Ineos probably did get him for unders as he was so desperate to leave Bahrain-Merida due to his issues with their bikes and gear. He was also at the time viewed as fragile and potentially unreliable.
Has returned to previous level pretty much and also boosted value with high level superdom climbing.
Can see why UAE would consider it worth throwing cash at him to strengthen the support set up for Pogacar.
Yep, put Dennis to UAE and you can just hand trophies to Pogacar in advance. They are only missing engine like Rohan, someone who can do it in all terrain for long period.
I am wondering how much is he worth? It must be above 1M I would imagine. I mean how many other riders can ride on flats for hours, and at the same time drop all mountain goats but two on Stelvio?