You might already have discovered the Giro d'Italia 2012 race route on Google Maps, but before this Grand Tour starts from Denmark, another stage race, in France, will start from Dunkirk tomorrow. In the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region this is of course all about the 4 Jours de Dunkerque which take place over 5 days from Friday 4 till Tuesday 8 May.
In this article you'll find the race route of the 5 stages on Google Maps, their time- and route schedules and the profiles of the stages. Once again, at the end of the article you'll be able to download the race route in Google Earth and thus for example do a virtual fly-over of these stages!
The 4 Jours de Dunkerque race route on Google Maps
Today the 4 Jours de Dunkerque start in Dunkirk for 5 stages (during 5 days despite what the name might make you think) to bring back the pink jersey on the shoulders of the leader of the general classification to Dunkirk on Sunday.
As usual now for the different cycling races I now propose you to discover the 4 Jours de Dunkerque route on Google Maps kaart and in Google Earth together with the time and route schedules of this stage race in the north of France.
This 56st edition of the 4 Jours de Dunkerque which takes place from 5 till 9 May 2010 has 3 particularities:
Since the Giro d'Italia 2009 started with a wonderful team time trial won by Columbia High Road yesterday and a stage which was won in the sprint by Alessandro Petacchi ahead of Mark Cavendish (see below), one could almost forget that the 4 Jours de Dunkerque finished today as well. That's a bit strange, especially because the jersey of the leader of this race ... is just as pink as the one which is used in the Tour of Italy!
The young Portuguese rider Rui Alberto Faria da Costa of the Caisse d'Epargne team won this race in the north of France.
The 4 Jours de Dunkerque
Despite what the name seems to indicate, this race is a stage race during 6 days instead of 4, in 2009 from Tuesday 5 May till today, Sunday 10 May.
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