2015 - 4 jours de Dunkerque

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2015 - 4 jours de Dunkerque (5 stages actually)

WEBSITE: http://www.4joursdedunkerque.org/


Etape 1 - Mercredi 6 mai 2015
Parcours map: http://www.4joursdedunkerque.org/dl/2015-Etape-1.pdf
PAVE'

Live video:
http://cricfree.tv/watch/live/4-jours-de-dunkerque-live-streaming
http://www.yopika.tv/20150506/v-haha_sport_9_name-1065427-55492ffc7a6a19.96076288.html

 

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Break of the day:

Gaudin
Theuns
Siskevicius

Startlist:
http://www.4joursdedunkerque.org/dl/4J2015-Engages.pdf

 

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-26kms
break at 20s now includes

 

[Netserk]

Go go Gaudin!

 

[Netserk]

Don't chase Bretagne and Caja Rural. Let FDJ do the work.

 

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gap coming down now

but a split in the chase group

 

[Netserk]

Seems like they will make it

edit: Maybe not?

 

[Jspear]

Coquard wins then Theuns.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Switched on for the final 25kms, decent racing and Coquard far too strong with a clever win.

 

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Stage

 

[Netserk]

Let's hope Gaudin can keep up his GC position.

 

[BigMac]

Bryan!

Hopefully I will be able to watch the last three stages.

Also, Konovalovas for Lithuanian champ.

 

[jens_attacks]

thurau-gaudin. europcar power! still

 

[Libertine Seguros]

The Quatre Jours is usually fun, and the Mont Cassel stage is BACK

 

[RedheadDane]

My thought when Coquard crossed the line
'He takes mimicry lessons from Voeckler...'

Nice win.

 

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Video highlights
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2pbieg_les-4-jours-de-dunkerque-2015-etape-1_sport
In french

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Damn brutal stage today with wind and cobbles.
Entertainment too.

Coquard is not your avg bunch sprinter.

 

[Bushman]

Good ride from Mads Pedersen in 10th. Only just turned 20. Has a decent tt as well, hope he can hang on to a top 10 at gc.

 

[BigMac]

Re:

Damn brutal stage today with wind and cobbles.
Entertainment too.

Coquard is not your avg bunch sprinter.

Quite right.

It's insulting to Bryan to even compare.

 

[Echoes]

Re:

The Quatre Jours is usually fun, and the Mont Cassel stage is BACK

It's been a while since they last proposed a decently Flandrian course, though. But I won't complain. That's the Dunkirk of my childhood. Good to see that ex-crosser Chainel is on to something again.

 

[Baldinger]

Re:

Good ride from Mads Pedersen in 10th. Only just turned 20. Has a decent tt as well, hope he can hang on to a top 10 at gc.

He's only 19. Looking forward to see him ride the next stages. Seems like the race suits Danish riders pretty good.

 

[Bushman]

Re: Re:

Good ride from Mads Pedersen in 10th. Only just turned 20. Has a decent tt as well, hope he can hang on to a top 10 at gc.

He's only 19. Looking forward to see him ride the next stages. Seems like the race suits Danish riders pretty good.

Got his birth date mixed up with another rider, still only 19 yes. He is a very good talent, he can do well in tough races with wind and cobbles (won u19 Paris-Roubaix), he can sprint pretty well and can tt as well. So far he seems to have adapted fairly well to senior racing, but you never know if these young guys have the engine to make it big. I hope he has.

 

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STAGE 2: Fontaine au Pire Maubeuge 178 kms

Parcours map:
http://www.4joursdedunkerque.org/dl/2015-Etape-2.pdf
It was 1968 last time a stage finished in Maubeuge.
Let's hope it's worth their wait.

Video Feed: EuroSport
http://cricfree.tv/watch/live/4-jours-de-dunkerque-live-streaming
http://www.yopika.tv/20150506/v-haha_sport_9_name-1065427-55492ffc7a6a19.96076288.html

looks like they do just one lap of the circuit - which is ~32km long

 

[Netserk]

One more for the frog.

 

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-50km break at 4.10 -
Dron
Antomarchi
Ferrari-Barcelo
Renault

Europcar pull the Peloton