Seth Dunwoody has told stickybottle while he was delighted with his stage win at the Peace Race UCI Nations Cup in Czechia, the manner it was executed had given everyone involved great satisfaction.
Yesterday afternoon's stage 2b came down to a big bunch sprint after 60km of racing, with Dunwoody of Team Ireland pulling the trigger for a big victory, against many of the top juniors in the world. It was the first time ever and Irish rider had crossed the line first in a UCI Junior Nations Cup race.
He had Cal Tutty, David Gaffney, Patrick Casey and Joseph Mullen for support, with those riders working on the front of the bunch when required during the day and also positioning Dunwoody.
Aside from the work on the road, Dunwoody also said the tactics set out by team management before the stage, which were then executed by everyone on the team, proved vital.
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"It was a pretty crazy day," Dunwoody told stickybottle. "We had a team plan and every rider, with good tacticians behind us in Martyn Irvine and Michael Black.. and every rider had a job to do today.
"And every one of them responded to that super well and every successfully carried out that role.
"So at the end of the day it's me putting my hands in the air, but realistically all five of us there today are winning.
"It's a satisfying win for myself, personally, but also for the country as well and I'm really happy. Martyn was telling me earlier that the last Irish Nations Cup win was Eddie Dunbar at the Tour of Flanders, so there you go," Dunwoody added.
Dunbar won the U23 version of Flanders in 2017. Dunbar also took overall victory - belatedly - in the junior Trofeo Karlsberg (2.Ncup) in 2014 when the rider who "won" the race was later disqualified for doping.
