{"id":78867,"date":"2025-08-18T14:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/78867\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T14:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:14:14","slug":"tom-is-the-clear-leader-so-this-is-the-right-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/78867\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cTom Is the clear leader, so this is the right moment\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eddie Dunbar<\/a> will ride for Q36.5 over the next two seasons<\/a>. The 28-year-old Irishman is making the move from Jayco AlUla, as his new team announced on Monday.
\n\u201cGrand tours suit me well because I tend to get stronger toward the end,\u201d said the climber.Dunbar previously rode with Tom Pidcock<\/a> at INEOS Grenadiers and also knows Kurt Bogaerts well from that period.
\n\u201cWhen Kurt Bogaerts, who I know well from my time at INEOS, joined the team, my interest really grew. I know how he works. I also spoke with Doug Ryder about the team\u2019s direction and their expectations. With Tom, they have a clear leader, which is always a good thing for any team. So this feels like the right time for me to bring my knowledge and experience to the table.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cQ36.5 Pro Cycling Team is clearly on the rise, and that\u2019s a good sign. They race competitively, they go all in, even when they don\u2019t win, and they create a great atmosphere by riding as a united team,\u201d added Dunbar, who won two stages at last year\u2019s Vuelta.<\/p>\n

Continue reading below the photo!<\/p>\n

\"eddieDunbar aims to make his mark in grand tours<\/p>\n

If it\u2019s up to the rider himself, we\u2019ll be seeing Eddie Dunbar at the front again in three-week races.
\n\u201cGrand tours suit me because I tend to get better as the race goes on. I handle the workload of a three-week race really well. There have been glimpses of what I\u2019m capable of, but due to crashes and illness, I haven\u2019t yet reached my full potential.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the goal for the next two years,\u201d said the newly signed Q36.5 rider.
\n\u201cThe team has already raced some big events, and I hope to contribute in the future. Winning a race is never easy, but if the opportunity arises, I\u2019ll be ready to take it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kurt Bogaerts, who knows Dunbar well, added some context on behalf of the team:
\n\u201cEddie is a very interesting rider who I know well. He can climb, time trial, and naturally has a punchy style. He\u2019s already shown great things in smaller stage races, but he also won two stages in the Vuelta and has frequently supported team leaders. He\u2019s versatile and handles tough races well. I\u2019m happy to have him on board,\u201d said the Belgian.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we recruit, we don\u2019t just look at numbers and results on the bike, we also look at who the rider is as a person. What kind of personality do they bring? With Eddie, we have someone who fits well in the group, is respected, and well-liked. He has huge potential in grand tours, which he\u2019s already shown, and I believe we can help him become even better.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Dunbar will ride for Q36.5 over the next two seasons. The 28-year-old Irishman is making the move…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78868,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-78867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78867\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}