In a very tight sprint, an outsider won: the Belgian Lionel Taminiaux (Alpecin-Fenix), who had not lifted his arms for three years, won the 4th stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk on Friday. in Aire-sur-la-Lys (Pas-de-Calais).
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Well wedged in the aspiration of the Frenchman Lorrenzo Manzin (TotalEnergies), who launched a little too early and finished fourth, he was ahead of the Pole Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Bingoal) and the Belgian Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché-Wanty).
Hunting for bonuses during the intermediate sprints, the Lithuanian Evaldas Siskevicius (Go Sport) dispossessed the Dutchman Arvid de Kleijn (Human Powered Health) of the pink jersey of leader of the general classification, where five riders stand in one second.
Saturday, the 5th stage, which will take the peloton from Roubaix (North) to Cassel (North) and whose arrival will be judged at the top of a 3 km paved hill with an average of 4.3% to climb eight times, will be like every year the justice of the peace of the ordeal.