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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.
Biniam Girmay created history on Tuesday by clinching stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday.
PESCARA, Italy (Reuters) - Biniam Girmay became the first rider from Eritrea to win a Grand Tour stage after coming through a packed group with an impressive sprint to claim stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday.
Biniam Girmay (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) became the first Black African rider to win a Grand Tour stage after holding off Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) in a thrilling finale on Stage 10. Girmay was forced to fight through the pack in the closing kilometres after briefly going the wrong way on a descent, but his superb Intermarche team delivered him back to the front of a reduced 30-man group that contested the win.
Biniam Girmay won stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday, making history as the first Black African to win a stage on any of the three grand tours.
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) was forced to stop after getting a piece of material trapped in his jockey wheel on Stage 10 at the Giro d’Italia – before his chain fell off immediately as he tried to pull away on his replacement bike. The Dutchman pulled to the side of the road with 55km remaining on the run to Jesi on Tuesday, before he battled with a strip of black material looped around his chain. Ad/> Fortunately, he was only stranded for about 30 seconds before a team car pulled alongside with a replacement bike.
Mark Cavendish (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) and Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) were again distanced as the Giro d’Italia went uphill – with their more versatile, but slower, sprint rivals keen to remove them from the equation on Stage 10. Alpecin-Fenix and Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux, riding for pre-stage favourites Mathieu van der Poel and Biniam Girmay respectively, wanted to ensure Cavendish and Ewan were distanced before the finish.