The victory marks the first Grand Tour stage win of the 27-year-old’s career.
EDDIE DUNBAR PRODUCED a sparkling finish to claim the 11th stage of the Vuelta a Espana while three-time winner Primoz Roglic produced a late surge to chip away at Ben O’Connor’s overall lead.Team Jayco–AlUla’s Dunbar spent much of the 166.5 kilometre route in a breakaway pack, suffering on the sharp hills with everyone else, only bursting clear 600 metres from the line in Padron.
Advertisement “I just kind of used my experience. I was suffering a bit on that steep climb, then I realised everyone else was. O’Connor started the day three minutes 53 seconds ahead of Roglic but the Australian wilted as Roglic turned the screw on the final punishing climb up the category three Puerto Cruzeiras.
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