What a ride from @EddieDunbar and the Grenadiers! A brave late attack on the final climb sees the Irishman take overall victory at #TourDeHongrie. It was so close to a stage win, but he takes a second GC of the year 👊
Eddie Dunbar: "It would have been nice to get the hands in the air but I think we can be happy with a GC victory"
CyclingTuesday, 17 May 2022 at 16:00
After Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali, Eddie Dunbar has moved onwards successfuly to win the Tour de Hongrie after being left out of the Giro d'Italia.
"I’m happy to win GC but I really wanted to win the stage today. It was just 40 metres too long I think. It would have been nice to finish it off after the good job all the guys did today – Ben, Kim, Elia and Andrey, they all rode super well," he said in a post-race interview. He confirmed his status as one of the pre-race favourites, and did the damage on the summit finish to Gyöngyös-Kékestető.
"It would have been nice to get the hands in the air but I think we can be happy with a GC victory today. It’s another step in the right direction. The last four days went really good," he added. He launched his move in the final two kilometers of the stage and seemed set to take the stage win, however Antonio Tiberi came through in the final meters of the stage to take away what would be his first stage win of the race.
"I was hoping to do the Giro d’Italia this season, but coming back from that disappointment I stayed on it and I kept my condition good. To come here and leave with a GC victory is good for me and the team... I think rider of the day for me was Ben Turner. He’s just come from a serious classics campaign, probably a standout rider in the classics, and to do that today on a climb of that length, and split the field like he did – chapeau to him," he concluded.
Just in
Popular news
Latest comments
- Maybe he needs more cowbell?redfishingboat22-11-2024
- you are a hero
maria2024202422-11-2024 - It happens all to often. My crashes over time have yielded a broken neck, broken back, broken left leg, crush pelvis, three broken collarbones, broken right arm and I've even lost a rib. Somehow I still train and do some races every year, mainly time trials these days.awp22-11-2024
- In Italy you have few days, no more than 10 days.maria2024202422-11-2024
- Thank you, I don't know it.maria2024202422-11-2024
- Danish guy here. We have up to 6 monthsspock12322-11-2024
- Yeah I thought also he will race the Tour as well if Tim Wellens not feeling good.
James2631822-11-2024 - is it normal in Denmark not to have a name for the baby after 2 month of his birth? how is the baby officially registered in the municipality/commune? is it not immediate?maria2024202422-11-2024
- Convicted of? Didn't need to be convicted. He confessed. But he was guilty of fraud, racketeering, bribery, drug smuggling, threating witnesses, and extortion.Sweep22-11-2024
- And Lance is regularly at his side. I want to puke each time I see them together.dabman21-11-2024