It's great to speculate but imaginary "mind game" and false schedules don't seem like the plausible conspiracy theory of today....sorry.It's all a mind game. Tadej and UAE are f-ing with Remco to try and leave him with doubts about how he measures up. It's classic disimulation technique. And it has forces Evenepoel into a useless Middle East voyage. It's actually quite brillant.
What's next? Random phone calls in the team hotel waking up Remco at all hours of the night? "Remco. Is your refrigerator running? Better go get it!"
Remco would get the biggest laugh out of this.