (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 36" 7  Tim Declercq (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 36" 8  Alo Jakin (EST) Auber 93 + 36" 9  Steve Chainel (FRA) Cofidis + 36" 10  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Cult Energy Pro Cycling + 36"

Stage 2

7 May 2015 — Fontaine-au-Pire to Maubeuge, 178.7 km (111.0 mi)

Stage 2 result[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jonas Ahlstrand (SWE) Cofidis 4h 13' 50" 2  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Team Europcar + 0" 3  Benjamin Giraud (FRA) Team Marseille 13 KTM + 0" 4  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Bora–Argon 18 + 0" 5  Edward Theuns (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 0" 6  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 0" 7  Baptiste Planckaert (BEL) Roubaix–Lille Métropole + 0" 8  Raymond Kreder (NED) Team Roompot + 0" 9  Clément Venturini (FRA) Cofidis + 0" 10  Roy Jans (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 0"

General classification after stage 2[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Team Europcar 8h 30' 06" 2  Edward Theuns (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 12" 3  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 18" 4  Ignatas Konovalovas (LIT) Team Marseille 13 KTM + 18" 5  Björn Thurau (GER) Bora–Argon 18 + 40" 6  Damien Gaudin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 40" 7  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Cult Energy Pro Cycling + 44" 8  Steve Chainel (FRA) Cofidis + 44" 9  Alexandre Blain (FRA) Team Marseille 13 KTM + 44" 10  Laurent Pichon (FRA) FDJ + 50"

Stage 3

8 May 2015 — Barlin to Saint-Omer, 176.7 km (109.8 mi)

Stage 3 result[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alexis Gougeard (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale 4h 15' 29" 2  Julien Antomarchi (FRA) Roubaix–Lille Métropole + 0" 3  Brayan Ramírez (COL) Colombia + 3" 4  Edward Theuns (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 14" 5  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Team Europcar + 14" 6  Roy Jans (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 14" 7  Raymond Kreder (NED) Team Roompot + 14" 8  Jonas Ahlstrand (SWE) Cofidis + 14" 9  Michael Schwarzmann (GER) Bora–Argon 18 + 14" 10  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 14"

General classification after stage 3[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Team Europcar 12h 45' 49" 2  Edward Theuns (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 12" 3  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 18" 4  Ignatas Konovalovas (LIT) Team Marseille 13 KTM + 18" 5  Björn Thurau (GER) Bora–Argon 18 + 40" 6  Damien Gaudin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 40" 7  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Cult Energy Pro Cycling + 44" 8  Steve Chainel (FRA) Cofidis + 44" 9  Alexandre Blain (FRA) Team Marseille 13 KTM + 44" 10  Laurent Pichon (FRA) FDJ + 49"

Stage 4

9 May 2015 — Base de loisirs EOLYS (Lestrem) to Cassel, 178.7 km (111.0 mi)

Result of stage 4[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Omar Fraile (ESP) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA 4h 44' 26" 2  Maurits Lammertink (NED) Team Roompot + 3" 3  Alo Jakin (EST) Auber 93 + 7" 4  Rudy Molard (FRA) Cofidis + 7" 5  Frederik Backaert (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 7" 6  Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU) Team Marseille 13 KTM + 7" 7  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Cult Energy Pro Cycling + 25" 8  Damien Gaudin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 25" 9  Florian Vachon (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 25" 10  Brice Feillu (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 34"

General classification after stage 4[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU) Team Marseille 13 KTM 17h 30' 40" 2  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Team Europcar + 20" 3  Alo Jakin (EST) Auber 93 + 31" 4  Frederik Backaert (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 35" 5  Damien Gaudin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 40" 6  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Cult Energy Pro Cycling + 44" 7  Edward Theuns (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 56" 8  Florian Vachon (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 1' 04" 9  Brice Feillu (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 1' 36" 10  Antoine Duchesne (CAN) Team Europcar + 1' 37"

Stage 5

10 May 2015 — Cappelle-la-Grande to Dunkirk, 171 km (106.3 mi)

Stage 5 result[2] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Edward Theuns (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise 3h 54' 23" 2  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Team Europcar + 0" 3  Danilo Napolitano (ITA) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 0" 4  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 0" 5  Timothy Dupont (BEL) Roubaix–Lille Métropole + 0" 6  Michael Schwarzmann (GER) Bora–Argon 18 + 0" 7  Russell Downing (GBR) Cult Energy Pro Cycling + 0" 8  André Looij (NED) Team Roompot + 0" 9  Anthony Maldonado (FRA) Auber 93 + 0" 10  Baptiste Planckaert (BEL) Roubaix–Lille Métropole + 0"

