Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal) wygrał po finiszu z peletonu czwarty etap Ovo Energy Tour of Britain. Liderem pozostał Patrick Bevin (BMC Racing Team).
W czwartym dniu brytyjskiego wyścigu na kolarzy czekał etap z Nuneaton do Royal Leamington Spa. Do pokonania były ponad 183 kilometry, a po drodze trzeba było się zmierzyć z trzema dość łatwymi podjazdami.

Dość szybko znaleźli się chętni na jazdę w ucieczce. Na przodzie znaleźli się: Nic Dlamini (Team Dimension Data), Matthew Holmes (Madison Genesis ), Hayden McCormick (One Pro Cycling), Thomas Moses (JLT Condor), Paul Ourselin (Direct Energie) i Alex Paton (Canyon Eisberg).
Na każdej górskiej premii i na każdym lotnym finiszu plecy rywalom pokazywał Holmes.
So far so good for @MatthewHolmes51 as he claims yet more points on the second climb of the day ?⛰️#OVOToB pic.twitter.com/yGUutlt33d
— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) September 5, 2018
W klasyfikacji lotnych premii Holmes tym samym zrównał się punktowo z Matthew Teggartem (Team Wiggins). Natomiast po ostatniej górskiej premii prowadzenie w tej klasyfikacji zapewnił sobie Dlamini i postanowił zaczekać na peleton.
Czołowa piątka na 17 kilometrów przed metą miała niespełna minutę przewagi nad peletonem prowadzonym przez Quick – Step Floors. Chwilę później z ucieczki odpadł Moses.
Wszystko zjechało się na 4 kilometry przed metą i o zwycięstwie zadecydował sprinterski finisz. Najszybszy okazał się drugi raz Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal), który z wielką swobodą pokonał Sache Modolo (EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale). Trzeci był Patrick Bevin (BMC Racing Team), który umocnił się na prowadzeniu w klasyfikacji generalnej wyścigu.
Wyniki czwartego etapu:
| Pozycja | Kolarz | Ekipa | Czas |
| 1 | GREIPEL André | Lotto Soudal | 4:22:04 |
| 2 | MODOLO Sacha | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ,, |
| 3 | BEVIN Patrick | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
| 4 | ZABEL Rick | Team Katusha – Alpecin | ,, |
| 5 | BARBERO Carlos | Movistar Team | ,, |
| 6 | LIEPIŅŠ Emīls | One Pro Cycling | ,, |
| 7 | CARDIS Romain | Direct Energie | ,, |
| 8 | MCLAY Daniel | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ,, |
| 9 | TENNANT Andrew | Canyon Eisberg | ,, |
| 10 | CULLAIGH Gabriel | Team Wiggins | ,, |
| 11 | ALBANESE Vincenzo | Bardiani – CSF | ,, |
| 12 | GAVIRIA Fernando | Quick-Step Floors | ,, |
| 13 | PHINNEY Taylor | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ,, |
| 14 | ROJAS José Joaquín | Movistar Team | ,, |
| 15 | RENSHAW Mark | Team Dimension Data | ,, |
| 16 | PASQUALON Andrea | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
| 17 | DOWNEY Mark | Team Wiggins | ,, |
| 18 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha | Movistar Team | ,, |
| 19 | POELS Wout | Team Sky | ,, |
| 20 | ROELANDTS Jürgen | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
| 21 | SWIFT Connor | Madison Genesis | ,, |
| 22 | SLATER Alistair | JLT Condor | ,, |
| 23 | WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads | Team Katusha – Alpecin | ,, |
| 24 | CHRISTENSEN Ryan | Canyon Eisberg | ,, |
| 25 | STEDMAN Maximilian | Canyon Eisberg | ,, |
| 26 | EENKHOORN Pascal | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
| 27 | SIMION Paolo | Bardiani – CSF | ,, |
| 28 | GUARDINI Andrea | Bardiani – CSF | ,, |
| 29 | SMITH Dion | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
| 30 | EWAN Caleb | Mitchelton-Scott | ,, |
| 31 | JUNGELS Bob | Quick-Step Floors | ,, |
