
In what is an incredibly important year for sprinting in the WorldTour peloton as Mark Cavendish attempts to take a record 35th Tour de France stage win, the Manxman continues his final season before retirement at the UAE Tour.
Often billed as the unofficial ‘sprinters World Championships’, the seven-day stage race has come to provide the yardstick for the fast men to beat come July. This edition is no different with four possible chances at bunch finishes on stages 1, 4, 5 and 6.