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| Dates | 3–8 May | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 1,050 km (652.4 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 25h 00' 26" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Four Days of Dunkirk (French: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque 2022) was the 66th edition of the Four Days of Dunkirk cycling stage race. It started on 3 May in Dunkirk and ended on 8 May again in Dunkirk.
Six of the eighteen UCI WorldTeams, eight UCI ProTeams, and four UCI Continental team made up the eighteen teams that participated in the race.
UCI WorldTeams
UCI ProTeams
UCI Continental Teams
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Stage winner | |
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| 1 | 3 May | Dunkirk to Aniche | 161.1 km (100.1 mi) |  | Flat stage |  Arvid De Kleijn (NED) |
| 2 | 4 May | Béthune to Maubege | 181.5 km (112.8 mi) | | Flat stage |  Jason Tesson (FRA) |
| 3 | 5 May | Péronne to Mont-Saint-Éloi | 170 km (110 mi) |  | Hilly stage |  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) |
| 4 | 6 May | Mazingarbe to Aire-sur-la-Lys | 170.8 km (106.1 mi) | | Hilly stage | Lionel Taminiaux (BEL) |
| 5 | 7 May | Roubaix to Cassel | 183.7 km (114.1 mi) | | Hilly stage | Gianni Vermeersch (BEL) |
| 6 | 8 May | Ardres to Dunkirk | 182.9 km (113.6 mi) | | Flat stage | Gerben Thijssen (BEL) |
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| Stage | Winner | General classification  | Points classification  | Mountains classification  | Young rider classification  | Team classification  |
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| 1 | Arvid de Kleijn | Arvid de Kleijn | Arvid de Kleijn | Milan Fretin | Jason Tesson | Groupama–FDJ |
| 2 | Jason Tesson | Jason Tesson | Jason Tesson | Alex Colman | ||
| 3 | Philippe Gilbert | Arvid de Kleijn | Gerben Thijssen | Arkéa–Samsic | ||
| 4 | Lionel Taminiaux | Evaldas Šiškevičius | ||||
| 5 | Gianni Vermeersch | Philippe Gilbert | Jake Stewart | Lotto–Soudal | ||
| 6 | Gerben Thijssen | |||||
| Final | Philippe Gilbert | Jason Tesson | Alex Colman | Jake Stewart | Lotto–Soudal | |
| Legend | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | Denotes the winner of the general classification |  | Denotes the winner of the mountains classification |
 | Denotes the winner of the points classification |  | Denotes the winner of the young rider classification |
 | Denotes the winner of the team classification | ||
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | 25h 00' 26" |
| 2 | Oliver Naesen (BEL) | AG2R Citroën Team | + 4" |
| 3 |  Jake Stewart (GBR) | Groupama–FDJ | + 5" |
| 4 | Benjamin Thomas (FRA) | Cofidis | + 10" |
| 5 | Baptiste Planckaert (BEL) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | + 10" |
| 6 | Hugo Hofstetter (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | + 12" |
| 7 | Lorrenzo Manzin (FRA) | Team TotalEnergies | + 13" |
| 8 | Julien Simon (FRA) | Team TotalEnergies | + 14" |
| 9 | Romain Cardis (FRA) | St. Michel–Auber93 | + 16" |
| 10 | Damien Touzé (FRA) | AG2R Citroën Team | + 18" |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Tesson (FRA) | St. Michel–Auber93 | 43 |
| 2 | Gerben Thijssen (BEL) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | 36 |
| 3 | Arvid de Kleijn (NED) | Human Powered Health | 28 |
| 4 | Lionel Taminiaux (BEL) | Alpecin–Fenix | 25 |
| 5 | Hugo Hofstetter (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | 24 |
| 6 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | 22 |
| 7 | Lorrenzo Manzin (FRA) | Team TotalEnergies | 21 |
| 8 | Pierre Barbier (FRA) | B&B Hotels–KTM | 20 |
| 9 |  Stanisław Aniołkowski (POL) | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB | 20 |
| 10 | Clément Russo (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | 13 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Colman (BEL) | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | 40 |
| 2 |  Michael Gogl (AUT) | Alpecin–Fenix | 17 |
| 3 | Louis Blouwe (BEL) | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB | 11 |
| 4 | Samuel Leroux (FRA) | Go Sport–Roubaix–Lille Métropole | 10 |
| 5 | Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA) | Groupama–FDJ | 9 |
| 6 | Milan Fretin (BEL) | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | 8 |
| 7 |  Evaldas Šiškevičius (LTU) | Go Sport–Roubaix–Lille Métropole | 6 |
| 8 | Cyril Barthe (FRA) | Arkéa–Samsic | 5 |
| 9 |  Robert Stannard (AUS) | Alpecin–Fenix | 4 |
| 10 | Gilles De Wilde (BEL) | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | 4 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Jake Stewart (GBR) | Groupama–FDJ | 25h 00' 31" |
| 2 |  Andreas Kron (DEN) | Lotto–Soudal | + 13" |
| 3 | Hugo Page (FRA) | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | + 17" |
| 4 | Joris Delbove (FRA) | St. Michel–Auber93 | + 54" |
| 5 | Ward Vanhoof (BEL) | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | + 1' 12" |
| 6 | Samuel Watson (GBR) | Groupama–FDJ | + 1' 12" |
| 7 | Hugo Toumire (FRA) | Cofidis | + 1' 32" |
| 8 | Paul Lapeira (FRA) | AG2R Citroën Team | + 1' 38" |
| 9 |  Laurence Pithie (NZL) | Groupama–FDJ | + 1' 39" |
| 10 | Ruben Apers (BEL) | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | + 1' 52" |
| Rank | Team | Time |
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| 1 | Lotto–Soudal | 75h 02' 34" |
| 2 | B&B Hotels–KTM | + 16" |
| 3 | St. Michel–Auber93 | + 28" |
| 4 | Cofidis | + 46" |
| 5 | Groupama–FDJ | + 51" |
| 6 | AG2R Citroën Team | + 55" |
| 7 | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | + 1' 13" |
| 8 | Alpecin–Fenix | + 1' 39" |
| 9 | Go Sport–Roubaix–Lille Métropole | + 2' 21" |
| 10 | Team TotalEnergies | + 3' 51" |
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