Biniam Girmay confirms his Giro d’Italia is over after eye injury
Biniam Girmay pulled out of the Giro d’Italia before the start of Wednesday’s stage 11 after injuring his eye while celebrating his historic win on Tuesday.
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Biniam Girmay abandons Giro d’Italia 2022 with eye injury after Prosecco celebration incident
Biniam Girmay has confirmed he has abandoned the Giro d’Italia after popping a Prosecco cork in his eye in the wake of his historic triumph on Stage 10. The Eritrean (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) was seen wincing on the podium before he was treated in an ambulance and taken to hospital in Jesi. He was discharged with a bandaged left eye on Tuesday evening.
Giro d'Italia 2022 Stage 11 - How to watch on Wednesday, TV and live stream details, timings and route
After Biniam Girmay's historic victory on Tuesday, another chance for the fast men arrives on Stage 11. Only this time, Mark Cavendish (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) and Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) will expect to feature. The flat-track bullies were cruelly distanced by their more versatile, but slower, rivals during the early hills on Stage 10, but there should be no repeat on the pan-flat run from Santarcangelo di Romagna to Reggio Emilia.
Popped cork forces stage winner Girmay to abandon Giro
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.
Mathieu Van der Poel’s magnificent gesture enhances significance of Biniam Girmay’s historic Giro d'Italia stage win
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.
History-making Girmay injured as champagne cork mars Giro win
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.
'I'm in awe' - Biniam Girmay lauded after seeing off Mathieu van der Poel in historic win at Giro d'Italia
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.
‘Take the right way!’ – Biniam Girmay’s dream almost unravels after going wrong way at Giro d’Italia
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.