46th Four Days of Dunkirk - 2.1France, May 2-7, 20001999 Results Start List Past WinnersThe Stages
PreviewRunning in conjuction with the Tour of Romandie, the now incorrectly titled Four Days of Dunkirk will see 21 teams take part in this year's edition. Although generally considered a flatlanders race, the 5th stage will see riders tackle the various monts and bergs of Flanders for 188 kilometres between Lillers and Westouter. The race jumps between Belgium and France throughout its 7 stages. A new stage is also planned this year - an 11.3 kilometre time trial in stage 6 (Grande-Synthe) which will most likely be the decider as it is the penultimate stage. Other than that, the sprinters should have a good time this year: Jaan Kirsipuu (Ag2r), Jay Sweet and Jeremy Hunt (Big Mat), Jimmy Casper (FdJ), Tom Steels (Mapei) and Jo Planckaert (Cofidis). For the overall, Andrei Tchmil (Lotto) is a big chance, along with Mapei's Johan Museeuw and Credit Agricole's Chris Boardman.
Start list:Memorycard-Jack&Jones Ag2R Prevoyance
1 Michael Standstod (Den) 11 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est)
2 Michaël Blaudzun (Den) 12 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra)
3 Martin Rittsel (Swe) 13 Lauri Aus (Est)
4 Jesper Skibby (Den) 14 Stéphane Barthe (Fra)
5 Arvis Piziks (Lat) 15 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus)
6 Franck Corvers (Den) 16 Pascal Chanteur (Fra)
7 Allan Johansen (Den) 17 Kasputis Arturas (Ltu)
8 René Jorgensen (Den) 18 Ludovic Turpin (Fra)
Bigmat-Auber 93 La Francaise Des Jeux
21 Guillaume Auger (Fra) 31 Jimmy Casper (Fra)
22 Ludovic Auger (Fra) 32 Patrick D'Hont (Bel)
23 Christophe Capelle (Fra) 33 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra)
24 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) 34 Bradley McGee (Aus)
25 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) 35 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra)
26 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) 36 Christophe Mengin (Fra)
27 Alexeï Sivakov (Rus) 37 Jean Patrick Nazon (Fra)
28 Jay Sweet (Aus) 38 Franck Perque (Fra)
Cantina Tollo Cofidis
41 Germano Pierdomenico (Ita) 51 Laurent Desbiens (Fra)
42 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) 52 Philippe Gaumont (Fra)
43 Fédérico Colonna (Ita) 53 Laurent Lefevre (Fra)
44 Marco Di Renzo (Ita) 54 Francis Moreau (Fra)
45 Gian Paolo Mondini (Ita) 55 Tom Flammang (Lux)
46 Emmanuelle Negrini (Ita) 56 Jo Planckaert (Bel)
47 Federico Giabecucci (Ita) 57 David Lefevre (Fra)
58 Janek Tombak (Est)
Festina-Lotus Mapei-Quick Step
61 Folrent Brard (Fra) 71 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita)
62 Rafaël Casero (Spa) 72 Philippe Koehler (Fra)
63 Andy Flickinger (Fra) 73 Bart Leysen (Bel)
64 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) 74 Johan Museeuw (Bel)
65 David Clinger (USA) 75 Wilfried Peeters (Bel)
66 Laurent Madouas (Fra) 76 Fred Rodriguez (USA)
67 Christophe Moreau (Fra) 77 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita)
68 Pascal Lino (Fra) 78 Adriano Baffi (Ita)
Credit Agricole Liquigas Pata
81 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) 91 Daniele Contrini (Ita)
82 Chris Boardman (GBr) 92 Alexandr Fedenko (Ukr)
83 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) 93 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo)
84 Frédéric Finot (Fra) 94 Cristian Moreni (Ita)
85 Marcel Gono (Aus) 95 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita)
86 Anthony Langella (Fra) 96 Fabio Marchesin (Ita)
87 Jérôme Neuville (Fra) 97 Cristian Salvato (Ita)
88 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) 98 Denis Zanette (Ita)
Lotto Adecco US Postal Service
101 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) 111 Dylan Casey (USA)
102 Jacky Durand (Fra) 112 Julian Dean (Nzl)
103 Serge Baguet (Bel) 113 Benoît Joachim (Lux)
104 Fabian De Waele (Bel) 114 Marty Jemison (USA)
105 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) 115 Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor)
106 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) 116 Kirk O'Bee (USA)