| 32 | RICHEZE Maximiliano | Quick-Step Floors | ,, |
| 33 | BRADBURY Edmund | JLT Condor | ,, |
| 34 | DRUCKER Jempy | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
| 35 | WILLIAMS Peter | One Pro Cycling | ,, |
| 36 | SHAW James | Lotto Soudal | ,, |
| 37 | TOWNSEND Rory | Canyon Eisberg | ,, |
| 38 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Floors | ,, |
| 39 | POWLESS Neilson | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
| 40 | CARBONI Giovanni | Bardiani – CSF | ,, |
| 41 | DAVIES Scott | Team Dimension Data | ,, |
| 42 | MEURISSE Xandro | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
| 43 | STRAKHOV Dmitry | Team Katusha – Alpecin | ,, |
| 44 | ANTONINI Simone | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
| 45 | KÜNG Stefan | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
| 46 | HAMILTON Chris | Team Sunweb | ,, |
| 47 | VAN EMDEN Jos | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
| 48 | BAYLIS Tom | One Pro Cycling | ,, |
| 49 | SWIFT Ben | Great Britain | ,, |
| 50 | PIDCOCK Thomas | Team Wiggins | ,, |
| 51 | CARTHY Hugh | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ,, |
| 52 | PICHOT Alexandre | Direct Energie | ,, |
| 53 | FERNÁNDEZ Rubén | Movistar Team | ,, |
| 54 | HOLMES Matthew | Madison Genesis | ,, |
| 55 | MEYER Cameron | Mitchelton-Scott | ,, |
| 56 | PYM George | Madison Genesis | ,, |
| 57 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto Soudal | ,, |
| 58 | DOWSETT Alex | Team Katusha – Alpecin | ,, |
| 59 | ROGLIČ Primož | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
| 60 | MOULD Jon | JLT Condor | ,, |
| 61 | SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo | Movistar Team | ,, |
| 62 | CHAVANEL Sylvain | Direct Energie | ,, |
| 63 | NIEVE Mikel | Mitchelton-Scott | ,, |
| 64 | TONELLI Alessandro | Bardiani – CSF | ,, |
| 65 | VERVAEKE Louis | Team Sunweb | ,, |
| 66 | THOMSON Jay | Team Dimension Data | ,, |
| 67 | POWER Robert | Mitchelton-Scott | ,, |
| 68 | TEGGART Matthew | Team Wiggins | ,, |
| 69 | DLAMINI Nic | Team Dimension Data | ,, |
| 70 | WRIGHT Alfred | Great Britain | ,, |
| 71 | THWAITES Scott | Team Dimension Data | ,, |
| 72 | POLITT Nils | Team Katusha – Alpecin | ,, |
| 73 | NALLY Joe | Great Britain | ,, |
| 74 | LATHAM Christopher | One Pro Cycling | ,, |
| 75 | VENTER Jaco | Team Dimension Data | ,, |
| 76 | VAN GARDEREN Tejay | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
| 77 | HIVERT Jonathan | Direct Energie | ,, |
| 78 | SCOTSON Miles | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
| 79 | WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz | Team Sky | ,, |
| 80 | KIRYIENKA Vasil | Team Sky | ,, |
| 81 | THOMAS Geraint | Team Sky | ,, |
| 82 | DE LA PARTE Víctor | Movistar Team | ,, |
| 83 | ORAM James | One Pro Cycling | ,, |
| 84 | SCHACHMANN Maximilian | Quick-Step Floors | ,, |
| 85 | WILLIAMS Stephen | Great Britain | ,, |
| 86 | HANDLEY Richard | Madison Genesis | ,, |
| 87 | WYNANTS Maarten | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
| 88 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Team Sunweb | ,, |
| 89 | OURSELIN Paul | Direct Energie | ,, |
| 90 | STEWART Thomas | JLT Condor | ,, |
| 91 | BRESCHEL Matti | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 0:22 |
| 92 | BOSTOCK Matthew | Great Britain | 0:32 |
| 93 | TULIK Angelo | Direct Energie | ,, |
| 94 | MCCORMICK Hayden | One Pro Cycling | 0:38 |
| 95 | STANNARD Ian | Team Sky | 0:44 |
| 96 | FROOME Chris | Team Sky | ,, |
| 97 | FOUCHE James | Team Wiggins | ,, |
| 98 | GARDIAS Dexter | Canyon Eisberg | ,, |
