
A well-timed long charge for the line has narrowly netted Uno-X Mobility racer Erlend Blikra the bunch sprint victory in stage 4 of the Tour of Oman.
Second in a tumultuous bunch sprint was Pinarello-Q36.5's Emmanuel Houcou, whose sustained surge up the right of the finishing was not quite enough to keep Blikra claiming his biggest win since a stage of the Tour of Langkawi four years back. Stage 1 winner Sebastián Molano (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) was third.