107 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) 117 Levy Leipheimer (USA)
108 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) 118 Cédric Vasseur (Fra)
Ville De Charleroi Lampre-Daikin
121 Marc Streel (Bel) 131 Franco Ballerini (Ita)
122 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) 132 Johan Verstrepen (Bel)
123 Grégory Barbier (Fra) 133 Marco Pinotti (Ita)
124 Renaud Boxus (Bel) 134 Jan Svorada (Cze)
125 Vincent Cali (Fra) 135 Robert Hunter (RSA)
126 Philippe Vereecke (Bel) 136 Matteo Frutti (Ita)
127 Laurent Pillon (Fra) 137 Marco Serpellini (Ita)
128 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) 138 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol)
Rabobank Farm Frites
141 Steven De Jongh (Ned) 151 Koos Moerenhout (Ned)
142 Matthé Pronk (Ned) 152 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned)
143 Leon Van Bon (Ned) 153 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned)
144 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 154 Michel Lafis (Swe)
145 Coen Boerman (Ned) 155 Pieter Vries (Ned)
146 Rolf Sorensen (Den) 156 Robbie McEwen (Aus)
147 Marcel Duijn (Ned) 157 Wim Vansevenant (Bel)
148 Mathew Hayman (Aus) 158 Martin Van Steen (Ned)
Alessio Bonjour-Tourpargel
161 Davide Casarotto (Ita) 171 Christophe Faudot (Fra)
162 Leonard Guidi (Ita) 172 Charles Guilbert (Fra)
163 Martin Hvastija (Slo) 173 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra)
164 Endrio Leoni (Ita) 174 Damien Nazon (Fra)
165 Rodolfo Ongarato (Ita) 175 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra)
166 Flavio Zandarin (Ita) 176 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra)
167 Felicie Puttini (Ita) 177 Didier Rous (Fra)
168 Sergueï Oustachov (Ukr) 178 François Simon (Fra)
Jean Delatour Alexia Allumino
181 Jérôme Bernard (Fra) 191 Dario Andriotto (Ita)
182 Christophe Bassons (Fra) 192 Andrea Brognara (Ita)
183 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) 193 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita)
184 Gilles Bouvard (Fra) 194 Giacomo Battistel (Ita)
185 Christophe Oriol (Fra) 195 Nicola Minali (Ita)
186 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) 196 Daniele Righi (Ita)
187 Francisque Teyssier (Fra) 197 Eddy Serri (Ita)
188 Bruno Thibout (Fra) 198 Marco Villa (Ita)
Saint-Quentin Oktos
201 Linas Balciunas (Ltu)
202 Mindaugos Goncaras (Ltu)
203 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz)
204 Stéphane Ravaleu (Fra)
205 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu)
206 Ole-Sigurd Simensen (Nor)
207 Vincent Templier (Fra)
208 Jean-Michel Thilloy (Fra)
Past winners1955 Louis Deprez (Fra) 1956 Jean Adriansens (Bel) 1957 Joseph Planckaert (Bel) 1958 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1959 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 1960 Joseph Planckaert (Bel) 1961 Albertus Geldermans (Bel) 1962 Joseph Groussard (Bel) 1963 Joseph Planckaert (Bel) 1964 Gustave Desmet (Bel) 1965 Gustave Desmet (Bel) 1966 Theo Martens (Bel) 1967 Lucien Aimar (Fra) 1968 Jean Jourdan (Fra) 1969 Alain Vasseur (Fra) 1970 Willy Van Neste (Bel) 1971 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1972 Yves Hezard (Fra) 1973 Freddy Maertens (Bel) 1974 Walter Godefroot (Bel) 1975 Freddy Maertens (Bel) 1976 Freddy Maertens (Bel) 1977 Gerrie Knetemann (Ned) 1978 Freddy Maertens (Bel) 1979 Daniel Willems (Bel) 1980 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1981 Bert Oosterbosch (Hol) 1982 Frank Hoste (Bel) 1983 Leo Van Vliet (Ned) 1984 Bernard Hinault (Fra) 1985 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1986 Dirk De Wolf (Bel) 1987 Herman Frison (Bel) 1988 Pascal Poison (Fra) 1989 Charly Mottet (Fra) 1990 Stephen Roche (Irl) 1991 Charly Mottet (Fra) 1992 Olaf Ludwig (Ger) 1993 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) 1994 Eddy Seigneur (Fra) 1995 Johan Musseuw (Bel) 1996 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) 1997 Johan Museeuw (Bel) 1998 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino 1999 Michaël Sandstod (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones Past Winners courtesy of Mario Stiehl, Berlin |