The Four Days of Dunkirk has unveiled the route for 2026. The French 'Four Days' will once again span five days next year, but that’s not the most striking feature. Stage three heads to Wallers-Arenberg and includes a massive 22 kilometers of cobbled sectors. This makes it a kind of mini-Paris-Roubaix.
The 2026 Four Days of Dunkirk is scheduled from May 20 to 24 and also features a one-day race the day before, on May 19. Next year’s race will once again include the well-known stages to Mont Cassel and Dunkirk, and the opening stage to Laon has also been used by the organizers several times before.
However, all eyes will be on the third day, when riders cover 155 kilometers from La Sentinelle to Wallers-Arenberg. According to the organizers, the riders will face no less than 22 kilometers of cobbled sectors that day. They will cross the Bernard Hinault sector multiple times, the final stretch in Paris-Roubaix before reaching the Wallers Forest. Fortunately, the organizers are skipping the Wallers Forest itself.
Samuel Watson won the Four Days of Dunkirk in 2025. After five days of racing, he finished ahead of his compatriot Lewis Askey.
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