2022 GIRO A Man on a Mission
Mathieu van der Poel's thumbs up for Biniam Girmay's sprint victory! An example of sportsmanship, as it should always be.
Tuesday, May 17: Stage 10, Pescara - Jesi, 196 km
BINIAM GIRMAY (2000) has written another page of history in the voluminous Giro book. The Eritrean became the first black person of African origin to win a stage in a Grand Tour. But what must have been a very happy day ended in the hospital when the cork of the bottle of prosecco on the stage hit him full in the eye. Perhaps there is better celebration with a bottle of Italian wine?
A new milestone for the Eritrean. In 2021 he became the first black person of African origin to take a medal at the World Cycling Championships by taking silver in Leuven, Belgium, at the 'amateur' race (under 23). In March 2022 he booked his first classic victory in Gent-Wevelgem and now also a stage victory in a Grand Tour has been added.
Girmay is definitely a man on a mission.
(photo in "Het Nieuwsblad, May 18, 2022)
PS - Due to this 'cork in the eye' accident Girmay had to leave the Giro the next day...
2022 GIRO A Man on a Mission
Mathieu van der Poel's thumbs up for Biniam Girmay's sprint victory! An example of sportsmanship, as it should always be.
Tuesday, May 17: Stage 10, Pescara - Jesi, 196 km
BINIAM GIRMAY (2000) has written another page of history in the voluminous Giro book. The Eritrean became the first black person of African origin to win a stage in a Grand Tour. But what must have been a very happy day ended in the hospital when the cork of the bottle of prosecco on the stage hit him full in the eye. Perhaps there is better celebration with a bottle of Italian wine?
A new milestone for the Eritrean. In 2021 he became the first black person of African origin to take a medal at the World Cycling Championships by taking silver in Leuven, Belgium, at the 'amateur' race (under 23). In March 2022 he booked his first classic victory in Gent-Wevelgem and now also a stage victory in a Grand Tour has been added.
Girmay is definitely a man on a mission.
(photo in "Het Nieuwsblad, May 18, 2022)
PS - Due to this 'cork in the eye' accident Girmay had to leave the Giro the next day...