4 Jours de Dunkerque / Grand Prix des Hauts de France

Classique Dunkerque

FR France Tuesday 13 May 2025 193.5 km

Sprinters in the spotlight in France

Sprinters in the spotlight in France

The first edition of the Classique Dunkerque promised lots of attacks and plenty of opportunity for those determined to foil the sprinters’ plans, but in the end – despite the presence of five climbs and some heavy rain in the final kilometers – the race came down to a mass gallop in Lens.

Four riders formed a breakaway early, building a gap of seven minutes, but the peloton chased them down and made the catch before the last hill, where others riders tried their luck. These too were reeled in by the fast men teams’, who kept things together also in the closing ten kilometers, when a crash took place.

The victory went to Pascal Ackermann (Israel-Premier Tech), while Antoine Huby – racing for just the second time since coming back from injury – concluded the Classique Dunkerque was the first Soudal Quick-Step rider to roll over the line.

 

Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images

Race details

1 Pascal Ackermann
Israel - Premier Tech
4:14:55
2 Biniam Girmay Hailu
Intermarché - Wanty
0:00
3 Alberto Dainese
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
0:00
4 Arnaud Démare
-
0:00
5 Bryan Coquard
Cofidis
0:00
6 Cees Bol
XDS Astana Team
0:00
7 Tobias Lund Andresen
Team Picnic PostNL
0:00
8 Emilien Jeannière
Team TotalEnergies
0:00
9 Matthew Walls
Groupama - FDJ
0:00
10 Jon Aberasturi Izaga
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0:00
37 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
62 Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
72 Jordi Warlop
Soudal Quick-Step
0:25
75 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
0:27
91 Jonathan Vervenne
Soudal Quick-Step
0:51
119 Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step
6:21
143 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
7:24

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