Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) sprinted to the stage 6 victory, claiming his fourth stage win and the general title on the 4 Jours de Dunkerque.Bennett gained the dash forward of Sasha Weemaes (Bingoal WB) and Pascal Ackermann (Israel-Premier Tech).
The sixth and ultimate stage on the 4 Jours de Dunkerque provided the sphere a 176.8km race from Loon-Plage to Dunkerque. The peloton tackled one categorised ascent at Monts des Recollets, on an in any other case flat course that ended with seven laps of a ending circuit made for sprinters.
Several assaults within the early part of the race led to the day’s breakaway of 4, which included Ayco Bastiaens (Soudal-QuickStep), Ludovic Robeet (Cofidis), Kenny Molly (Van Rysel-Roubaix), and Robert Donaldson (Trinity Racing).
Israel-Premier Tech and Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL led the tempo on the entrance of the peloton, holding the hole to the breakaway at 45 seconds as they reached the ultimate circuits.
The hole decreased to 25 seconds because the breakaway noticed three laps to go, with Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale main the peloton behind, and the sphere was all again along with 13km remaining.
Lotto Dstny continued setting the tempo within the subject, at the same time as total race chief and three-time stage winner at this race. Sam Bennett (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) manoeuvred his manner as much as the entrance.
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale, Groupama-FDJ, Israel-Premier Tech and Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL grew to become the dominant groups with 5km to go.
Pascal Ackermann (Israel-Premier Tech) launched his dash first, however it was as soon as once more, Sam Bennett, who took his fourth stage win and secured the general title in Dunkerque.
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