Conor Dunne looks cool and composed in the breakaway on yesterday's fifth stage of the Tour of Britain. The An Post Chain Reaction man took KOH points on three of the day's four climbs and is now up to fifth in that classification.
Conor Dunne’s ‘all or nothing’ tactic of trying to get in the break at the Tour of Britain yesterday worked for the second time this week when he escaped with four others on the fifth stage of the race.
The An Post-Chainreaction team man was also in the move on Sunday’s opener where he finished the day as leader of the sprints classification.
Though he subsequently lost that jersey the following day, he’s right in the mix for the King of the Mountains jersey after yesterday’s attacking ride from Prudhoe to Hartside Fell.
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“I felt pretty tired after the first stage but I recovered yesterday and had good legs again,” he said.
“I just went straight from the gun and managed to make the early move.
“The plan was to try and pick up as many points as possible, be it sprint primes of KOH points.
"But Pete Williams (One Pro Cycling) has been strong all week and yesterday, he was just too strong for me,” added the 23 year-old.
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A good performance this week could push Dunne into the reckoning for a place on the Irish team for the World Championships in Richmond later this month, though he isn't thinking about that.
Granted, it’s a long shot given the quality of rider vying for the three slots on the team and Dunne admitted while it’s something he’d dearly love, he’s more concerned about the three days left in this race.
“I’ll just give it my absolute best here and we’ll see what happens.
“Yesterday, I did that but I faded towards the end.
“It was a tough day out there on those hard roads so I dropped back to the bunch as we started the final climb but we’ll go again today if we can.
“The Worlds would be a dream but I'm just focussed on this week.”
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