Final general classification[2] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU) Team Marseille 13 KTM 21h 25' 03" 2  Bryan Coquard (FRA) Team Europcar + 14" 3  Alo Jakin (EST) Auber 93 + 31" 4  Frederik Backaert (BEL) Wanty–Groupe Gobert + 35" 5  Damien Gaudin (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 40" 6  Mads Pedersen (DEN) Cult Energy Pro Cycling + 44" 7  Edward Theuns (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise + 46" 8  Florian Vachon (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 1' 04" 9  Brice Feillu (FRA) Bretagne–Séché Environnement + 1' 36" 10  Antoine Duchesne (CAN) Team Europcar + 1' 37"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Points classification	Young rider classification	Teams classification
1[9]	Bryan Coquard	Bryan Coquard	Preben Van Hecke	Bryan Coquard	Bryan Coquard	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
2[10]	Jonas Ahlstrand
3[6]	Alexis Gougeard		Julien Antomarchi
4[7]	Omar Fraile	Ignatas Konovalovas				Bretagne–Séché Environnement
5[2]	Edward Theuns
Final[2]		Ignatas Konovalovas	Julien Antomarchi	Bryan Coquard	Bryan Coquard	Bretagne–Séché Environnement

Final standings

General classification

Ignatas Konovalovas, the winner of the general classification

Final general classification^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU)	Team Marseille 13 KTM	21h 25' 03"
2	Bryan Coquard (FRA)	Team Europcar	+ 14"
3	Alo Jakin (EST)	Auber 93	+ 31"
4	Frederik Backaert (BEL)	Wanty–Groupe Gobert	+ 35"
5	Damien Gaudin (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 40"
6	Mads Pedersen (DEN)	Cult Energy Pro Cycling	+ 44"
7	Edward Theuns (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 46"
8	Florian Vachon (FRA)	Bretagne–Séché Environnement	+ 1' 04"
9	Brice Feillu (FRA)	Bretagne–Séché Environnement	+ 1' 36"
10	Antoine Duchesne (CAN)	Team Europcar	+ 1' 37"

Points classification

Bryan Coquard, the winner of the points classification

Final points classification^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Bryan Coquard (FRA)	Team Europcar	72
2	Edward Theuns (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	61
3	Jonas Ahlstrand (SWE)	Cofidis	31
4	Alexis Gougeard (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	29
5	Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR)	Bretagne–Séché Environnement	29
6	Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU)	Team Marseille 13 KTM	25
7	Julien Antomarchi (FRA)	Roubaix–Lille Métropole	24
8	Mads Pedersen (DEN)	Cult Energy Pro Cycling	24
9	Alo Jakin (EST)	Auber 93	23
10	Raymond Kreder (NED)	Team Roompot	22

Mountains classification

Julien Antomarchi, the winner of the mountains classification

Final mountains classification^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Julien Antomarchi (FRA)	Roubaix–Lille Métropole	15
2	Brayan Ramírez (COL)	Colombia	10
3	Preben Van Hecke (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	9
4	Fabricio Ferrari (URU)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	7
5	Thomas Voeckler (FRA)	Team Europcar	6
6	Alexandre Blain (FRA)	Team Marseille 13 KTM	5
7	Alexis Gougeard (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	5
8	Ivar Slik (NED)	Team Roompot	5
9	Arnaud Gérard (FRA)	Bretagne–Séché Environnement	4
10	Quentin Pacher (FRA)	Armée de Terre	4

Sprints classification

Final sprints classification^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Benoît Jarrier (FRA)	Bretagne–Séché Environnement	10
2	Thomas Voeckler (FRA)	Team Europcar	8
3	Christian Mager (GER)	Cult Energy Pro Cycling	6
4	Tim Kerkhof (NED)	Team Roompot	5
5	Laurent Pichon (FRA)	FDJ	2
6	Sébastien Turgot (FRA)	AG2R La Mondiale	2

Young rider classification

Bryan Coquard, the winner of the young rider classification

Final young rider classification^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Bryan Coquard (FRA)	Team Europcar	21h 25' 17"
2	Mads Pedersen (DEN)	Cult Energy Pro Cycling	+ 30"
3	Edward Theuns (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 32"
4	Antoine Duchesne (CAN)	Team Europcar	+ 1' 23"
5	Omar Fraile (ESP)	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	+ 1' 58"
6	Maurits Lammertink (NED)	Team Roompot	+ 2' 05"
7	David Menut (FRA)	Auber 93	+ 3' 08"
8	Jimmy Turgis (FRA)	Roubaix–Lille Métropole	+ 4' 43"
9	Olivier Le Gac (FRA)	FDJ	+ 10' 50"
10	Yoann Paillot (FRA)	Team Marseille 13 KTM	+ 12' 28"

Teams classification

Final teams classification^[2]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Bretagne–Séché Environnement	64h 18' 17"
2	Team Marseille 13 KTM	+ 1' 09"
3	Auber 93	+ 4' 02"
4	Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 6' 54"
5	Team Europcar	+ 8' 20"
6	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 8' 35"
7	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	+ 10' 29"
8	Bora–Argon 18	+ 10' 56"
9	Team Roompot	+ 11' 21"
10	Roubaix–Lille Métropole	+ 24' 08"