Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) won UAE Tour Stage 4 in a bunch sprint after the peloton caught a five-man breakaway inside the final 500m of the 182 km run from Dubai to Fujairah. The Italian launched off Ben Swift's wheel to win comfortably from Ethan Vernon (NSN Cycling Team), with younger brother Matteo Milan (Groupama-FDJ United) completing the podium for his first WorldTour top-three finish.
Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) retained the red jersey with no changes at the top of GC. Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) sits 21s back, while Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe) remains 11th at +1:44 after his Stage 3 losses on Jebel Mobrah.
Stage 4 Results
Fujairah • Feb 19 • 182km
| Pos | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Jonathan MILAN | LTKLIDL-TREK | 4:03:06 |
| 🥈 | Ethan Kane VERNON | NSNNSN CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 🥉 | Matteo MILAN | GFCGROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED | +0:00 |
| 4 | Gerben THIJSSEN | APTALPECIN-PREMIER TECH | +0:00 |
| 5 | Robin FROIDEVAUX | TUDTUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 6 | Matteo MALUCELLI | XATXDS ASTANA TEAM | +0:00 |
| 7 | Steffen DE SCHUYTENEER | LOILOTTO INTERMARCHÉ | +0:00 |
| 8 | Riley PICKRELL | MODMODERN ADVENTURE PRO CYCLING | +0:00 |
| 9 | Samuel WELSFORD | IGDINEOS GRENADIERS | +0:00 |
| 10 | Emmanuel HOUCOU | PINPINARELLO-Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 11 | Alberto DAINESE | SOUSOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +0:00 |
| 12 | Ben SWIFT | IGDINEOS GRENADIERS | +0:00 |
| 13 | Cees BOL | DCTDECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM | +0:00 |
| 14 | Pier-André CÔTÉ | NSNNSN CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 15 | Juan Sebastian MOLANO BENAVIDES | UADUAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG | +0:00 |
| 16 | Nicolo' PARISINI | PINPINARELLO-Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 17 | Casper Cornelis VAN UDEN | TPPTEAM PICNIC POSTNL | +0:00 |
| 18 | Sean CHRISTIAN | MODMODERN ADVENTURE PRO CYCLING | +0:00 |
| 19 | Luka MEZGEC | JAYTEAM JAYCO ALULA | +0:00 |
| 20 | Gleb SYRITSA | XATXDS ASTANA TEAM | +0:00 |
| 21 | Erlend BLIKRA | UXMUNO-X MOBILITY | +0:00 |
| 22 | Callum THORNLEY | RBHRED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE | +0:00 |
| 23 | Isaac DEL TORO ROMERO | UADUAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG | +0:00 |
| 24 | Harold Alfonso TEJADA CANACUE | XATXDS ASTANA TEAM | +0:00 |
| 25 | Simone CONSONNI | LTKLIDL-TREK | +0:00 |
| 26 | Felix ØRN-KRISTOFF | LOILOTTO INTERMARCHÉ | +0:00 |
| 27 | Georg STEINHAUSER | EFEEF EDUCATION - EASYPOST | +0:00 |
| 28 | Albert TORRES BARCELO | MOVMOVISTAR TEAM | +0:00 |
| 29 | Pavel NOVÁK | MOVMOVISTAR TEAM | +0:00 |
| 30 | Lorenzo MILESI | MOVMOVISTAR TEAM | +0:00 |
| 31 | Madis MIHKELS | EFEEF EDUCATION - EASYPOST | +0:00 |
| 32 | Kevin VERMAERKE | UADUAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG | +0:00 |
| 33 | Embret SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG | IGDINEOS GRENADIERS | +0:00 |
| 34 | Mathys RONDEL | TUDTUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 35 | Nikias ARNDT | TBVBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +0:00 |
| 36 | Antonio TIBERI | TBVBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +0:00 |
| 37 | Damiano CARUSO | TBVBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +0:00 |
| 38 | Peter HANSEN | IGDINEOS GRENADIERS | +0:00 |
| 39 | Stefan DE BOD | MODMODERN ADVENTURE PRO CYCLING | +0:00 |
| 40 | Daniel SKERL | TBVBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +0:00 |
| 41 | Remco EVENEPOEL | RBHRED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE | +0:00 |
| 42 | Dion Allan SMITH | NSNNSN CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 43 | Enzo PALENI | GFCGROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED | +0:00 |
| 44 | Christopher HARPER | PINPINARELLO-Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 45 | Pietro MATTIO | TVLTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | +0:00 |
| 46 | Niklas MÄRKL | TPPTEAM PICNIC POSTNL | +0:00 |
| 47 | Axel HUENS | GFCGROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED | +0:00 |
| 48 | Ben TULETT | TVLTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | +0:00 |
