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Hours after becoming the first Black African rider to win a Grand Tour stage, Eritrea's Biniam Girmay has been forced to abandon the Giro d'Italia after suffering an eye injury during the podium celebrations.
Jugando a deporte ficción, ¿se imaginan a LeBron James consiguiendo una medalla de oro en un mundial de natación? Tal magnitud de hazaña se puede extrapolar a lo que ha conseguido Biniam Girmay (Asmara, 22 años) en el ciclismo, concretamente en una en la que escribió una nueva página en los libros de historia de este deporte. El corredor del Intermarché-Wanty, en un intenso duelo al esprint con Mathieu van der Poel, se convirtió en el primer eritreo en ganar una etapa en las 105 ediciones de la Corsa Rosa, además, en su debut en una gran vuelta. Un hito sin precedentes que confirma lo que sospechábamos desde principios de temporada con su es un nuevo prodigio del ciclismo.
The advent of Eritrea’s first ever Giro d’Italia stage winner was far from a box-ticking exercise. Biniam Girmay didn’t just win a routine bunch sprint or kick clear from a reduced field on terrain that suited his strengths. Nor was he gifted the historic win – the first for a Black African rider in cycling’s Grand Tours – or triumph because others had gone home or thrown in the towel.
PESCARA, Italy: Biniam Girmay claimed stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday (May 17) to create history as the first Black African to win on any of the three grand tours but his celebrations were cut short by a champagne cork.
Biniam Girmay is the newest star of cycling after his historic win at the Giro d’Italia, with Robbie McEwen saying he is “in awe” of the Eritrean on The Breakaway. Girmay (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) hinted at his potential with a fine win at Gent-Wevelgem in March and a string of top-five finishes at the Giro, before producing the biggest performance of his career on Tuesday. Ad/> The 21-year-old was forced to fight through the pack in the closing kilometres on Stage 10 after briefly going the wrong way on a descent – but his superb Intermarche team delivered him back to the front.
Biniam Girmay became the first black African to win a stage of a Grand Tour with victory in the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday.
Biniam Girmay’s historic Grand Tour victory almost never happened after the Eritrean briefly went the wrong way in the closing stages on Stage 10 at the Giro d'Italia. Girmay (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) produced a brilliant sprint to see off Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) to become the first Black African to win a Grand Tour stage – but he almost missed the finale after a lapse in concentration. Ad/> As the front group jostled for position on the final descent with 7km remaining, Girmay was caught out by a tight hairpin.
Biniam Girmay (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) was taken to hospital after accidentally popping a champagne cork in his eye – just minutes after he had made history at the Giro d’Italia. The Eritrean had become the first Black African rider to win a Grand Tour stage before his celebrations went wrong.