Eddie Dunbar will be back in action this weekend as part of a strong Ineos Grenadiers line-up at GP Industria & Artigianato (1.Pro) in Italy.
The 193.4km race, which starts and finishes in Larciano in northern Italy, is littered with climbing that can suit the punchy petrol engine climbers like Irishman Dunbar.
The race consists of a flat opening circuit at 22km to be tackled four times, at the conclusion of which the riders race onto a second circuit, with the finish at the end of four laps of that course.
The finishing circuit is just under 27km and features the climb of Fornello - a 1.3km stretch at 8.9km. That is followed immediately by a smaller stretch of climbing to San Baronto before the descent.
The finish line is located at the bottom of the descent
on the fourth passage of the climb meaning it will suit a rider who climbs at
the front but can also go downhill faster that his rivals. There will be almost
no time to close any gaps after the riders sweep off the climb the final time.
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While Strade Binach takes place tomorrow and Paris-Nice
starts on Sunday, there is a very strong field assembled for GP Industria.
Dunbar, who may get a chance to go for a result of his
own on Sunday if he has the legs, is part of an Ineos Grenadiers selection that
includes Leonardo Basso, Owain Doull, rising British young gun Ethan Hayter,
Sebastian Henao, Brando Rivera and the impressively 20-year-old from Spain
Carlos Rodriguez.
Others down to ride include Mikel Landa (Bahrain Victorious), Giulio Ciccone, Bauke Mollema, Gianluca Brambilla and Vincenzo Nibali (all Trek-Segafredo), James Knox and Andrea Bagioli (both Deceuninck-QuickStep), Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), Simon Yates (Bike Exchange) and Nairo Quintana (Arkea Samsic).
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