2022 GW The First African!
Sprinting to victory!
March, 27 - BINIAM GIRMAY (2000) secured a place in the history books in the Flemish classic GENT-WEVELGEM. The 21-year-old Eritrean was already the 'teddy bear' in the Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert team, but now also manifests himself as the showpiece of the team leader Hilaire Van der Schueren's formation. And to say that he had never heard of the Flemish hills like the "Kemmelberg" and cobblestones...
How does the radio communication work? “He hardly says anything,” said Hilaire Van der Schueren. “During the race he came to ask for a rice cake and he took a second one. 'yummy' that's about all he said."
("Het Nieuwsblad", March 28, 2022)
2022 GW The First African!
Sprinting to victory!
March, 27 - BINIAM GIRMAY (2000) secured a place in the history books in the Flemish classic GENT-WEVELGEM. The 21-year-old Eritrean was already the 'teddy bear' in the Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert team, but now also manifests himself as the showpiece of the team leader Hilaire Van der Schueren's formation. And to say that he had never heard of the Flemish hills like the "Kemmelberg" and cobblestones...
How does the radio communication work? “He hardly says anything,” said Hilaire Van der Schueren. “During the race he came to ask for a rice cake and he took a second one. 'yummy' that's about all he said."
("Het Nieuwsblad", March 28, 2022)