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Eddie Dunbar

  • 08-08-2016 10:37pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,087 ✭✭✭


    Very impressive for Eddie, Top 20 on GC at Tour of Utah, just behind Vuelta winner Chris Horner and ahead of former Giro winner Cunego.

    Just noticed his 18 year-old teammate came 2nd.


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  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Good result for Dunbar and his team. Will be interesting to see how he develops over the next 2-3 years.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,762 ✭✭✭✭Inquitus


    Good result for Dunbar and his team. Will be interesting to see how he develops over the next 2-3 years.

    The fact he beat Ryan Mullen in the National TT and Mullen put out his best power numbers ever for a 40k TT was astounding for a whippet like him, great potential.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭harringtonp


    Doc07 wrote: »

    Just noticed his 18 year-old teammate came 2nd.

    Adrien Costa seems to place high in almost every race he does. Expect he will be a huge name in cycling some day

    BTW there is already an eddie Dunbar thread. worth merging mod ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,457 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00


    Didn't see this anywhere else...

    Eddie finished 9th in the World Championship U-23 ITT yesterday.

    That's a seriously impressive performance.

    http://www.stickybottle.com/races-results/classy-dunbar-puts-in-ride-of-his-life-in-u23-world-champs/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,986 ✭✭✭Plastik


    U23 Flanders winner!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭MPFGLB


    Serious talent but it his cojones that make him such a future potential

    He just wants to race and he really wants to win


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 476 ✭✭jntsnk


    Plastik wrote: »
    U23 Flanders winner![/quote

    Anywhere on TV ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,928 ✭✭✭fat bloke


    Yeah I'd love to watch it back of it was at all possible or available anywhere?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 815 ✭✭✭1bryan




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 985 ✭✭✭Miklos


    That's a shame for Eddie but the right decision for sure, he has a long career ahead of him.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭MPFGLB


    He has signed with SKY ...wonde rif they will develop him or if he will be a Dom to Bernal


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,569 ✭✭✭harringtonp


    MPFGLB wrote: »
    He has signed with SKY ...wonde rif they will develop him or if he will be a Dom to Bernal

    I for one would consider a Dom to Bernal in big WT stage races development.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,826 ✭✭✭✭dahat


    I think it's a great move for him, delighted to see he got a decent move.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,066 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Hope he won't be another Deignan for Sky


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,867 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    Well shur I suppose the man has to earn a living but I'd be an ABS man myself.

    Seven Worlds will Collide



  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    neris wrote: »
    Hope he won't be another Deignan for Sky

    Be my concern too but he's young and the the start of his career so hopefully he can achieve all he's capable of at Sky and if not he's in the biggest shop window in the sport down the road.

    Hopefully the other lads can get sorted now too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,795 ✭✭✭✭Pudsy33


    neris wrote: »
    Hope he won't be another Deignan for Sky

    Dunbar has a far more impressive palamares than Deignan had at that age. I wouldn't be too worried about him.


  • Site Banned Posts: 20,686 ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    They are also at opposite ends of the career spectrum. Deignan's wife is expecting their first child quote soon so is probably more than happy to just get on with other things in life.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,199 ✭✭✭Keeks


    Looks like he is racing this weekend with Sky.....


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,545 ✭✭✭at1withmyself


    https://www.teamsky.com/article/eddie-dunbar-joins-team-sky


    Dunbar, who is set to make his Team Sky debut on Saturday at Coppa Agostoni, has agreed a deal to the end of the 2019 season.

    The Irishman, 22, was contracted to Aqua Blue Sport for the 2018 season, but – following the closure of the team – Aqua Blue and the UCI have granted Dunbar permission to leave his contract early and sign for Team Sky.

    Dunbar has certainly caught the eye in 2018, racing to an impressive eighth at both the Tour de Yorkshire and Tour de l’Avenir, and he will hope to carry that form into the Italian Classics, in the colours of Team Sky.

    "I’m really grateful for the opportunity I’m getting after the situation I’ve found myself in,” Dunbar told TeamSky.com.

