Eddie gone to the UK

wirelessdude01

Young Dunbar has joined UK based outfit NFTO.

Daroxtar

Link?

albert kidd

good luck to the youngfella..hope everything works out for him.

wirelessdude01

http://www.irishcyclingphotos.com/?p=39882

mossym

there's a line in the movie the rookie which it pretty apt here

"That's great. He won't be back."

best of luck to him, hope he makes it

death1234567

Already have the mortgage on him.

Lumen

I look forward to reading about the success of this British-based rider in the UK cycling press. :pac:

outfox

Well, in fairness, we're claiming Dan Martin as Irish. We're as bad as they are.

Diarmuid

outfox wrote: »

Well, in fairness, we're claiming Dan Martin as Irish..

eh? Dan Martin is "claiming" he is Irish. You forming a birthers group?

gordongekko

How does this team rate in comparison to let's say the an post team?

Beasty

Well that Belgian team An Post used to field New Zealander Shane Archbold as well as Belgian born Sam Bennett - they have both now defected to Germany though ....

Junior

I'm only glad he won't have to work with Sean Yates, he seems to be off with Bobby Julich to Team Tinkoff Skyski-lite

RobFowl

Junior wrote: »

I'm only glad he won't have to work with Sean Yates, he seems to be off with Bobby Julich to Team Tinkoff Skyski-lite

Yates for all his issues with doping (equivocal attitude FTR and in keeping with boards guidelines) is a superb tactician and motivator.
He also has reams of experience over an 35 years period.

pprendeville

RobFowl wrote: »

Yates for all his issues with doping (equivocal attitude FTR and in keeping with boards guidelines) is a superb tactician and motivator.
He also has reams of experience over an 35 years period.

the documentary on Wiggins tour win painted yates in a very positive light in terms of one of the reasons why he won. i wonder whats yates opinion on armstrong and co?

wav1

RobFowl wrote: »

Yates for all his issues with doping (equivocal attitude FTR and in keeping with boards guidelines) is a superb tactician and motivator.
He also has reams of experience over an 35 years period.

Ueseless information time,but seeing as we are discussing one of our most successful juniors ever,the same Mr Yates competed in the first ever Junior Tour of Ireland [1978].Won by a certain Martin Early.

Junior

http://www.luccasports.com/eddie-dunbar-interview/

Nice chat there to Eddie..

Hi Ho

That's a very revealing interview - the Charleville 2-Day was his preparation race for the World Champs!!! -

'I felt I didn’t have the racing in my legs in the build up to the event and that’s what I was lacking. The Charleville two day is a great race but its not ideal preparation for racing the best guys in the world. I had looked at going to France to ride a number of races but it was just too expensive,'

slow

Hi Ho wrote: »

That's a very revealing interview - the Charleville 2-Day was his preparation race for the World Champs!!! -

'I felt I didn’t have the racing in my legs in the build up to the event and that’s what I was lacking. The Charleville two day is a great race but its not ideal preparation for racing the best guys in the world. I had looked at going to France to ride a number of races but it was just too expensive,'

I think it's possible that CI's junior HP budget ran out. The Trofeo Karlsberg was a late addition to the programme and was done with only 2 team officials. In the previous Nations Cup race in France, the team competed as the NRPT with Dunbar and O' Brien guesting.

O' Loughlin was the only rider who rode international races in the lead up to the worlds, spending 11 days in France and racing 4 times. AC Bisontine provided the accommodation and team support, but the flights and food costs were paid by his parents. It was no surprise that he performed best at the Worlds. He also took a two month break from racing to do his Leaving Cert, so was possibly fresher at the end of the season.

But when you look further as to why the budget possibly ran out, you see two European Championship track medals (Downey and Knight). So the money wasn't wasted. CI is a small organisation running multiple programmes. They do a good job. There is no mandate from the membership to go into the red financially. There will be some very interesting and hard decisions to be made as we approach the Rio Olympics and the building of a velodrome.

ROK ON

Best of luck to the lad. The Nfto team seem to have higher aspirations than the majority of crit focused uk teams.

Given how fickle the sport is I do hope that as well as training and racing that he prioritises an education for himself. The probability of making it to the very highest level is exceedingly small and cycling is a precarious enough profession. He could have a chat with someone like Matt Brammier and find out what life as a pro is like.

Lusk_Doyle

ROK ON wrote: »

Given how fickle the sport is I do hope that as well as training and racing that he prioritises an education for himself.

Or gaining a trade.

BryanL

Wish I could double like ROk ON's post. The safest bet is that any super talented Irish rider will never make it as a Pro. that's the reality of cycling.

Roche and Kimmage both had trades and Kelly was serving his time.

RobFowl

To me Roger Hammond had the ideal prep. raced as a junior in every bracnch of the sport, was junior cyclocross champion. eased back for a few ears and completed a degree in engineering then went full time and became a pro for a small team and worked his way up to end as respected (and clean) pro with a decent palmares.

Esroh

Think this Thread should be bumped. Just watched his ride from last Sunday on Euro Sport. And he was at it again yest. 6th despite a late puncture.

dragratchet

yeah just watching it there.. some attack on that climb. animal stuff

Hi Ho

dragratchet wrote: »

yeah just watching it there.. some attack on that climb. animal stuff

What channel do you get that on?

