Eddie Dunbar

Eddie Dunbar
Dunbar, 2023 Giro d'Italia.
Personal information
Full nameEdward Dunbar
Born (1996-09-01) 1 September 1996 (age 28)
Banteer, County Cork, Republic of Ireland
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight57 kg (126 lb; 9 st 0 lb)[2]
Team information
Current teamTeam Jayco–AlUla
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing specialist
Amateur team
2013–2014O'Leary's Stone Kanturk
Professional teams
2015NFTO
2016–2017Axeon–Hagens Berman
2018Aqua Blue Sport
2018–2022Team Sky[3][4][5]
2023–Team Jayco–AlUla
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
2 individual stages (2024)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2024)

Edward "Eddie" Dunbar (born 1 September 1996) is an Irish road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla.[6]

Career

Team Sky (2018–22)

Born in Banteer, County Cork, Dunbar joined Team Sky in September 2018, after his previous team Aqua Blue Sport – whom he had joined at the start of 2018[7] – encountered financial issues, and with approval from the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), agreed to an early release from his contract.[8] He competed in the 2019 Giro d'Italia and came third in Stage 12 of the race.[9][10]

Team BikeExchange–Jayco

In August 2022, it was announced that Dunbar was to join Team Jayco–AlUla from the 2023 season, on a three-year contract.[11] He finished 7th in the 2023 Giro d’Italia.

Career achievements

Major results

Source:[12]

2013
1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
5th Overall Junior Tour of Wales
2014
National Junior Road Championships
1st Road race
3rd Time trial
1st Overall Junior Tour of Wales
1st Stages 2 & 5
1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
2nd Shay Elliott Memorial Race
2015
National Road Championships
1st Under-23 road race
2nd Time trial
2nd Road race
2nd Under-23 time trial
4th Overall Tour of the Reservoir
9th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
2016
National Road Championships
1st Under-23 time trial
2nd Time trial
4th Overall An Post Rás
1st Stage 7
6th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
9th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
2017
1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
2nd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
5th Overall Volta ao Alentejo
5th Clássica da Arrábida
6th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto
2018
4th Overall Tour of Belgium
5th Volta Limburg Classic
8th Overall Tour de Yorkshire
8th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
8th Memorial Marco Pantani
2019
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
3rd Overall Tour de Yorkshire
5th Overall Route d'Occitanie
6th Overall Tour de Wallonie
6th Giro della Toscana
7th Overall Tour de la Provence
2020
4th Giro dell'Emilia
6th Overall Tour de la Provence
2021
1st Young rider classification, Tour de Suisse
9th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano
2022 (2 pro wins)
1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Overall Tour de Hongrie
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
2023
7th Overall Giro d'Italia
7th Overall Tour de Pologne
9th Overall Tour de Romandie
2024 (3)
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
Vuelta a España
1st Stages 11 & 20

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 22 — — — 7 —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — — — DNF 11
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Awards

In 2014, Dunbar was named as the Irish Male Cyclist of the Year.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Eddie Dunbar – The INEOS Grenadiers". Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Eddie Dunbar". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Team Sky". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 5 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Team Ineos". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Team Jayco–AlUla". UCI. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  7. ^ "2018 rider roster and first races confirmed". Aqua Blue Sport. Aqua Blue Sport Limited. 1 January 2018. Archived from the original on 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Eddie Dunbar joins Team Sky". Team Sky. Tour Racing Limited. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  9. ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Ireland's Eddie Dunbar finishes an impressive third in 12th stage of Giro d'Italia". The 42. 23 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  11. ^ Farrand, Stephen (1 August 2022). "Eddie Dunbar to leave Ineos for BikeExchange-Jayco". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  12. ^ "Edward Dunbar". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  13. ^ Canty, Brian (18 November 2014). "Junior kingpin Dunbar Cyclist of the Year". Irish Examiner. Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
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