| 49 | Ryan William MULLEN | NSNNSN CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 50 | Rudy PORTER | JAYTEAM JAYCO ALULA | +0:00 |
| 51 | David GAUDU | GFCGROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED | +0:00 |
| 52 | Manlio MORO | MOVMOVISTAR TEAM | +0:00 |
| 53 | Pablo CASTRILLO ZAPATER | MOVMOVISTAR TEAM | +0:00 |
| 54 | Carl-Frederik BÉVORT | UXMUNO-X MOBILITY | +0:00 |
| 55 | Matthew DINHAM | TPPTEAM PICNIC POSTNL | +0:00 |
| 56 | Gregor MÜHLBERGER | DCTDECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM | +0:00 |
| 57 | Felix GALL | DCTDECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM | +0:00 |
| 58 | Adam Richard YATES | UADUAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG | +0:00 |
| 59 | Sergio Andres HIGUITA GARCIA | XATXDS ASTANA TEAM | +0:00 |
| 60 | Patrick GAMPER | JAYTEAM JAYCO ALULA | +0:00 |
| 61 | Derek GEE | LTKLIDL-TREK | +0:00 |
| 62 | Tobias Halland JOHANNESSEN | UXMUNO-X MOBILITY | +0:00 |
| 63 | George BENNETT | NSNNSN CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 64 | Wilco KELDERMAN | TVLTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | +0:00 |
| 65 | Ilan VAN WILDER | SOUSOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +0:00 |
| 66 | Byron MUNTON | MODMODERN ADVENTURE PRO CYCLING | +0:00 |
| 67 | Jonas RICKAERT | APTALPECIN-PREMIER TECH | +0:00 |
| 68 | Tijmen GRAAT | TVLTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | +0:00 |
| 69 | Harm VANHOUCKE | PINPINARELLO-Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 70 | Lev GONOV | XATXDS ASTANA TEAM | +0:00 |
| 71 | Nickolas ZUKOWSKY | PINPINARELLO-Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 72 | Afonso EULÁLIO | TBVBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +0:00 |
| 73 | Nairo Alexander QUINTANA ROJAS | MOVMOVISTAR TEAM | +0:00 |
| 74 | Roel VAN SINTMAARTENSDIJK | LOILOTTO INTERMARCHÉ | +0:00 |
| 75 | Mattia GAFFURI | TPPTEAM PICNIC POSTNL | +0:00 |
| 76 | Ben O'CONNOR | JAYTEAM JAYCO ALULA | +0:00 |
| 77 | Rémi CAVAGNA | GFCGROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED | +0:00 |
| 78 | Lucas PLAPP | JAYTEAM JAYCO ALULA | +0:00 |
| 79 | Silvan DILLIER | APTALPECIN-PREMIER TECH | +0:00 |
| 80 | Alessandro ROMELE | XATXDS ASTANA TEAM | +0:00 |
| 81 | Simone GUALDI | LOILOTTO INTERMARCHÉ | +0:00 |
| 82 | Jørgen NORDHAGEN | TVLTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | +0:00 |
| 83 | Anders Halland JOHANNESSEN | UXMUNO-X MOBILITY | +0:00 |
| 84 | Lennert VAN EETVELT | LOILOTTO INTERMARCHÉ | +0:00 |
| 85 | Joshua Michael TARLING | IGDINEOS GRENADIERS | +0:00 |
| 86 | Michael STORER | TUDTUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 87 | Luca VERGALLITO | APTALPECIN-PREMIER TECH | +0:00 |
| 88 | Hannes WILKSCH | TUDTUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 89 | Edward DUNBAR | PINPINARELLO-Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 90 | Steven KRUIJSWIJK | TVLTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | +0:00 |
| 91 | Nils POLITT | UADUAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG | +0:00 |
| 92 | Jasper DE BUYST | LOILOTTO INTERMARCHÉ | +0:00 |
| 93 | Harold Martin LOPEZ GRANIZO | XATXDS ASTANA TEAM | +0:00 |
| 94 | Gianni MOSCON | RBHRED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE | +0:00 |
| 95 | Markel BELOKI FERNANDEZ | EFEEF EDUCATION - EASYPOST | +0:00 |
| 96 | Florian SENECHAL | APTALPECIN-PREMIER TECH | +0:00 |
| 97 | Daan HOOLE | DCTDECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM | +0:00 |
| 98 | Mark STEWART | MODMODERN ADVENTURE PRO CYCLING | +0:00 |
| 99 | Junior LECERF | SOUSOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +0:00 |
| 100 | Jonas GEENS | APTALPECIN-PREMIER TECH | +0:00 |
| 101 | Anders SKAARSETH | UXMUNO-X MOBILITY | +0:00 |
| 102 | Anthon CHARMIG | UXMUNO-X MOBILITY | +0:00 |
| 103 | Cole KESSLER | MODMODERN ADVENTURE PRO CYCLING | +0:00 |
| 104 | Johan JACOBS | GFCGROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED | +0:00 |
| 105 | Aivaras MIKUTIS | TUDTUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 106 | Jardi Christiaan VAN DER LEE | EFEEF EDUCATION - EASYPOST | +0:00 |
| 107 | Sean QUINN | EFEEF EDUCATION - EASYPOST | +0:00 |
| 108 | Mattia CATTANEO | RBHRED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE | +0:00 |
| 109 | Luke DURBRIDGE | JAYTEAM JAYCO ALULA | +0:00 |
