4 Jours de Dunkerque / Grand Prix des Hauts de France
Stage 4: La Chapelle d'Armentières › Cassel
France
Saturday 17 May 2025
172.7 km
Lampaert moves up in the standings

Yves Lampaert, who is making this week his first outing since ending the spring classics on the Roubaix Velodrome, recorded an important jump in the general classification of the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque at the end of the hard Cassel stage, which delivered some gaps between the many contenders for victory.
Peppered by a total of twelve classified climbs, including the uphill finish that came after more than 170 kilometers, the penultimate stage of the race had plenty of action, but despite the many attacks and attempts coming from those hoping to prevent the stage from coming down to a fight on the last ascent, the traditional scenario didn’t change.
An acceleration of Samuel Watson (Ineos Grenadiers) in the final meters of Cassel propelled the Brit to both the win and the leader’s jersey. Former Belgian Champion Yves Lampaert had a strong display on the 1km climb which averaged 8.6%, coming home as the first Soudal Quick-Step rider and gaining fourteen places in the overall standings, where only six seconds separate him from the top ten with one day to go at the French race.
Photo credit: ©Luc Claessen / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Samuel Watson INEOS Grenadiers |
4:17:01 |
2 |
Carlos Canal Blanco Movistar Team |
0:00 |
3 |
Lewis Askey Groupama - FDJ |
0:03 |
4 |
Alexandre Delettre Team TotalEnergies |
0:05 |
5 |
Tobias Lund Andresen Team Picnic PostNL |
0:05 |
6 |
Victor Langellotti INEOS Grenadiers |
0:06 |
7 |
Per Strand Hagenes Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
0:06 |
8 |
Benjamin Thomas Cofidis |
0:06 |
9 |
Thibaud Gruel Groupama - FDJ |
0:08 |
10 |
Nicolas Breuillard St Michel - Preference Home - Auber93 |
0:08 |
13 |
Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:15 |
16 |
Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:21 |
38 |
Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step |
5:03 |
62 |
Jonathan Vervenne Soudal Quick-Step |
8:42 |
103 |
Jordi Warlop
Soudal Quick-Step |
15:45 |
DNF |
Andrea Raccagni Noviero
Soudal Quick-Step |
-04:17:01 |
DNS |
Casper Pedersen
Soudal Quick-Step |
-04:17:01 |
1 |
Samuel Watson INEOS Grenadiers |
15:22:08 |
2 |
Lewis Askey Groupama - FDJ |
0:03 |
3 |
Carlos Canal Blanco Movistar Team |
0:08 |
4 |
Tobias Lund Andresen Team Picnic PostNL |
0:13 |
5 |
Per Strand Hagenes Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
0:13 |
6 |
Alexandre Delettre Team TotalEnergies |
0:19 |
7 |
Benjamin Thomas Cofidis |
0:20 |
8 |
Victor Langellotti INEOS Grenadiers |
0:20 |
9 |
Nans Peters Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
0:20 |
10 |
Thibaud Gruel Groupama - FDJ |
0:22 |
14 |
Yves Lampaert
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:35 |
20 |
Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:46 |
50 |
Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step |
11:32 |
67 |
Jordi Warlop
Soudal Quick-Step |
16:27 |
78 |
Jonathan Vervenne Soudal Quick-Step |
20:10 |
1 |
Lewis Askey Groupama - FDJ |
30 pt |
2 |
Tobias Lund Andresen Team Picnic PostNL |
25 pt |
3 |
Samuel Watson INEOS Grenadiers |
24 pt |
4 |
Pierre Gautherat Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
16 pt |
5 |
Jake Stewart Israel - Premier Tech |
14 pt |
6 |
Carlos Canal Blanco Movistar Team |
12 pt |
7 |
Sakarias Koller Løland Uno-X Mobility |
12 pt |
8 |
Per Strand Hagenes Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
11 pt |
9 |
Alberto Dainese Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
10 pt |
10 |
Nans Peters Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team |
9 pt |
29 |
Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step |
2 pt |
30 |
Jordi Warlop
Soudal Quick-Step |
2 pt |
991 |
Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step |
-9 pt |
1 |
Paul Hennequin Euskaltel - Euskadi |
19 pt |
2 |
Kenny Molly Van Rysel Roubaix |
15 pt |
3 |
Tom Portsmouth Wagner Bazin WB |
13 pt |
4 |
Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step |
9 pt |
5 |
Luca De Meester Wagner Bazin WB |
9 pt |
6 |
Victor Papon Wagner Bazin WB |
7 pt |
7 |
Matis Louvel Israel - Premier Tech |
6 pt |
8 |
Sam Maisonobe Cofidis |
4 pt |
9 |
Ben Swift INEOS Grenadiers |
4 pt |
10 |
Fabian Lienhard Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
4 pt |
1 |
Samuel Watson INEOS Grenadiers |
15:22:08 |
2 |
Lewis Askey Groupama - FDJ |
0:03 |
3 |
Carlos Canal Blanco Movistar Team |
0:08 |
4 |
Tobias Lund Andresen Team Picnic PostNL |
0:13 |
5 |
Per Strand Hagenes Team Visma | Lease a Bike |
0:13 |
6 |
Thibaud Gruel Groupama - FDJ |
0:22 |
7 |
Sam Maisonobe Cofidis |
0:29 |
8 |
Sakarias Koller Løland Uno-X Mobility |
0:30 |
9 |
Alec Segaert Lotto |
0:40 |
10 |
Jenno Berckmoes Lotto |
0:43 |
11 |
Gil Gelders
Soudal Quick-Step |
0:46 |
26 |
Antoine Huby
Soudal Quick-Step |
11:32 |
32 |
Jonathan Vervenne Soudal Quick-Step |
20:10 |
1 | Cofidis | 46:07:51 |
2 | Team TotalEnergies | 0:04 |
3 | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:16 |
4 | Groupama - FDJ | 0:36 |
5 | Soudal Quick-Step | 4:54 |
6 | Lotto | 8:25 |
7 | Movistar Team | 8:30 |
8 | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 10:07 |
9 | Team Picnic PostNL | 11:31 |
10 | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | 15:47 |