Jack Wilson - in green - up the road in a strong breakaway at Omloop van het Waasland in Belgium yesterday.
Eddie Dunbar and Jack Wilson yesterday gave a good account of themselves in the one-day Omloop van het Waasland; a 192km UCI ranked 1.2 event.
The riders faced 62km before racing around a 14.4km finishing circuit nine times, with cobbles on each loop.
The race eventually came down to a bunch sprint won by Geert van der Weijst of Team 3M.
Wilson and Conor Dunne - who also made a number of efforts to get clear - of An Post-Chainreaction finished in the bunch along with Dunbar of NFTO Pro Cycling.
Dunbar, third in line, getting his first taste of international racing against elite riders.
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However, that group finish came after Wilson and Dunbar had made their presence felt.
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Wilson was in the thick of the early exchanges and while those moves came to nothing, Dunbar then took up the challenge.
He got clear in a group after around 50km and stayed away for almost 20km; a very good showing for a rider in only his third competitive outing since leaving the junior ranks.
After around 130km Wilson was again getting involved at the head of affairs and pulled clear in a breakaway that would gain over one minute.
However, while it looked like a strong move, they were reeled in after around 30km up the road.
Conor Dunne of An Post-Chainreaction in Belgium yesterday; he made a number of efforts to get clear.
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