    “Sometimes a team folding is the way the sport goes. I just had to be professional about it and understand the situation. Luckily Sky came along and they offered me a block of Italian races which is good preparation for Innsbruck.

    “It’s all fallen into place for me - and I can’t wait to get started now.”

    Dunbar added: "This is a great opportunity for me to spend the last few weeks of the season with a team I’ll be riding for next year. It will make the transition a lot easier.

    "It’s really helpful to have this opportunity to familiarise myself with everything, especially the riders and the staff, ahead of next season.”
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    Team Principal Sir Dave Brailsford welcomed Dunbar’s arrival, commenting: "Eddie is a talented young rider and we’re delighted he’s agreed to join us.

    "Obviously the circumstances, with Aqua Blue folding, aren’t ideal for anyone at the team, or the sport in general. You never like to see teams go through something like that.

    "But we’re pleased to be able to offer Eddie an immediate route back in with Team Sky.

    “We have been watching him for a while and it’s clear that he has great potential. He particularly impressed at the Tour de Yorkshire and Tour de l’Avenir this year and we hope he can build on those performances with us.

    "We’re looking forward to integrating him into the Team during the remainder of 2018, allowing him to hit the ground running in 2019, and hope he can form a part of our next generation as we continue to build for the future.”


  • Registered Users Posts: 26 saganfan


    Great news for him, hopefully he'll get some good experience and will have some nice offers come the end of the 2019 season.


  • Registered Users Posts: 25 Zoncolon


    Delighted for Dunbar that his talent has been recognized, but would worry about the Sky involvement.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,153 ✭✭✭Glass Prison 1214


    With the move, Ireland now has six riders at world tour level (Martin, Roche, Deignan, Bennett, Mullen and Dunbar). That's the most world tour riders we have ever had at once!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,426 ✭✭✭wirelessdude01


    Do we really consider Philip to be a world tour rider? He never races.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,336 ✭✭✭EC1000


    Do we really consider Philip to be a world tour rider? He never races.

    Has Bennett raced since the Giro?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 815 ✭✭✭1bryan


    Do we really consider Philip to be a world tour rider? He never races.

    very strange question. Yes, obviously, he rides with a world tour (ProTour) team.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭cunavalos


    EC1000 wrote: »
    Has Bennett raced since the Giro?

    He has started 4 races (including nationals) but has not finished any of them.
    Most recently he was in Canada for the two World Tour races there


  • Registered Users Posts: 26 saganfan


    With the move, Ireland now has six riders at world tour level (Martin, Roche, Deignan, Bennett, Mullen and Dunbar). That's the most world tour riders we have ever had at once!

    It would be great if Dunne got snapped up by a World Tour team as well. I see Larry Warbasse signed for AG2R Mondiale, great bit of news for him.


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  • Site Banned Posts: 20,686 ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    Do we really consider Philip to be a world tour rider? He never races.

    He's entered more races than Roche this season and only 1 fewer than Bennett. They've just been down in the categories, more 1 days, or dnfs. Roche has rode considerably more days in fewer races.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,153 ✭✭✭Glass Prison 1214


    Do we really consider Philip to be a world tour rider? He never races.

    32 days of racing this year, not a lot by world tour standards but you could hardly say he never races.

    78 days of racing in 2017 as well!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭MPFGLB


    Why has Sam Bennett not finished races ...or indeeed entered many races .??

    What happened ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭carltonleon


    Sam probably would have performed better than Sagan at the Vuelta and possibly won a stage or 2


  • Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭Steve SilverMint


    MPFGLB wrote: »
    Why has Sam Bennett not finished races ...or indeeed entered many races .??

    What happened ?

    I’d say Sam might be parting company with Bora hence the lack of race time. He’s in his final year with them and maybe contract negotiations didn’t go to plan.

    I’d expect a lad who won 3 stages at the Giro to be getting plenty of race time. I could understand leaving him out of TDF but expected he’d be back for the Vuelta.

