28-year-old from Cork pulled away on the gruelling climb to the finish line to win his second stage of the race
Ireland's Eddie Dunbar celebrates crossing first the finish line to win stage 20 of the Vuelta a Espana between Villarcayo and Picon Blanco. Photograph: Ander Gillenea/AFP via Getty Imagesclocked up the best win of his professional career Saturday, taking what was his second stage victory in this year’s
While proven Grand Tour riders such as Enric Mas , Mikel Landa and David Gaudu put in big accelerations behind, Dunbar hovered several seconds ahead of them and was able to fend off all efforts to bring him back.“I always knew it was going to be a really difficult stage but with the way the last three weeks have been ridden I just thought that a lot of guys would be tired today,” Dunbar said. “Especially GC guys who have gone to the limit every day.
“I knew if I just kept pacing myself and kept riding at threshold, if someone was going to come across it was going to take a big effort,” he said. The Slovenian appeared a little off his usual level but holds a 2:02 advantage over former race leader Ben O’Connor heading into Sunday’s final stage time-trial in Madrid.
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