Jayco-AlUla entered the Vuelta a España with every reason to hope that they could deliver a solid performance in the overall while also chasing stages, though both ambitions have been hit hard with team leader Eddie Dunbar and Giro d'Italia stage winner Filippo Zana abandoning on stage 5.
It has been a tough tour for the Australian team right from the wet and dark opening team time trial when nearly the entire squad came down on a slippery corner. For Dunbar, who finished seventh overall at this year's Giro d'Italia, that initial tumble had consequences, with his initial exacerbated further by another fall on stage 5.
