Eddie Dunbar (Ineos Grenadiers) won Tour de Hongrie yesterday with an incredible attack on the final climb of the day; the 12.km cat 1 to
Gyöngyös-Kékestető, averaging 5.8 per cent.
Ben Turner took it up on the climb for team mate Dunbar and immediately he swung over with 2km to go the Irishman pulled the trigger. Initially nobody in the select group was able to go after him and Dunbar pulled out a huge gap.
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However, Antonio Tiberi of Trek-Segafredo, the junior world TT champion from the Yorkshire Worlds in 2019 - after overcoming a disastrous start - got clear on his own and began closing the gap to the Irishman.
The overhead shot in this video shows just how fast Tiberi gained on Dunbar in the final 100 metres. But while the Irishman was disappointed to lose the stage, he still came away with the overall victory - his second of the season after winning Coppi e Bartali in March.
