DUNBAR Edward

Type of rider
Climber (ineosgrenadiers.com, 05 May 2020)

General
IRELAND TO MONACO
In December 2019 he moved from Cork, Ireland, to Monaco, France. "The team [INEOS Grenadiers] is based here and I have access to the team house, my coach is here and obviously a few of the guys in the team are here. I have settled in and I like it. It's a great base to train and we get great support from the team. I spend a bit of time with [fellow Irish professional cyclist] Sam Bennett, especially over the last year we got to know each other well." (irishexaminer.com, 12 Feb 2021; irishtimes.com, 26 May 2020; stickybottle.com, 08 Feb 2020)

RETIREMENT THOUGHTS
He considered quitting the sport after sustaining a severe concussion at the 2017 Baby Giro d'Italia [Girobiro]. "I kind of realised I was living in a bit of a bubble, with cycling, and got a little lost. You call your friends, and realise they were off in college, or my girlfriend, who was off in Spain. I very close to quitting, a couple of weeks away maybe. I had become a bit too strict about it, racing all the time, no real escape outside of cycling. I really thought I was done with it. It wasn't a positive time in my life, and I realised I had to change a few things to enjoy the sport again. There are still some side effects to the crash, and I have to be very aware if I hit my head again. That definitely shook me up as a person. It opened my eyes to a few things, made me realise there is more to life than riding my bike." (irishtimes.com, 26 May 2020)