4 Jours de Dunkerque / Grand Prix des Hauts de France
Stage 3: Saint Quentin - Saint Quentin
France
Thursday 18 May 2023
15.9 km
Asgreen on the podium in France

In just his second individual time trial of the season, a flat 15.9km one held around Saint-Quentin, Kasper Asgreen powered to third place, a result that elevated him sixteen places in the general classification of the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque. The multiple Danish Champion of the discipline, Kasper clocked a time of 19:35 – just 14 seconds behind stage winner Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) – and lies now in second place with three stages to go.
“I felt that I did a good time trial, unfortunately not fast enough, on a nice course. I was expecting it to be a bit faster; I don’t know if it was the wind or the asphalt was a bit rougher than I thought, but you really had to fight out there. We can be content with how things went and we’ll continue fighting for a stage win here”, said Kasper.
It was a good day also for another Soudal Quick-Step rider, Ethan Vernon. The Brit finished fourth in Saint-Quentin and moved to the top of the youth standings, while cementing his place on the overall podium of the competition, just six seconds behind his teammate.
“Taking the white jersey is nice. Now that the time trial is out of the way, we have several cards to play in the next days. The most important stage should be the one of Saturday, most likely the GC will be set in stone then, and we’ll try to go for a good result”, an optimistic Ethan explained.
Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Benjamin Thomas Cofidis |
19:21 |
2 |
Niklas Larsen Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
0:09 |
3 |
Kasper Asgreen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:14 |
4 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:26 |
5 |
Cees Bol Astana Qazaqstan Team |
0:26 |
6 |
Lasse Norman Leth Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
0:26 |
7 |
Samuel Watson Groupama - FDJ |
0:29 |
8 |
Mick van Dijke Jumbo-Visma |
0:30 |
9 |
Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny |
0:30 |
10 |
Romain Grégoire Groupama - FDJ |
0:31 |
12 |
Jannik Steimle
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:34 |
21 |
Stan Van Tricht
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:45 |
51 |
Tim Merlier
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:15 |
67 |
Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:30 |
77 |
Lars Craps Soudal - Quick Step |
1:40 |
1 |
Benjamin Thomas Cofidis |
8:50:04 |
2 |
Kasper Asgreen
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:14 |
3 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:20 |
4 |
Romain Grégoire Groupama - FDJ |
0:21 |
5 |
Cees Bol Astana Qazaqstan Team |
0:26 |
6 |
Lasse Norman Leth Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
0:26 |
7 |
Samuel Watson Groupama - FDJ |
0:29 |
8 |
Brent Van Moer Lotto Dstny |
0:30 |
9 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
0:31 |
10 |
Peter Sagan TotalEnergies |
0:32 |
29 |
Stan Van Tricht
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:04 |
33 |
Jannik Steimle
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:14 |
34 |
Tim Merlier
Soudal - Quick Step |
1:15 |
84 |
Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal - Quick Step |
3:56 |
87 |
Lars Craps Soudal - Quick Step |
4:02 |
1 |
Benjamin Thomas Cofidis |
20 pt |
2 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
19 pt |
3 |
Romain Grégoire Groupama - FDJ |
16 pt |
4 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
16 pt |
5 |
Paul Penhoët Groupama - FDJ |
12 pt |
6 |
Niklas Larsen Uno-X Pro Cycling Team |
12 pt |
7 |
Max Walscheid Cofidis |
12 pt |
8 |
Samuel Leroux Van Rysel - Roubaix Lille Métropole |
11 pt |
9 |
Peter Sagan TotalEnergies |
10 pt |
10 |
Kasper Asgreen
Soudal - Quick Step |
9 pt |
12 |
Tim Merlier
Soudal - Quick Step |
7 pt |
31 |
Jannik Steimle
Soudal - Quick Step |
1 pt |
1 |
Tuur Dens Team Flanders - Baloise |
15 pt |
2 |
Alex Colman Team Flanders - Baloise |
11 pt |
3 |
Ceriel Desal Bingoal WB |
11 pt |
4 |
Kenny Molly Van Rysel - Roubaix Lille Métropole |
9 pt |
5 |
Damien Girard Nice Métropole Côte d'Azur |
7 pt |
6 |
Pier-André Coté Human Powered Health |
4 pt |
7 |
Geoffrey Soupe TotalEnergies |
3 pt |
8 |
Logan Currie Bolton Equities Black Spoke |
2 pt |
9 |
Olivier Le Gac Groupama - FDJ |
2 pt |
10 |
Mathis Le Berre Team Arkéa Samsic |
1 pt |
1 |
Ethan Vernon
Soudal - Quick Step |
8:50:24 |
2 |
Romain Grégoire Groupama - FDJ |
0:01 |
3 |
Samuel Watson Groupama - FDJ |
0:09 |
4 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
0:11 |
5 |
Logan Currie Bolton Equities Black Spoke |
0:13 |
6 |
Alexis Renard Cofidis |
0:21 |
7 |
Igor Chzhan Astana Qazaqstan Team |
0:24 |
8 |
Pau Miquel Delgado Equipo Kern Pharma |
0:28 |
9 |
Paul Penhoët Groupama - FDJ |
0:31 |
10 |
Per Strand Hagenes Jumbo-Visma |
0:33 |
13 |
Stan Van Tricht
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:44 |
34 |
Lars Craps Soudal - Quick Step |
3:42 |
1 | Soudal - Quick Step | 26:31:26 |
2 | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | 0:03 |
3 | Cofidis | 0:13 |
4 | Groupama - FDJ | 0:32 |
5 | Lotto Dstny | 1:10 |
6 | TotalEnergies | 1:12 |
7 | Jumbo-Visma | 1:14 |
8 | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:18 |
9 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 1:40 |
10 | AG2R Citroën Team | 1:47 |