Eddie Dunbar hoping to build on solid start at the Giro d'Italia

Eddie Dunbar's maiden assault on the Giro is approaching the midway point and though there are many twists and turns to come, he's more than pleased with the opening exchanges

FLYING HIGH: Cork's Eddie Dunbar is flying high at the Giro d'Italia, sitting in 11th overall. File pic: INPHO/Bryan Keane

Nine down. Eleven to go. Eddie Dunbar's maiden assault on the Giro d'Italia is approaching the midway point and though there are many twists and turns to come, he's more than pleased with the opening exchanges.

“Solid” is his rather modest one-word synopsis of the 1,400 or so kilometres of Italian tarmac he has covered so far, because the 26-year old Corkman is flying high - if somewhat underneath the radar - in 11th overall.