After landing third place on a stage of the Giro d’Italia last month, Eddie Dunbar went agonisingly close to taking his first professional victory on Thursday. Frenchman Élie Gesbert (Arkéa-Samsic) was two seconds behind in third, with 2017 Tour de France runner-up Rigoberto Uran fourth. Elsewhere, Nicolas Roche (Team Sunweb) continued his advance in the Tour de Suisse, going from 15th to 10th overall on the mountain stage to Flumserberg. He was a charismatic, generous and very likeable figure within Irish cycling, and did much as a volunteer to advance the sport. Irish: 16, N. Roche (Team Sunweb) at 1 min 15 secs.

Source: The Irish Times June 20, 2019 17:26 UTC