Edward Dunbar (born 1 September 1996) is an Irish

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who rides for on the

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. Dunbar won two stages at the

2024 Vuelta a España The 2024 Vuelta a España was a three-week cycling race that took place in Portugal and Spain between 17 August and 8 September. It was the 79th edition of the Vuelta a España and the third and final grand tour of the 2024 men's road cycling se ...

and was the 2024 Irish National Time Trial Champion.

Career

Amateur career

Hailing from

Banteer Banteer () is a village in north County Cork, Ireland located in the civil parish of Clonmeen in the historic barony of Duhallow. It is near the town of Mallow. Banteer is within the Cork North-West Dáil constituency. History In 1651, the B ...

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, Dunbar joined local amateur team O'Leary Stone

Kanturk Kanturk () is a town in the north west of County Cork, Ireland. It is situated at the confluence of the Allua (Allow) and Dallow (Dalua) rivers, which stream further on as tributaries to the River Blackwater. It is about from Cork and Limeric ...

in 2013. He quickly shot to prominence on the national junior scene, winning the Irish National Championships Junior Time Trial the same year. He followed this up with victory in the junior Road Race and third in the junior Time Trial in 2014. He was named 2014 Irish Male Cyclist of the Year at the Cycling Ireland Awards.

Aqua Blue Sport & Team Sky (2018–22)

Dunbar joined Irish team for the 2018 season. However, the team encountered financial difficulties and was given dispensation by the governing body

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to allow riders to move to other teams. Dunbar was transferred to in September 2018. He competed in the

2019 Giro d'Italia The 2019 Giro d'Italia was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race organised by RCS Sport that took place mainly in Italy, between 11 May and 2 June 2019. The race was the 102nd edition of the Giro d'Italia and was the first Grand Tour of the ...

and came third on stage twelve of the race.

Team Jayco–AlUla

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

Race wins

Dunbar has five professional wins, and a further win in a professional race while temporarily riding as an amateur. These include two general classification victories, three stage wins and a national time trial championship. He won two stages at the

, finishing first on stages eleven and twenty. On stage eleven, he was in a large group that broke clear of the peloton early in the stage and stayed ahead of the main field for over 100km. Approaching the finish in a group of fourteen riders, he sprinted clear with one kilometre to go and held on to win the stage ahead of

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and Max Poole. His win on stage twenty came after he moved clear of the race leader's group with five kilometres to go and started to chase down stage leader

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. Dunbar made up the deficit of forty seconds and continued to push on the hilly terrain as Sivakov faded, ultimately taking the win by seven seconds from

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. Race leader and eventual champion

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was a further three seconds behind in third place. He took his first general classification win at the

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, a five-stage race in Italy. Dunbar finished second to

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on stage one and moved into the race lead after the second stage. He held the lead from there until the end of the race, finishing nine seconds ahead of Ben Tulett. His second overall victory came a few weeks later at the 2022 Tour de Hongrie. The first four stages were won by sprinters, with the fifth and final stage proving decisive. Dunbar took the overall victory after a second place finish on the last day, winning by twenty-three seconds ahead of Óscar Rodríguez. Dunbar was the 2024 Irish National Time Trial Champion. Raced on a 36.6km course around

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, Dunbar finished 15 seconds ahead of Ryan Mullen to take his first elite national title. Dunbar had finished second in the race behind six-time winner Mullen on three previous occasions. His first win in a professional race came at the 2016 An Post Rás. Dunbar won stage seven from

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and finished fourth in the general classification. At the time, Dunbar was riding professionally with American team Axeon Hagens Berman. However, the team did not enter the race and Dunbar rode as part of the nominally amateur Irish National Team.

Grand Tour participation

In addition to the

where he finished eleventh and scored two stage victories, Dunbar also competed in the 2023 Vuelta and the

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and

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editions of the

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. In his first Grand Tour appearance at the 2019 Giro, Dunbar finished the race in 22nd place and was the second-highest overall finisher on the

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team. He finished third on stage twelve from

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, his first stage podium in a Grand Tour race. Dunbar finished the race ahead of future Grand Tour winners

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and

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. His second appearance at one of cycling's showpiece three-week races came at the Giro in 2023, taking five top-ten stage results on his way to seventh place overall. He finished fourth on stage 16 from Sabbio Chiese to

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, his best stage result of the race. He returned to the Giro in

but withdrew early in the race after crashing on stage two. He remounted and completed the stage but did not take the start for stage three. His first Vuelta appearance came in 2023. He was in 42nd place overall after stage four but crashed in the neutral zone before the official start of stage five and withdrew from the race.