Inquitus

Hi Ho wrote: »

What channel do you get that on?

It was on Eurosport right after PR, the commentators took a while to figure out who Eddie was.

carltonleon

He was incredible on that climb. He was like a rocket, really impressive stuff.

Esroh

6th in both Stages . 4th overall. Will be interesting to see how he gets on in Europe in the NCups this week.

Juan More Time

For sure Eddie Dunbar is amazing talent. He's made an enormous leap from junior cyclist to pro cyclist in a couple of short months. He has made that transition successfully, and is he's now ripping the legs off the Uk's best cyclists.. Go Eddie...

Inquitus

Currently 2nd in the elite series rankings.

QueensGael

If you have a Eurosport sub, you can play it back here
http://www.eurosportplayer.co.uk/on-demand.shtml
Great racing from Dunbar

Esroh

http://direct.directvelo.com/live-course/2333/la-cote-picarde-coupe-des-nations-espoirs.html

my french not great but he is ripping it uo in green . 7min up lone break. 70km left.

petethedrummer

Esroh wrote: »

http://direct.directvelo.com/live-course/2333/la-cote-picarde-coupe-des-nations-espoirs.html

my french not great but he is ripping it uo in green . 7min up lone break. 70km left.

Google translate.

Was trying to find info on this race and this is all I could find...
http://espoirscentral.blogspot.ie/2013/04/la-cote-picarde-nations-cup-short.html

h2005

death1234567 wrote: »

Already have the mortgage on him.

Those prices are ridiculously short.

on_the_nickel

Esroh wrote: »

http://direct.directvelo.com/live-course/2333/la-cote-picarde-coupe-des-nations-espoirs.html

my french not great but he is ripping it uo in green . 7min up lone break. 70km left.

WTF? LOVE the balls on the kid. Regardless of whether he "makes it" or not, he's a bloody star. (Not just cos he lapped me in Cobh).

Junior

Esroh wrote: »

http://direct.directvelo.com/live-course/2333/la-cote-picarde-coupe-des-nations-espoirs.html

my french not great but he is ripping it uo in green . 7min up lone break. 70km left.

That was 70km gone - he attacked at 42km gone - 80 km now left - trying to find the parcours map to see the profile I know it's hilly enough so it might suit him.

Esroh

Shans Stokes asked Kurt why the early break on Twitter. Answer Eddies said I hat the S*it in the peleton. I agreed , go enjoy yourself.
Thats the way to get the best out of your riders.;-)

Junior

https://twitter.com/bogaertsk/status/588328521430347777

Granolite

Via Direct Velo.com....

`Grigoriy Shtein (Kazakhstan) a été "mangé" par le peloton.'

Let's hope Eddie can manage to avoid being eaten today!

wanderer 22

Granolite wrote: »

Via Direct Velo.com....

`Grigoriy Shtein (Kazakhstan) a été "mangé" par le peloton.'

Let's hope Eddie can manage to avoid being eaten today!

He better watch out for the 'platoon' chasing him at 15h20 too..

petethedrummer

From 2013...


http://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/picardie/2013/04/09/quend-plage-80-depart-mercredi-de-la-28eme-edition-de-la-cote-picarde-de-cyclisme-231573.html


http://www.mers-les-bains-tourisme.fr/la-c%C3%B4te-picarde

Pdf of 2015 route with profile of climbs

harringtonp

Leading dropping fast, went from 7:30 to 3:40 on the peleton with 53km to go

Rua_ri

Any more updates on Eddie?

Junior

https://twitter.com/bogaertsk/status/588351648457760768

He's with Koch of Germany - Bunch at 25 Seconds

Rua_ri

Peloton is all back together.

Less than 13km to go.

2 other riders on the attack.

Felix Grosschartner (Autriche) et Mads Pedersen Danemark) ont attaqué !

harringtonp

As mentioned above you'll get finish here

http://direct.directvelo.com/live-course/2333/la-cote-picarde-coupe-des-nations-espoirs.html

Just pop the tweets into google translate if you cannot understand the french

12 sprocket

Junior wrote: »

https://twitter.com/bogaertsk/status/588328521430347777

Great bit of riding by him, but if he wants to win big International races he had better start getting to like that sh** in the Bunch!

wirelessdude01

12 sprocket wrote: »

Great bit of riding by him, but if he wants to win big International races he had better start getting to like that sh** in the Bunch!

Would have to agree with the above. Timing of the break is everything. Seems like he went far too early. Great effort though. I'd imagine over time the British cyclist media will try to claim him as there own

morana

12 sprocket wrote: »

Great bit of riding by him, but if he wants to win big International races he had better start getting to like that sh** in the Bunch!

Is he nervous? I think the Irish need a top 30 finish to qualify for u23 worlds

niceonetom

morana wrote: »

Is he nervous? I think the Irish need a top 30 finish to qualify for u23 worlds

Or is he ambitious? Spending the whole day up the road showing off the engine won't do his reputation any harm.

Eddy likes Eddie:

12 sprocket

niceonetom wrote: »

Or is he ambitious? Spending the whole day up the road showing off the engine won't do his reputation any harm.

Eddy likes Eddie:

Nor would a top three placing do his reputation any harm and Ireland would have some points as well. It was an exceptional ride especially the fact that he still finished with the leading group after riding alone for so long.