Edward Dunbar (born 1 September 1996) is an Irish professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam . Dunbar won stage 19 at the 2026 Vuelta a España, two stages at the 2024 Vuelta a España and was the 2024 Irish National Time Trial Champion.
Career Amateur career Hailing from Banteer, County Cork, Dunbar joined local amateur team O'Leary Stone Kanturk in 2013. He quickly shot to prominence on the national junior scene, winning the Irish National Championships Junior Time Trial the same year. He followed this up with victory in the junior Road Race and third in the junior Time Trial in 2014. He was named 2014 Irish Male Cyclist of the Year at the Cycling Ireland Awards.
Aqua Blue Sport & Team Sky (2018–22) Dunbar joined Irish team for the 2018 season. However, the team encountered financial difficulties and was given dispensation by the governing body UCI to allow riders to move to other teams. Dunbar was transferred to in September 2018. He competed in the 2019 Giro d'Italia and came third on stage twelve of the race.
Team Jayco–AlUla In August 2022, it was announced that Dunbar was to join from the 2023 season, on a three-year contract. He finished 7th in the 2023 Giro d’Italia.
Pinarello Q36.5 In August 2025, Dunbar signed a two-year contract with Pinarello Q36.5 starting from the 2026 season.
Race wins Dunbar has five professional wins, and a further win in a professional race while temporarily riding as an amateur. These include two general classification victories, three stage wins and a national time trial championship.
He won two stages at the 2024 Vuelta a España, finishing first on stages eleven and twenty. On stage eleven, he was in a large group that broke clear of the peloton early in the stage and stayed ahead of the main field for over 100km. Approaching the finish in a group of fourteen riders, he sprinted clear with one kilometre to go and held on to win the stage ahead of Quinten Hermans and Max Poole.Eurosport - La Vuelta a España Stage 11 Highlights. Youtube.com
His win on stage twenty came after he moved clear of the race leader's group with five kilometres to go and started to chase down stage leader Pavel Sivakov. Dunbar made up the deficit of forty seconds and continued to push on the hilly terrain as Sivakov faded, ultimately taking the win by seven seconds from Enric Mas. Race leader and eventual champion Primož Roglič was a further three seconds behind in third place.Eurosport - La Vuelta a España Stage 20 Highlights. Youtube.com
He took his first general classification win at the 2022 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, a five-stage race in Italy. Dunbar finished second to Mauro Schmid on stage one and moved into the race lead after the second stage. He held the lead from there until the end of the race, finishing nine seconds ahead of Ben Tulett.ProCyclingStats - 2022 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali His second overall victory came a few weeks later at the 2022 Tour de Hongrie. The first four stages were won by sprinters, with the fifth and final stage proving decisive. Dunbar took the overall victory after a second place finish on the last day, winning by twenty-three seconds ahead of Óscar Rodríguez.ProCyclingStats - 2022 Tour de Hongrie
Dunbar was the 2024 Irish National Time Trial Champion. Raced on a 36.6km course around Athea, Dunbar finished 15 seconds ahead of Ryan Mullen to take his first elite national title. Dunbar had finished second in the race behind six-time winner Mullen on three previous occasions.ProCyclingStats - 2024 Irish National Championships Mens Elite Time Trial
His first win in a professional race came at the 2016 An Post Rás. Dunbar won stage seven from Dungarvan to Baltinglass and finished fourth in the general classification. At the time, Dunbar was riding professionally with American team Axeon Hagens Berman. However, the team did not enter the race and Dunbar rode as part of the nominally amateur Irish National Team.ProCyclingStats - 2016 An Post Rás Stage 7 ResultsVeloUK - Eddie Dunbar Wins Stage Seven
Grand Tour participation In addition to the 2026 Vuelta a España, where he won stage 19, and the 2024 Vuelta a España where he finished eleventh and scored two stage victories, Dunbar also competed in the 2023 Vuelta and the 2019, 2023 and 2024 editions of the Giro d'Italia.
In his first Grand Tour appearance at the 2019 Giro, Dunbar finished the race in 22nd place and was the second-highest overall finisher on the Ineos Grenadiers team. He finished third on stage twelve from Cuneo to Pinerolo, his first stage podium in a Grand Tour race.ProCyclingStats - Eddie Dunbar 2019 Dunbar finished the race ahead of future Grand Tour winners Jai Hindley and Sepp Kuss.
His second appearance at one of cycling's showpiece three-week races came at the Giro in 2023, taking five top-ten stage results on his way to seventh place overall. He finished fourth on stage 16 from Sabbio Chiese to Monte Bondone, his best stage result of the race.ProCyclingStats - Eddie Dunbar 2023 He returned to the Giro in 2024 but withdrew early in the race after crashing on stage two. He remounted and completed the stage but did not take the start for stage three.IrishTimes.com - Dunbar loses time after crash
His first Vuelta appearance came in 2023. He was in 42nd place overall after stage four but crashed in the neutral zone before the official start of stage five and withdrew from the race.Cyclingnews.com - Eddie Dunbar abandons Vuelta a España
Major results Source:
2013 1st Time trial, National Junior Road Championships 5th Overall Junior Tour of Wales 2014 National Junior Road Championships 1st Road race 3rd Time trial 1st Overall Junior Tour of Wales 1st Stages 2 & 5 1st Overall Trofeo Karlsberg 2nd Shay Elliott Memorial Race 2015 National Road Championships 1st Under-23 road race 2nd Time trial 2nd Road race 2nd Under-23 time trial 4th Overall Tour of the Reservoir 9th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 2016 National Road Championships 1st Under-23 time trial 2nd Time trial 4th Overall An Post Rás 1st Stage 7 6th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships 9th Time trial, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships 2017 1st Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften 2nd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships 3rd Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano 5th Overall Volta ao Alentejo 5th Clássica da Arrábida 6th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto 2018 4th Overall Tour of Belgium 5th Volta Limburg Classic 8th Overall Tour de Yorkshire 8th Overall Tour de l'Avenir 8th Memorial Marco Pantani 2019 National Road Championships 2nd Road race 2nd Time trial 3rd Overall Tour de Yorkshire 5th Overall Route d'Occitanie 6th Overall Tour de Wallonie 6th Giro della Toscana 7th Overall Tour de la Provence 2020 4th Giro dell'Emilia 6th Overall Tour de la Provence 2021 1st Young rider classification, Tour de Suisse 9th GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano 2022 (2 pro wins) 1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 1st Overall Tour de Hongrie 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 2023 7th Overall Giro d'Italia 7th Overall Tour de Pologne 9th Overall Tour de Romandie 2024 (3) 1st Time trial, National Road Championships Vuelta a España 1st Stages 11 & 20 2026 (1) Vuelta a España 1st Stage 19 Combativity award Stage 19
Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Giro d'Italia 22 — — —7 — — — Tour de France — — — — — — DNF — Vuelta a España — — — — DNF 11 21 DNF
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
Awards In 2014, Dunbar was named as the Irish Male Cyclist of the Year.
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