To be honest, I can see why a team like UAE would be conservative on a day like this. The stage really isn't that hard and there is a much better opportunity to use your team against Roglic a day later. I think it's peobably smarter to conserve energy. If they don't do anything on Sunday however, I will join the complaining
As long as their rivals do the work for them, they can be conservative and rest as much as they want.
UAE has two riders on the podium without any work from their domestiques.
Neither Bahrain nor Ineos should have worked yesterday. It was surprising to see how they did all the work.
First Bahrain, then INEOS. Bernal shouldn't have closed the gap to Ciccone when there were two riders from the same team. Del Toro should´ve closed that gap, and Bernal should´ve been on Ayuso's wheel.
If Bernal, Tiberi, and others want a podium finish at the Giro, their teams can´t do the work that UAE should do.
Yates and McNulty haven't worked in seven days. If they don't work, Del Toro won't work, and he can continue his aspirations while Pello Bilbao and Arensmann do his work.
Furthermore, some people are convinced that Roglic didn't win yesterday due to strategy. That is, he wore his team down for 100km to favor Ayuso. UAE doesn't need domestiques
Obviously, I don´t share that point of view.
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