    Going back to Eddie that’s a huge move for him and one he fully deserves. Hope he does well


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,256 ✭✭✭MPFGLB


    Pity about Sam Bennett and not racing ....petty of Bora if that is the case

    Wonder where he could be going

    Sky have no sprinter
    Sunweb seem to be recruting
    And UAE have the funds though not the best place with Kristoff there


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭cunavalos


    MPFGLB wrote: »
    Why has Sam Bennett not finished races ...or indeeed entered many races .??

    What happened ?
    Its an unusual one for Sam, there have been no public indications regarding illness or injury and he has been on the long list for a lot of races since the Giro and been pulled very late on.

    The races he has entered would not have been Sam type finishes so some of the DNF's are not a surprise but not all that helpful when Ackermann has been mopping up wins in Sams absence. I also see Sam's main leadout man Rudi Selig won in his own right in Slovakia today

    Procyclingstats is usually reliable regarding contracts for next year and Sam is listed as having renewed for 2019
    https://www.procyclingstats.com/team/bora-hansgrohe-2019

    Noticeable too that Ackermann has not been confirmed yet but i imagine that Bora will be keen to get him resigned and will surely promise him a grand tour option next year.

    Hopefully Sam gets some form back again and may look to get selected for Turkey in October where he had great success last year.

    But lets not get off topic, this is the Eddie Dunbar thread and while Sky wouldn't be my first choice i hope everything goes well for him there and the best thing for him is a solid race program which hopefully he gets. Will the Belgian classics and shorter tours suit him better than the GT's as there is IMO a greater opportunity in the Sky roster for the former.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,066 ✭✭✭✭neris


    Thomas and kwiatkowski are normally their guys for the 1 week stage races but they never seem to have anyone who can do much at the spring classics. I know they've had wins in the minor spring races but don't think they've don't much in the likes of Paris roubaix, flanders etc


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 815 ✭✭✭1bryan


    neris wrote: »
    Thomas and kwiatkowski are normally their guys for the 1 week stage races but they never seem to have anyone who can do much at the spring classics. I know they've had wins in the minor spring races but don't think they've don't much in the likes of Paris roubaix, flanders etc

    they've won 2 of the 5 monuments.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,457 ✭✭✭✭dastardly00




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 815 ✭✭✭1bryan



    I hate the word 'hails' as much as I hate the term 'smashing it'.

    Unless it's referring to the weather.

    Nice one Eddie, though.


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  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 11,668 Mod ✭✭✭✭RobFowl


    1bryan wrote: »
    they've won 2 of the 5 monuments.


    And With Ian Stannard and Geraint Thomas Het Niewsblad



    They have a formidable classics line up as well as one for stage races...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 754 ✭✭✭topcat77


    Watching the Giro della Toscana and Eddie dropping them all!!


    what a pull on the front!


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Thought I could hear Moscon tell him to knock it back a little at once point. He looked great there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭SwissToni


    Eddie bossing the chasing group, looks very comfortable


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 754 ✭✭✭topcat77


    Great preparation for the Worlds


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭Dow99


    Damn, need to watch this!!

    Any repeats of todays Giro della Toscana on Eurosport this evening, does anyone know?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 275 ✭✭Dow99


    Dow99 wrote: »
    Damn, need to watch this!!

    Any repeats of todays Giro della Toscana on Eurosport this evening, does anyone know?


    Got it,,, 10pm tonight - EuroSport :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 754 ✭✭✭topcat77


    http://www.stickybottle.com/races-results/irish-cyclist-eddie-dunbar-sky/


    use the "on demand" option on eurosport and look under cycling.

    computer or smart TV app


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,451 ✭✭✭TheBlaaMan


    Another fantastic performance from Eddie Dunbar in Italy today in the Memorial Marco Pantani. He clearly had leave to have a go and did so in the latter stages, going clear with Ben Hermans on the final climb. Although caught by the select chasing group he was still able to keep with the likes of Quintana and Nibali in the finale and came home 8th in the select sprint.

    I suspect Sky will be pleased to have picked him up....

    I cant see a highlight video in English to embed, but it you check the GCN Facebook page there is a summary on there

    EDIT: Its on sticky bottle too.... oops

    https://www.facebook.com/PMGliveSport/videos/2146602788932523/?t=494


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    And would you look who's there looking to suck his wheel :D


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