Eddie Dunbar, left, in characteristically aggressive form up the road against the UK pros at the Jock Wadley Memorial in Colchester, Essex, today (Photo: VeloUK.net)
Having taken his first podium placing in his maiden competitive outing in the UK last weekend, Irish teenager Eddie Dunbar has again been to the fore across the water.
Now riding for the NFTO Pro Cycling Continental-ranked team, Dunbar scored a top 10 placing in the Jock Wadley Memorial in Colchester, Essex.
The race was won by his team mate Steele Von Hoffe; the Australian former Garmin-Sharp WorldTour rider who won the Australian national criterium title this year and in 2014.
He also won a stage of the Tour Down Under in January when riding for the Australian national team.
One of the men who beat Dunbar for the win in the Severn Bridge Road Race near Bristol last weekend when the Irishman was 3rd, Yanto Barker of ONE Pro Cycling was 2nd today.
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Von Hoffe and Barker - along with Rory Townsend (Pedal Heaven) - today got clear of the breakaway, which included Dunbar, and contested victory in a three-up sprint at the end of the 136km race.
Dunbar's new NFTO team mate winning a stage of the Tour Down Under in his native Australia back in January. He moved from Garmin-Sharp over winter (Photo: Sirotti)
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Dunbar was involved in the attacking from the outset and when an initial five-man group broke clear only to be joined by six more, Dunbar and Von Hoffe were both present for NFTO Pro Cycling.
They worked very together and pulled out a lead of seven minutes on the peloton, which seemed to throw the towel in.
However, the bunch sprang to life again when they were warned they would be stopped and pulled out if they did not race.
Up ahead, Von Hoffe and Dunbar were heavily marked, although the 27-year-old Australian was simply too strong and pulled clear late in the day with Barker and Townsend under pressure applied by Barker.
Dunbar played the dutiful team mate at that stage and marked any counter attacking after the three leaders on the pan flat course.
In the closing stages up front Townsend clearly did not want to arrive at the finish with Von Hoffe and so attacked him and Barker, but to no avail.
He was eventually forced to settle for 3rd behind the Australian winner and Barker, with Dunbar crossing the line in 7th place.
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