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Jhonatan Narváez took UAE's first Giro stage win two days after the Stage 2 mass crash, beating Orluis Aular and Giulio Ciccone from a reduced front group after the Cozzo Tunno climb sorted the favourites from the pure sprinters. The pure sprinters' group came in over eight minutes down.
138 km, Cozzo Tunno climb (14.4 km at 5.9%) summit at ~km 94. The cat-1 climb sorted the favourites from the pure sprinters; the day resolved in a reduced-group sprint. Narváez — UAE's senior all-rounder, on the team for any-terrain stages — took the team's first stage win two days after the Bulgarian descent crash that had wiped out four teammates.
Magnier loses the leader's jersey to whoever finished in the front of the reduced group; the GC question is still well in advance of the Stage 7 Blockhaus climbing day.
Salvaged UAE Team Emirates' campaign on the first Italian day, winning into Cosenza just two stages after the Veliko Tarnovo crash gutted the squad (Vine, Soler, Adam Yates, Baroncini all out). A punchy, opportunistic victory that set the tone for what became a three-stage haul.