2022 Biniam Girmay
BINIAM GIRMAY (2000) is an Eritrean cyclist who is riding for the Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux team of sports director Hilaire Van der Schueren as from August 2021. He became the first African winner of a cycling classic with his victory in Gent-Wevelgem in 2022.
At the 2021 World Championship in Leuven, Belgium, he took silver in the U23 road race, becoming the first black African cyclist to win a medal at the World Championship. When he returned home to Eritrea, he received a hero's welcome.
In 2022, Girmay finished 5th in the E3 Saxo Bank Classic and won Gent-Wevelgem in a sprint with four… a career that will have more highlights in the future. To be continued...
(picture "Het Nieuwsblad", March 28, 2022)
2022 Biniam Girmay
BINIAM GIRMAY (2000) is an Eritrean cyclist who is riding for the Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux team of sports director Hilaire Van der Schueren as from August 2021. He became the first African winner of a cycling classic with his victory in Gent-Wevelgem in 2022.
At the 2021 World Championship in Leuven, Belgium, he took silver in the U23 road race, becoming the first black African cyclist to win a medal at the World Championship. When he returned home to Eritrea, he received a hero's welcome.
In 2022, Girmay finished 5th in the E3 Saxo Bank Classic and won Gent-Wevelgem in a sprint with four… a career that will have more highlights in the future. To be continued...
(picture "Het Nieuwsblad", March 28, 2022)