Eddie Dunbar: 'People around will know how much this means to me'

The 25-year old Cork man won his first professional race on Saturday and the victory was all the sweeter given the battles with bad luck and injuries he has waged over the past year.

Eddie Dunbar celebrates winning the 36th Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali in Cantagrillo, Italy. 

Relief was the overriding emotion for Eddie Dunbar who won his first professional bike race, the prestigious five-day Coppi e Bartali in Italy, on Saturday.

The 25-year old Cork man prevailed by nine seconds from his INEOS Grenadiers teammate Ben Tulett and the victory was all the sweeter given the battles with bad luck and injuries he has waged over the past year.