4 Jours de Dunkerque / Grand Prix des Hauts de France

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FR France Wednesday 14 May 2025 177.3 km

Gelders most combative in Dunkerque

Gelders most combative in Dunkerque

Gil Gelders put in a strong ride on the opening stage of the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque, which started from Sainte-Catherine and concluded in Amiens, the city where Jules Verne resided more than three decades and home to one of the most stunning Gothic cathedrals in the world.

The 22-year-old Belgian, who is in his second year as a pro, was among the first to attack Wednesday afternoon, four riders joining him and forming a strong five-men breakaway. Their maximum advantage didn’t go north of two minutes at any point during the stage, but that didn’t stop the quintet from leaving everything out there in their attempt to hold off the peloton.

Around ten kilometers from the finish, the leaders still had a minute on the chasers, and Gil took some strong turns at the front of the group, forcing the bunch to ramp up their efforts in order to erase the deficit. The catch was made just five kilometers from the finish, and Axel Zingle (Visma-Lease a Bike) took the win, while Gelders went to the podium to receive the most combative rider of the day prize, a well-deserved reward for the Soudal Quick-Step youngster after his impressive ride.

 

Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images

Race details

1 Axel Zingle
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
3:51:10
2 Tobias Lund Andresen
Team Picnic PostNL
0:00
3 Stian Fredheim
Uno-X Mobility
0:00
4 Pascal Ackermann
Israel - Premier Tech
0:00
5 Martijn Budding
Unibet Tietema Rockets
0:00
6 Jason Tesson
Team TotalEnergies
0:00
7 Jon Aberasturi Izaga
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0:00
8 Matthew Walls
Groupama - FDJ
0:00
9 Jenno Berckmoes
Lotto
0:00
10 Mike Teunissen
XDS Astana Team
0:00
22 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
24 Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
57 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
59 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
72 Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
75 Jordi Warlop
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
129 Jonathan Vervenne
Soudal Quick-Step
0:00
1 Axel Zingle
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
3:51:00
2 Ben Swift
INEOS Grenadiers
0:02
3 Per Strand Hagenes
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
0:03
4 Tobias Lund Andresen
Team Picnic PostNL
0:04
5 Stian Fredheim
Uno-X Mobility
0:06
6 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
0:07
7 Pascal Ackermann
Israel - Premier Tech
0:10
8 Martijn Budding
Unibet Tietema Rockets
0:10
9 Jason Tesson
Team TotalEnergies
0:10
10 Jon Aberasturi Izaga
Euskaltel - Euskadi
0:10
25 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
27 Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
59 Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
72 Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
75 Jordi Warlop
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
80 Jonathan Vervenne
Soudal Quick-Step
0:10
1 Axel Zingle
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
15 pt
2 Tobias Lund Andresen
Team Picnic PostNL
12 pt
3 Stian Fredheim
Uno-X Mobility
9 pt
4 Ben Swift
INEOS Grenadiers
8 pt
5 Per Strand Hagenes
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
7 pt
6 Pascal Ackermann
Israel - Premier Tech
7 pt
7 Martijn Budding
Unibet Tietema Rockets
6 pt
8 Jason Tesson
Team TotalEnergies
5 pt
9 Jon Aberasturi Izaga
Euskaltel - Euskadi
4 pt
10 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
3 pt
1 Danny van der Tuuk
Euskaltel - Euskadi
11 pt
2 Luca De Meester
Wagner Bazin WB
9 pt
3 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
6 pt
4 Ceriel Desal
Wagner Bazin WB
2 pt
5 Ben Swift
INEOS Grenadiers
1 pt
6 Tomáš Kopecký
Unibet Tietema Rockets
1 pt
1 Per Strand Hagenes
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
3:51:03
2 Tobias Lund Andresen
Team Picnic PostNL
0:01
3 Stian Fredheim
Uno-X Mobility
0:03
4 Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step
0:04
5 Jenno Berckmoes
Lotto
0:07
6 Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:07
7 Leander Van Hautegem
Wagner Bazin WB
0:07
8 Samuel Watson
INEOS Grenadiers
0:07
9 Pierre Gautherat
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
0:07
10 Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step
0:07
32 Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step
0:07
34 Jonathan Vervenne
Soudal Quick-Step
0:07
1 Lotto 11:33:30
2 Israel - Premier Tech 0:00
3 Team TotalEnergies 0:00
4 Uno-X Mobility 0:00
5 Groupama - FDJ 0:00
6 Team Visma | Lease a Bike 0:00
7 Unibet Tietema Rockets 0:00
8 Movistar Team 0:00
9 INEOS Grenadiers 0:00
10 Soudal Quick-Step 0:00

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