"I think I spent too much," said Jhonatan Narváez after stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia to Andalo, after what looked like a prime opportunity for the UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider to clinch a fourth victory at the 2026 edition of the race slipped away.

The rider and his team had been ideally placed in the large break, with three riders in the move, as Jan Christen and also stage 5 winner Igor Arrieta joined Narváez out the front of the race. Only Movistar was better placed when it came to strength in numbers.