Eddie Dunbar wins Junior Tour of Wales

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Ireland's Eddie Dunbar dominated the three-day NFTO Junior Tour of Wales, winning two stages with solo efforts to end up almost five minutes clear of his nearest rival in the overall standings.

Dunbar (Sensa Munster), twice winner of the Junior Tour of Ireland, took the leader’s yellow jersey on stage two when he rode away from the rest of the field on the mountain top finish at Llangynidr, finishing 2-43 clear, and he did it again in atrocious conditions for Monday’s fifth stage finale as he opened up a gap of 41 seconds over second-placed Stephen Williams (Wales) on the four-mile climb of Tumble Mountain to the finish.

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