Rider Profile
Biniam Girmay Hailu
Intermarché-Wanty

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168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Biniam Girmay was born on April 2, 2022 in Asmara, Eritrea.
He began racing for the World Cycling Centre (WCC) in 2018 and went on to win triple titles in the junior men's road race, individual time trial and team time trial at the African Continental Championships. He also won stages of the Aubel-Thimister-Stavelot, Tour du Rwanda and La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, which led𒁃 to his first professional contract with NIPPO DELKO One Provence in 2020. He then secured a place on the WorldTour with Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux as a trainee in 2021.
On the international stage, Girmay excelled in the one-day 1.Pro Series and 1.1-level races before securing the silver medal in the under-23 men's road race at the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2021 UCI Road World Championships in Leuven,🎉 Flanders, beꦐcoming the first Black African rider to achieve a podium finish in the history of the event.
In 2022, at just 22 years old, Girmay went on to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:score a historic victory for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Eritrean and African cycling at Gent-Wevelgem. At the Giro d'Italia, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:he won stage 10 into Jesi, claiming the first Grand Tour stage victory of his own career, the first Grand Tour stage win in history for an Eritrean, and becoming the first�💟� Black African rider to win a Grand Tour stage.
Girmay's success in professional cycling was celebrated when he was voted 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:African Cyclist of the Year for the third time in succession in 2022 after a season that saw ꩵhim claim historic victories at Gent-Wevelgem and the Giro d’💯Italia.
In 2023, Girmay made his Tour de France debut but went home winless. He returned to much ꦑmore success in 2024, when he became the first black African to win a stage of the Tour de France in the opening bunch finish. The success continued when he won two more stages and the green jersey, as overall points classification winn♉er, making even more history for his country.
After his triumph at the Tour, Girmay extended his contract again with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Interm𒊎arché🦋-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux through 2028, after already having a deal until 2026, describing the Belgian outfit as "like a family to me."
Key Results
1st 2024 Tour de France stage 3, 8, 12
1st 2024 Tour de France points classification
1st Circuit Franco Belge (2024)
1st Surf Coast Classic (2024)
1st Tour de Suisse stage 2 (2024)
1st Gent-Wevelgem 2022
1st stage 10 Giro d'Italia 2022
1st junior men's road race African Continental Championships 2018
1st junior men's individual time trial African Continental Championships 2018
1st junior men's team time trial African Continental Championships 2018
2nd under-23 men's road race UC♏I Road World Championshipᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs 2021
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