It's always on the seemingly easiest days of
UAE Tour that hell often breaks loose. The fourth stage proved to be exactly one of such days. On the first sight, the 180-kilometer stage from Fujairah to Umm al Quwain wouldn't excite many fans, but that's when the notorious crosswinds came into play.
The peloton got split up multiple times during the stage and
Soudal - Quick-Step, as a team known to be formidable echelon fighters never missed a beat, perfectly protecting their sprint leader
Tim Merlier. The European champion was never put in the wind, but still couldn't execute the job in Umm al Quwain, settling for second place behind unstoppable train called Jonathan Milan.