A month after Giro d’Italia accident, Girmay takes national title BY ALASDAIR FOTHERINGHAM | CYCLING NEWS A little more than a month after he had to quit the Giro d’Italia injured, Biniam Girmay has returned to racing with a victory on home soil in Eritrea in the National Time Trial Championships. The Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert leader was […]
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A splendid success for Natnael Tesfazion at the 2022 Adriatica Ionica Race BY TESFANEWS After having shown himself several times at the Giro d’Italia but without being able to reap the fruits of his work, the Eritrean rider raced yesterday splendidly to win stage two of the Adriatica Ionica race.
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Biniam Girmay, 22, had already made history this season, with his victory at Gent-Wevelgem in March making him the first African cyclist to win a World Tour. Biniam Girmay made history as the first black African winner of a Grand Tour stage. Eritrea’s Girmay, 22, beat Mathieu van der Poel in a sprint for the […]
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The 2022 African road champion joins the Bardiani to become the first African rider in the team’s 40 year history BY BARDIANI CSF FAIZANÈ The African continental champion Henok Mulubrhan is a new rider of Bardiani CSF Faizanè. The 22-year-old Eritrean born in Asmara should have become pro with the Qhubeka NextHash. Thanks to his […]
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The Eritrean became the first African rider to win a World Tour race BY TESFANEWS* Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) made history at Gent-Wevelgem, the Eritrean taking the win by outsprinting Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) in the final 250 metres of the cobbled Classic for the biggest win of his young career.
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The Eritrean rider took silver at the U23 road World Championships to become the first Black African to win a medal. BY CYCLING NEWS Biniam Girmay has been named African Cyclist of the Year for the second successive season following his historic silver medal in the under-23 road race at the World Championships in Leuven. […]
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The Eritrean beats Molano and Nizzolo at Challenge Mallorca BY VELONEWS Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) won the Trofeo Alcudia on Thursday on Spain’s Mallorca island. The Eritrean out-kicked a star-studded field to win on the second day at the Mallorca Challenge. Ryan Gibbons (UAE Team Emirates) crossed the line second, with Giacomo Nizzolo (Israel-Premier Tech) […]
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After winning Eritrea’s first world championships medal, Biniam Girmay is poised to blaze new trails in the bunch sprints. BY VELO NEWS Anticipation is building around the 2022 season debut for Biniam Girmay this week at the Mallorca Challenge. Considered by many to be Africa’s top sprinting prospect in a generation, the 21-year-old Biniam Girmay […]
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