| 99 | KLUGE Roger | Mitchelton-Scott | ,, |
| 100 | MCNALLY Mark | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
| 101 | MARTIN Tony | Team Katusha – Alpecin | ,, |
| 102 | BAUHAUS Phil | Team Sunweb | ,, |
| 103 | PATON Alex | Canyon Eisberg | ,, |
| 104 | ROWSELL Erick | Madison Genesis | ,, |
| 105 | BARBIN Enrico | Bardiani – CSF | 1:03 |
| 106 | MCEVOY Jonathan | Madison Genesis | 1:07 |
| 107 | HOFLAND Moreno | Lotto Soudal | ,, |
| 108 | KEUKELEIRE Jens | Lotto Soudal | 1:30 |
| 109 | FERNANDES José | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 1:33 |
| 110 | EEKHOFF Nils | Team Sunweb | 0:00 |
| 111 | HAYTER Ethan | Great Britain | ,, |
| 112 | MOSES Thomas | JLT Condor | 3:14 |
| 113 | BRIGGS Graham | JLT Condor | ,, |
| 114 | KEISSE Iljo | Quick-Step Floors | 3:50 |
| 115 | BOUWMAN Koen | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
Klasyfikacja generalna po czwartym etapie:
| Pozycja | Kolarz | Ekipa | Czas |
| 1 | BEVIN Patrick | BMC Racing Team | 15:25:11 |
| 2 | MEYER Cameron | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:04 |
| 3 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Floors | 0:06 |
| 4 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha | Movistar Team | 0:16 |
| 5 | POELS Wout | Team Sky | ,, |
| 6 | HAMILTON Chris | Team Sunweb | ,, |
| 7 | JUNGELS Bob | Quick-Step Floors | ,, |
| 8 | ROGLIČ Primož | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
| 9 | CARTHY Hugh | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 0:23 |
| 10 | DAVIES Scott | Team Dimension Data | 0:26 |
| 11 | WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads | Team Katusha – Alpecin | 0:50 |
| 12 | EENKHOORN Pascal | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
| 13 | STRAKHOV Dmitry | Team Katusha – Alpecin | ,, |
| 14 | SMITH Dion | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
| 15 | ROJAS José Joaquín | Movistar Team | ,, |
| 16 | MEURISSE Xandro | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
| 17 | VAN EMDEN Jos | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
| 18 | STEDMAN Maximilian | Canyon Eisberg | ,, |
| 19 | DE BUYST Jasper | Lotto Soudal | ,, |
| 20 | POWLESS Neilson | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
| 21 | PIDCOCK Thomas | Team Wiggins | ,, |
| 22 | HAYTER Ethan | Great Britain | ,, |
| 23 | BRADBURY Edmund | JLT Condor | ,, |
| 24 | HIVERT Jonathan | Direct Energie | ,, |
| 25 | TONELLI Alessandro | Bardiani – CSF | 0:55 |
| 26 | VAN GARDEREN Tejay | BMC Racing Team | 1:12 |
| 27 | SHAW James | Lotto Soudal | 1:28 |
| 28 | THWAITES Scott | Team Dimension Data | 1:44 |
| 29 | SWIFT Connor | Madison Genesis | 1:46 |
| 30 | FERNÁNDEZ Rubén | Movistar Team | 2:53 |
| 31 | SCHACHMANN Maximilian | Quick-Step Floors | 2:59 |
| 32 | WILLIAMS Stephen | Great Britain | ,, |
| 33 | MODOLO Sacha | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 3:30 |
| 34 | LIEPIŅŠ Emīls | One Pro Cycling | 3:32 |
| 35 | ROELANDTS Jürgen | BMC Racing Team | 3:36 |
| 36 | SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo | Movistar Team | ,, |
| 37 | NIEVE Mikel | Mitchelton-Scott | ,, |
| 38 | BARBERO Carlos | Movistar Team | 3:42 |
| 39 | CHAVANEL Sylvain | Direct Energie | ,, |
| 40 | POWER Robert | Mitchelton-Scott | ,, |
| 41 | HOLMES Matthew | Madison Genesis | 3:43 |
| 42 | KIRYIENKA Vasil | Team Sky | 3:52 |
| 43 | ORAM James | One Pro Cycling | 4:16 |
| 44 | RICHEZE Maximiliano | Quick-Step Floors | 4:27 |
| 45 | OURSELIN Paul | Direct Energie | ,, |
| 46 | WYNANTS Maarten | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | ,, |
