Seth Dunwoody (Cannibal B Victorious) has continued his ascent on the European scene with another top result in France today just a week after being active off the front of Paris-Roubaix Juniors in the final before taking 12th place.
The 17-year-old has now put himself in a great position to repeat one of his stand-out performances of the 2023 season when he took a stage win and the general classification in the same UCI-ranked race.
Today on the opening stage of three at Penn Ar Bed-Pays d'Iroise (2.1) the Irish junior road race champion finished a close 2nd to Jules Simon (CIC U Nantes Atlantique U19) in the final sprint that settled the honours.
The 101.6 stage, from Plouzané to Ploumoguer, came down to a huge sprint, from a bunch of just over 100 juniors from all over the world.
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As well as runner-up Dunwoody, a number of other Irish juniors were also in action for E Tarrant & Sons LTD Skoda Munster Team.
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Willem O'Connor, Cal Tutty and Michael Collins all finished in the bunch, in 72nd, 76th and 82nd respectively. Eoghan Lattimore was 122nd at 1:38 - after being brought down in a crash with 4km to go as he was in the bunch - while Rory Condon placed 148th at 7:31.
Dunwoody won the opening stage at Penn Ar Bed-Pays d'Iroise last year, when he escaped in a nine-rider group to claim the victory a couple of seconds ahead of his breakaway companions.
That meant he claimed the yellow jersey going into the stage 2 TT, which he finished 12th in, before winning stage 3 in the afternoon to wrap up overall victory.
The riders will again face a TT tomorrow morning - a pan flat 7.5km in Plougonvelin - before a 121km stage, with several minor climbs, into Plouzané in the afternoon.
