Brought in as a chair by the FDJ team, Arnaud Démare dominated the sprint unblinking who completed the first stage of the Four players Dunkirk Tuesday Courriere. Picard was set for a duel with Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil), but when the Dutch began to pinch, two hundred meters from the line, Démare had not yet started his sprint! "I really make an effort at the last moment, Van Hummel made ​​his to five hundred meters, I was ensconced behind Mickaël Delage, having been behind Geoffrey Soupe" appreciated the former world champion hopes on Eurosport.

Démare, 21, beat another young sprinter Dutch Ramon Sinkeldam (Argos-Shimano), although Van Hummel rebounded to jump on the line. Third sprinter expected on Tuesday, Adrien Petit (Cofidis) was seventh. It was said in any case that this step would be a finisher, the latest escaped being taken early in the pressure rollers of the FDJ (Boucher, Ladagnous, Vaugrenard, Offredo ....). "This is a collective victory, all riders of the JDF have controlled from beginning to end," said Démare, who won his second victory of the year after the GP Denain From the twelfth team.