May 10, 2014 (Licques, France) – Canada’s Hugo Houle (AG2R La Mondiale) finished a strong 5th on Saturday at Stage 4 from Ardres to Licques, 188km, and now sits 21st overall as the 4 Jours de Dunkerque wraps up tomorrow with Stage 5 from Saint-Pol-sur-Mer to Dunkerque.

Results

Stage 1 – May 7 – Dunkerque to Coudekerque-Banche 162km  

1. Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr  3:49:32
2. Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
3. Yannick Martinez (Fra) Team Europcar
4. Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
5. Sam Bennett (Irl) Team NetApp-Endura
6. Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling
7. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8. Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano
9. Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Roubaix Lille Metropole
10. Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling

21. Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale

Stage 2 – May 8 – Hazebrouck to Orchies 166km   

1. Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr  4:01:09
2. Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Team Giant-Shimano
3. Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
4. Sascha Weber (Ger) Veranclassic – Doltcini
5. Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise
6. Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert    0:03
7. Alo Jakin (Est) BigMat – Auber 93
8. Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Wallonie – Bruxelles
9. Steven Tronet (Fra) BigMat – Auber 93
10. Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo

39. Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale   1:29

Stage 3 – May 9 – Fruges to Calais 197km  

1. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling  4:58:18
2. Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
3. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale   0:12
4. Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
5. Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Wallonie – Bruxelles
6. Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Bretagne Séché Environnement
7. Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr
8. Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) FDJ.fr   0:14
9. Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano   0:40
10. Christophe Laporte (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits

84. Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 5:06

Stage 4 – May 10 – Ardres to Licques 188km  

1. Thierry Hupond (Fra) Team Giant-Shimano  5:12:24
2. Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano    0:09
3. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar   0:11
4. Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert
5. Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale   0:12
6. Rudy Kowalski (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole   0:18
7. Stéphane Rossetto (Fra) BigMat – Auber 93   0:22
8. Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr   0:31
9. Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo   0:32
10. Steven Tronet (Fra) BigMat – Auber 93

GC after Stage 4

1. Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr  18:01:46
2. Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) IAM Cycling    0:06
3. Michael Valgren Andersen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
4. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale   0:22
5. Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Wallonie – Bruxelles
6. Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits   0:29
7. Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise   0:46
8. Yannick Martinez (Fra) Team Europcar   0:50
9. Steven Tronet (Fra) BigMat – Auber 93   0:52
10. Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert

21. Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale   6:17