When Eddie Dunbar accelerated sharply to snuff out Alexis Vuillermoz´s attack on the climb of Monte Serra in the finale of the Giro della Toscana last month, it was easy to imagine his earpiece crackling into life with a gentle reminder that things weren`t quite done like that on his new team. The Irishman was only added to Team Sky´s roster in mid-September following the collapse of Aqua Blue Sport, and the Giro della Toscana was just his second race in their colours. The team orders were to control affairs on Monte Serra in support of Gianni Moscon, and Dunbar did so in his own uninhibited fashion. `That was my natural instinct,` Dunbar told Cyclingnews at the Tour of Guangxi this week. `I was told after the race that the way they do things is to ride a little more steadily rather than accelerate, which is fair enough. As I said, it was just my natural instinct, but nothing bad came of it.`ADVERTISEMENT That is something of an understatement. Having restored order by chasing down Vuillermoz, Dunbar proceeded to lay down a ferocious tempo on the upper slopes of Monte Serra, and by the time he swung off near the summit only three riders - the elite trio of Moscon, Romain Bardet and Domenico Pozzovivo - had managed to hold his wheel. Moscon proceeded to claim victory in Pontedera, but Dunbar was, by some distance, the day´s best supporting actor. `I wasn`t actually supposed to be the last guy left, there were a couple of other guys who were supposed to be behind me, but they came up and said, `Look, you`re riding strong, you go last man for Moscon,` and I was like, `Alright, no problem,`` explained Dunbar, who was surprised to find that the hierarchy of the team was so fluid: the best man for the job was asked to get on with the task in hand, regardless of prior experience. `That really struck me. They ride to win the race, and they ride to give the person they`re working for the best possible chance to win that race.` Winner of the amateur Tour of Flanders ...
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