Eddie Dunbar swapped his cycling gear for running kit at home in Ireland yesterday when he competed in a 5km road run, finishing in the top 15 from a field of over 400 runners.
The Ineos Grenadiers rider, who lives in Monaco but is a regular visitor back home to his native Cork, ran the Duhallow Athletic Club Newmarket 5km Road Race on Sunday.
In a field of 424 athletes, a mix of men and women, the Irish international pro cyclist placed a more than respectable 15th. He clocked a time of 15:26, which was 1:20 down on race winner Eimhin O'Broin of Togher AC.
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Dunbar is the latest pro rider to take to the start line of a running race during the off season, with his team mate Adam Yates running the Barcelona marathon last month in a time of 2:58:43.
Jumbo Visma rider, and 2017 Giro champion and TT world champion, Tom Dumoulin ran 10 km in 32:38 during a race in Maastricht four weeks ago.
Another of Dunbar's team mates, Tom Pidcock, set social media ablaze some time ago when he posted that he had run 5km out training in 13:25 (just five seconds off the British record) though it later emerged his GPS had malfunctioned.
Newmarket 5km Road Race
- Eimhin O'Broin Togher AC 14:06
- Ryan Creech Leevale AC 14:12
- John Travers Donore Harriers AC 14:17
- Niall Shanahan An Bru AC 14:22
- Oisin Spillane Tralee Harriers AC 14:35
- Alan O'Shea Bantry AC 14:41
- Conor McCauley Leevale AC 14:52
- Mark Walsh Leevale AC 14:54
- Michael Bruton Leevale AC 14:56
- Kane Collins Donore Harriers AC 14:57
- Paul Stephenson Rathfarnham WSAF AC 14:59
- Ben Leen Smith Leevale AC 15:01
- Colm Turner Brothers Pearse AC 15:04
- Frank O'Brien Newham Essex Beagles 15:21
- Eddie Dunbar Unattached 15:26
Full results are available by following this link
