Eddie Dunbar wins Coppi e Bartali in Italy

The Cork man has become the first Irishman to win a professional stage race in eight years

Cork's Eddie Dunbar of Team INEOS Grenadiers White Leader Jersey (R) celebrates winning the 36th Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali in Cantagrillo, Italy. 

Eddie Dunbar has become the first Irishman to win a professional stage race in eight years after he claimed the five-day Coppi e Bartali in Italy today.

The 25-year old Corkman withstood repeated attacks by those closest to him on the General Classification but held firm to notch a career-best result.