28-year-old from Cork pulled away on the gruelling climb to the finish line atop Picón Blanco
Ireland's Eddie Dunbar won his second stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Saturday. Photograph: Miguel Riopa/AFP via Getty ImagesThe 28-year-old from Cork won stage 11 of the race, his first success in a Grand Tour, and added a second on Saturday as he pulled away on the gruelling climb to the finish line.
Dunbar faced pressure in the last 500 metres of the race but finished strongly to hold off Spain’s Enric Mas by seven seconds, with Slovenia’s Primoz Roglic completing the podium as he continues in the red leader’s jersey ahead of the final stage on Sunday. Dunbar moves up to 11th on general classification, while Roglic will start the final stage with a lead of two minutes and two seconds ahead of Australian Ben O’Connor, with Mas a further nine seconds back.
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