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Eddie Dunbar puts in a mega TT performance on the road to Saint-Peray during the 17.4km test at Criterium du Dauphin\u00e9 (Photo: Vincent Kalut-PN-Sprint Cycling Agency)<\/p>\nEddie Dunbar puts in a mega TT performance on the road to Saint-Peray during the 17.4km test at Criterium du Dauphin\u00e9 (Photo: Vincent Kalut-PN-Sprint Cycling Agency)<\/p>\n
Eddie Dunbar (Team Jayco AlUla) gave us the first look at his much improved TT riding at Tirreno Adriatico back in March but today, at Criterium du Dauphin\u00e9, he demonstrated abilities against the watch that make him a genuine general classification contender.<\/p>\n
In a field that includes the very best general classification riders in the world, Dunbar scorched around the 17.4km course, from Charmes-sur-Rh\u00f4ne to Saint-P\u00e9ray, in an average speed of 47.449kmph.<\/p>\n
And when all the riders were done with their efforts, his time of 21:59 secured for him 8th place on the stage. That would perhaps not be a result of particular significance for other riders who have won Grand Tour stages, as Dunbar has. But it confirms the Cork man\u2019s transformation to a GC rider \u2013 who can both TT and climb \u2013 is complete.<\/p>\n
Last year, when Dunbar was knocked out of racing for a time due to crash injuries, he returned to the fray at the National Road Championships in Limerick, where he won the elite TT. And the work he did on his time trialing, which delivered that title, has clearly continued since then, making Dunbar a much more serious contender in major stage races.<\/p>\n
The TT was won today by the world champion, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep), in a time of 20:50. That was 21 seconds faster than Jonas Vingegaard (Visma | Lease a Bike), with Matteo Jorgenson (Visma | Lease a Bike) 3rd at 38 seconds. <\/p>\n
Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) was back in 4th place, some 49 seconds down on Evenepoel and 28 seconds slower than Vingegaard, who is seen as his main rival for the Tour de France title next month. Dunbar was 8th at 1:09.<\/p>\n
And after gaining 41 seconds on his general classification rivals with a 170km breakaway ride yesterday, Dunbar remains 6th after today\u2019s TT. He holds that position with a lot of climbing to come that should really suit him. He is now just 30 seconds off new race leader Evenepoel.<\/p>\n
After the Belgian in yellow, the impressive young German Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe) is in 2nd place overall, at four seconds. And yesterday\u2019s stage winner \u2013 who was in the breakaway with Dunbar and Lipowitz \u2013 is Iv\u00e1n Romeo (Movistar Team), losing his yellow jersey today but still just nine seconds down.<\/p>\n
Then comes Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), in 4th at 14 seconds, followed by Vingegaard, 5th at 16 seconds, and then Dunbar. The Irish rider is 6th at 30 seconds and equal on time with Poga\u010dar in 7th.<\/p>\n
Archie Ryan (EF Education-EasyPost), riding this race for the first time, put in a decent TT today \u2013 in a discipline not really suited to the climber \u2013 finishing in 50th place at 2:23. Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) was 106th at 3:29, continuing his time losses ahead of an expected assault on a stage win when the race reaches the mountains on Friday.<\/p>\n
The race continues tomorrow with 183km from Saint-Priest to M\u00e2con, which is undulating but could end in a sprint from a reduced bunch. However, after that the remaining three stages all involved hard uphill finishes.<\/p>\n
\n\ud83c\udfc1 \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea@EvenepoelRemco<\/a> remporte le contre-la-montre et endosse le @maillotjauneLCL<\/a> !
\u23ea Revivez le final de la 4\u00e8me \u00e9tape du #Dauphin\u00e9<\/a><\/p>\n\ud83c\udfc1 \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddea@EvenepoelRemco<\/a> wins the ITT and takes the Yellow Jersey!
\u23ea Relive the finale of stage 4 pic.twitter.com\/wtbTMdxhnv<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 Crit\u00e9rium du Dauphin\u00e9 (@dauphine) June 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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