| 47 | CHRISTENSEN Ryan | Canyon Eisberg | 4:38 |
| 48 | CULLAIGH Gabriel | Team Wiggins | 4:59 |
| 49 | PASQUALON Andrea | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
| 50 | DOWSETT Alex | Team Katusha – Alpecin | ,, |
| 51 | KÜNG Stefan | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
| 52 | DRUCKER Jempy | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
| 53 | THOMAS Geraint | Team Sky | ,, |
| 54 | MCCORMICK Hayden | One Pro Cycling | 5:03 |
| 55 | BRESCHEL Matti | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 5:21 |
| 56 | BARBIN Enrico | Bardiani – CSF | 5:30 |
| 57 | GAVIRIA Fernando | Quick-Step Floors | 6:31 |
| 58 | EWAN Caleb | Mitchelton-Scott | 6:34 |
| 59 | THOMSON Jay | Team Dimension Data | 6:35 |
| 60 | CARBONI Giovanni | Bardiani – CSF | ,, |
| 61 | DE LA PARTE Víctor | Movistar Team | ,, |
| 62 | EEKHOFF Nils | Team Sunweb | ,, |
| 63 | SCOTSON Miles | BMC Racing Team | ,, |
| 64 | VENTER Jaco | Team Dimension Data | ,, |
| 65 | VERVAEKE Louis | Team Sunweb | 7:31 |
| 66 | MCNALLY Mark | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | 8:47 |
| 67 | WIŚNIOWSKI Łukasz | Team Sky | 8:54 |
| 68 | SWIFT Ben | Great Britain | 9:12 |
| 69 | WRIGHT Alfred | Great Britain | ,, |
| 70 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Team Sunweb | ,, |
| 71 | CARDIS Romain | Direct Energie | 9:39 |
| 72 | STANNARD Ian | Team Sky | 10:01 |
| 73 | DLAMINI Nic | Team Dimension Data | 10:30 |
| 74 | DOWNEY Mark | Team Wiggins | 11:32 |
| 75 | GREIPEL André | Lotto Soudal | 11:56 |
| 76 | SLATER Alistair | JLT Condor | 12:14 |
| 77 | ZABEL Rick | Team Katusha – Alpecin | 12:16 |
| 78 | PHINNEY Taylor | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ,, |
| 79 | KEUKELEIRE Jens | Lotto Soudal | 13:44 |
| 80 | FOUCHE James | Team Wiggins | 13:51 |
| 81 | HANDLEY Richard | Madison Genesis | 13:57 |
| 82 | ROWSELL Erick | Madison Genesis | 14:54 |
| 83 | TEGGART Matthew | Team Wiggins | 14:58 |
| 84 | SIMION Paolo | Bardiani – CSF | 15:07 |
| 85 | ANTONINI Simone | Wanty – Groupe Gobert | ,, |
| 86 | HOFLAND Moreno | Lotto Soudal | 16:14 |
| 87 | BOUWMAN Koen | Team LottoNL-Jumbo | 16:57 |
| 88 | BOSTOCK Matthew | Great Britain | 17:28 |
| 89 | GUARDINI Andrea | Bardiani – CSF | 17:33 |
| 90 | BAYLIS Tom | One Pro Cycling | ,, |
| 91 | MOULD Jon | JLT Condor | 17:41 |
| 92 | RENSHAW Mark | Team Dimension Data | 17:44 |
| 93 | MCLAY Daniel | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | ,, |
| 94 | TENNANT Andrew | Canyon Eisberg | ,, |
| 95 | NALLY Joe | Great Britain | ,, |
| 96 | STEWART Thomas | JLT Condor | ,, |
| 97 | TULIK Angelo | Direct Energie | 18:14 |
| 98 | WILLIAMS Peter | One Pro Cycling | 18:22 |
| 99 | FROOME Chris | Team Sky | 18:28 |
| 100 | MARTIN Tony | Team Katusha – Alpecin | 19:55 |
| 101 | PICHOT Alexandre | Direct Energie | 20:10 |
| 102 | PYM George | Madison Genesis | ,, |
| 103 | BAUHAUS Phil | Team Sunweb | 20:54 |
| 104 | KLUGE Roger | Mitchelton-Scott | 21:16 |
| 105 | LATHAM Christopher | One Pro Cycling | 21:19 |
| 106 | FERNANDES José | Team EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale | 21:42 |
| 107 | PATON Alex | Canyon Eisberg | 22:19 |
| 108 | GARDIAS Dexter | Canyon Eisberg | 22:23 |
| 109 | TOWNSEND Rory | Canyon Eisberg | 22:27 |
| 110 | MOSES Thomas | JLT Condor | 23:08 |
| 111 | MCEVOY Jonathan | Madison Genesis | 23:38 |
| 112 | KEISSE Iljo | Quick-Step Floors | 28:16 |
| 113 | BRIGGS Graham | JLT Condor | 28:31 |
| 114 | POLITT Nils | Team Katusha – Alpecin | 29:42 |
| 115 | ALBANESE Vincenzo | Bardiani – CSF | 33:55 |