Major results

Source: ;2013 : 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships : 5th Overall

Junior Tour of Wales The Junior Tour of Wales is an annual cycle race for junior male riders, held around Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. First held in 1981, the race is the final round of the British Cycling Junior Road Series – and as such attracts the best junio ...

;2014 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st Road race ::3rd Time trial : 1st Overall

::1st Stages 2 & 5 : 1st Overall

Trofeo Karlsberg The Saarland Trofeo, formerly the Trofeo Karlsberg, is a junior multi-day cycling race held annually in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the Nort ...

: 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 The Tour of the Reservoir is a road bicycle race for Men and Women around Consett and Edmunbyers Derwent Reservoir, Northumberland in the north of England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the Unite ...

: 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

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, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships ;2017 : 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften : 2nd Overall

Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux is a Belgian cycle sport, cycling Road bicycle racing, road race. It was first held in 1996. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. List of winners ...

: 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd

Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano The Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano is an under-23 one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2U. Winners References

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: 5th Overall

Volta ao Alentejo The Volta ao Alentejo ( Portuguese; ) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Alentejo, Portugal. Since 2010, it has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ...

: 5th

Clássica da Arrábida Clássica da Arrábida is a one-day road cycling race held in Portugal annually since 2017. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union C ...

: 6th

Gran Premio Palio del Recioto The Gran Premio Palio del Recioto is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Unio ...

;2018 : 4th Overall

Tour of Belgium The Tour of Belgium (; ) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries. It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Between 1982 and 1990 several races were not org ...

: 5th

Volta Limburg Classic The Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Euro ...

: 8th Overall

Tour de Yorkshire The Tour de Yorkshire was a road cycling race in the historic county of Yorkshire, England which first took place in May 2015. It was promoted by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and was rated as a 2.HC event as part of the UCI Europe Tou ...

: 8th Overall

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir () is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Felice Gimondi, Joo ...

: 8th

Memorial Marco Pantani The Memorial Marco Pantani is a professional road bicycle race held annually in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. History The race has been organized since 2004 and serves as a memory of Marco Pantani. The race starts in Cesenatico, Pantani's hometown, and ...

;2019 : National Road Championships ::2nd Road race ::2nd

: 3rd Overall

: 5th Overall

Route d'Occitanie The Route d'Occitanie is a road bicycle race with 4 stages held annually in Southern France. It was first held in 1977 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is usually held a week before the Tour de France. ...

: 6th Overall

Tour de Wallonie The Tour de Wallonie is a stage race cycling race on the UCI Europe Tour. It runs in Wallonia, the French-speaking part of Belgium in the end of July. Between 1974 and 1995 it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a ...

: 6th

Giro della Toscana The Giro di Toscana is a road bicycle race held annually in Tuscany, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was not held in 2015. On 4 April 2016 it was announced that the race will ...

: 7th Overall Tour de la Provence ;2020 : 4th

Giro dell'Emilia The Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. First run in 1909, the race is considered a classic cycle race, and is traditionally grouped with the Giro del Piemonte and Giro di Lombard ...

: 6th Overall Tour de la Provence ;2021 : 1st Young rider classification,

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse () is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calend ...

: 9th

GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano The GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano is a road bicycle race held annually in Larciano, Italy. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2020, the race joined the UCI ProSeries The UCI ProSeries is the ...

;2022 (2 pro wins) : 1st Overall

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. History Between 1999 and 2000 it was cal ...

: 1st Overall

Tour de Hongrie The Tour de Hongrie () is a professional road bicycle stage race organized in Hungary since 1925. History The inaugural Tour de Hongrie took place on 27 June 1925. The cyclists hit the road as early as four in the morning, and the Budapest–Szo ...

: 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships ;2023 : 7th Overall

: 7th Overall

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...

: 9th Overall

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It ...

;2024 (3) : 1st

, National Road Championships :

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; ) is an annual stage race, multi-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Ital ...

::1st Stages 11 & 20

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Awards

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

References

External links

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