Eddie Dunbar is warming to this Grand Tour business. The Irishman has less experience at this kind of racing than anyone else in the upper reaches of the Giro d’Italia classification, but it wasn’t evident from his assured display on Monte Bondone on stage 16.
“It’s only my second Grand Tour, but I think I’m learning quickly,” Dunbar said when he wheeled to a halt past the finish line after placing fourth on the day and moving up to fifth overall, 3:03 behind maglia rosa Geraint Thomas. “We were prepared for what happened today.”
