
Fortune's pendulum could hardly have swung back quicker for UAE Team Emirates-XRG in the Giro d'Italia, as barely 72 hours after losing three riders to a mass crash in Bulgaria, Jhonatan Narváez seized the first opportunity in Italy to grab the win.
The first part of the Giro had been nothing less than horrendous for UAE Team Emirates, as the squad's main GC hope, Adam Yates, as well as team powerhouses of the calibre of Jay Vine and Marc Soler, all had to leave the race.