| 110 | Finn Lachlan Fox FISHER-BLACK | RBHRED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE | +0:00 |
| 111 | Ayco BASTIAENS | SOUSOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +0:00 |
| 112 | Jarrad Eriks DRIZNERS | RBHRED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE | +0:00 |
| 113 | Sebastian KOLZE CHANGIZI | TUDTUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 114 | Baptiste VEISTROFFER | LOILOTTO INTERMARCHÉ | +0:00 |
| 115 | Bert VAN LERBERGHE | SOUSOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +0:00 |
| 116 | Matthias SCHWARZBACHER | EFEEF EDUCATION - EASYPOST | +0:00 |
| 117 | Alastair MACKELLAR | EFEEF EDUCATION - EASYPOST | +0:00 |
| 118 | Owain DOULL | TVLTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | +0:00 |
| 119 | Ezra CAUDELL | MODMODERN ADVENTURE PRO CYCLING | +0:00 |
| 120 | Connor SWIFT | IGDINEOS GRENADIERS | +0:00 |
| 121 | Maximilian Richard WALSCHEID | LTKLIDL-TREK | +0:00 |
| 122 | Edward THEUNS | LTKLIDL-TREK | +0:00 |
| 123 | Tim NABERMAN | TPPTEAM PICNIC POSTNL | +0:00 |
| 124 | Florian VERMEERSCH | UADUAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG | +0:00 |
| 125 | Artem SHMIDT | IGDINEOS GRENADIERS | +0:53 |
| 126 | Gianluca POLLEFLIET | DCTDECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM | +1:00 |
| 127 | Stefan BISSEGGER | DCTDECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM | +1:00 |
| 128 | Warre VANGHELUWE | SOUSOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +1:02 |
| 129 | Simon DEHAIRS | APTALPECIN-PREMIER TECH | +1:32 |
| 130 | Lewis BOWER | GFCGROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED | +2:03 |
| 131 | Arthur KLUCKERS | TUDTUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM | +2:08 |
| 132 | Nadav RAISBERG | NSNNSN CYCLING TEAM | +2:26 |
| 133 | Rune HERREGODTS | UADUAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG | +2:57 |
| 134 | Patrick KONRAD | LTKLIDL-TREK | +2:57 |
| 135 | Rainer KEPPLINGER | TBVBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +2:57 |
| 136 | Mathijs PAASSCHENS | TBVBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +2:57 |
| 137 | Emil HERZOG | RBHRED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE | +2:57 |
| 138 | Jan HIRT | NSNNSN CYCLING TEAM | +3:00 |
| 139 | Damien HOWSON | PINPINARELLO-Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM | +3:10 |
| 140 | James KNOX | TPPTEAM PICNIC POSTNL | +4:01 |
| 141 | Amanuel GHEBREIGZABHIER | LTKLIDL-TREK | +4:18 |
| 142 | Fabio JAKOBSEN | TPPTEAM PICNIC POSTNL | +6:11 |
| 143 | Ethan Edward HAYTER | SOUSOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +7:32 |
The breakaway
The day's breakaway formed after 20 km of aggressive racing: Georg Steinhauser (EF Education-EasyPost), Stefan De Bod (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling), Lorenzo Milesi (Movistar), Patrick Gamper (Jayco AlUla) and James Knox (Picnic PostNL). Gamper swept both intermediate sprints, ensuring no bonus seconds were available for GC riders.
The quintet held roughly two minutes for much of the afternoon. Knox dropped first, but the remaining four held on against a persistent headwind on the wide, straight run-in to Fujairah. With 10 km remaining, the gap was still 25s. At 1.5 km to go, the leaders clung to a 10s advantage. De Bod attempted a late solo acceleration inside the final kilometre, but the sprint trains swallowed the remnants just before the 500m mark.
A crash at -30 km disrupted the chase, bringing down Fabio Jakobsen (Picnic PostNL), Ethan Hayter (Soudal-QuickStep), Daan Hoole (Lidl-Trek) and Robbe Ghys (Decathlon CMA CGM). Most remounted; Ghys abandoned with a suspected collarbone injury.
"I still feel some pain in my hand but I’m fine after the crash on stage 1," Milan said after the race finish. "It feels great to win today and even more with my younger brother also in the top 3."
On sharing a WorldTour podium with Matteo, Milan added: "This is his first WorldTour race, let’s don’t put pressure on him please! I’m really proud of what he did today, he’ll have many years to have fun and to enjoy cycling."
Milan crashed on the opening day. Tim Merlier is not racing. Jebel Hafeet on Stage 6 is the last remaining GC battleground. Tiberi holds a 21s advantage over Del Toro ahead of the 10 km climb.
Photography credits: RCS/Luca Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency
