Vainqueur de la 10e etape du Giro, Biniam Girmay est devenu à 22 ans le premier cycliste érythréen à s’imposer sur une étape d’un grand Tour. An important role for African cycling and confirmation of the talent of young men.
Biniam Girmay will continue to write the history of his country and the African continent. Less than two months after the classic Belgian Gand-Wevelgem, the 22-year-old brilliant curve, this time on the Giro routes. He died on May 17, he was 10 years oldis stage of the Tour d’Italie, between Pescara and Jesi, given the premier African race to win a stage on a grand Tour.
Alors que le peloton avait rétréci en raison des multiples challenges concentrées dans les 100 derniers mileètres de l’épepe, Biniam Girmay a confirmedé l’étendue de ses qualités. Épaulé par son équipe Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux, il a d’abord réduit à néant les velléités d’échappée de ses concurrents avant de remporter le sprint au sein d’un petit comité.
“Dis-moi qui tu as battu, je te dirai quel vainqueur tu es”, est-il coutume de dire dans le cyclisme. Biniam Girmay is in the mood for a great winner: Just the best, the Dutch phenomenon Matthias van der Poel, petit-fils by Raymond Poulidor, levé le pouce in relevant relevance to some of the performance of his son. The enslaved start for the feliciter.
“Every day, he wrote a new story”, said Girmay, the most important event. “Je peux dire que je suis heureux et reconnaissant”, ajouté l’Érythréen, qui fait l’honneur sportif de son pays.
Biniam Girmay Flirt with the victory after the debut of the Tour of Italy: 2is derrière van der Poel lors de la premiere étape, 4is lors des stages 3, 6 and 8 and 5is lors of stage 5.
A regular progression
A prestige of prestige on a grand Tour that compensates for the regular progress and progress. As a sign of adolescence in Érythrée in the imitation son of a cousin, Biniam Girmay tape rapidly to the recruits.
The recycling center of the World Cycling Center (CMC) for the second year in a row, in 2018. This structure, created by the Union of International Cyclists, is dedicated to the object of accompanying the talents of the emerging countries.
Cette même année, il se fait déjà remarquer en devenant patroyn Champion d’Afrique sur route junior, raflant la médaille d’or sur l’épreuve en ligne, le contre-la-montre et le contre-la-montre par équipe. This lords, many of the prestige wizards for their young age, are imposing not only the phenomenal belgium Remco Evenepoel lors de l’Aubel-Thimister-Stavelot. In 2019, the premier coup d’état of the year 2000 will include a professional course in the three-stage stage of the Tropical Amissa Bongo in Gabon with the Eritrean selection. It is located with a win on the Tour du Rwanda and a small place on the stage of the Rain of the Tour de l’Avenir, a veritable Tour de France junior.
Which includes the French continental professional team Nippo Delko One Provence to recruit. Ses speklakli lors de la premiere année chez les pros lui valent d’être désigné coureur africain de l’année par un jury presidé par Bernard Hinault. It is located next to the Grand Southeastern World Tour – the most popular cycling division – with Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux. Avant de remporter Gand-Wevelgem, il s’était déjà fait remarquer fin septembre aux championshipnats du monde en s’adjugeant la médaille d’argent en junior, une premiere pour un coureur africain noir.
Biniam Girmay has made pioneer figures in a sport of African couples in the field of black long time ago, the victors of continental countries have been able to report on white currencies – the most beautiful people of the world have long been present. reportage by white colors – Hunter Robéyie, HunterRobéyie, voire du “Kényan blanc” Christopher Froome.
L’Erythrée, land of cycling
Biniam Girmay is the heiress of a long line of erythréens who are illustrated in cycling. A fair pass by the World Center for Cycling, Daniel Teklehaimanot is the premier of these. In 2015, the premiere of the premier sub-Saharan African race to revitalize the mailbox of the Tour de France. Tekleheimanot. The report is also the classification of the Dauphiné installation in 2015 and 2016.
More than that “excellent”, the compatriots peinaient to install at a higher level. “I need to be cyclical and not be able to go on a train ride”, – said Michel Thesis, director of the CMC, in a relationship with AFP. The result of Biniam Girmay “arrives at the best moment, and you give a second souffle”, estime-t-il. “This is a confirmation of the great potential that exists.”
Coincée entre les hauts plateaux de la Corne de l’Afrique et la mer Rouge, l’Érythrée est propice à la pratique du cyclisme. With a large part of the country between 1800 and 3000 meters of altitude, the curves of the development of exceptional physiological capacities.
The practice of cycling, the heritage of the Italian colonization between 1885 and 1941, is a profound foundation in the culture of erythréen. The competitions and are frequent, and “of a level”, said Michel Thèze.
In Africa, the Eritreans are a great attraction to the competition: since 2010, they have already reported on some of the continental individual titles on the route, and two titles against the team. Plus teams of minents on these talents, in the image of EF Education-EasyPost with Merhawi Kudus or Cofidis with Natnael Berhane.
Leur reusite suscite une enorme ferveur, en Erythrée comme dans la diaspora. “Ceux qui réussissent sont des vedettes,” confirmed Michel Thesis. The font of ambassadors for this country is not up to date due to the fact that it has been affected by the regime of violet rights of the people of Homme, its implication in the conflict in Ethiopia and the opposition, which requires the UN fin des combats in Ukraine.
In 2015, at the end of the Tour de France, Daniel Teklehaimanot and Merhawi Kudus on the catwalk in the ruins of a Asmara lie and this is the result of the President Issayas Afewerki.
“Child, I consider the Tour d’Italie to television”
Due to the fact that immigrant compatriots in Europe and the departments and arrivals of courses, Biniam Girmay avait insisted on going to the Giro department on the particularities that revolve around the Erythrée Tour of Italy in the Liège de Liiensou,.
“Enfant, je regardais le Tour d’Italie à la télévision avec mes amis. Je sortais faire du velo avec le rêve d’un jour pouvoir pariciper à un grand Tour”, avait raconté l’Érythréen. . [..] Cela signifierait beaucoup pour mon pays, pour le continent africain et le cyclisme en géneral “, ajoutait-il.
Dix stages plus tard, l’objectif est déjà atteint. Mais au moment de fêter son succès historique sur le podium protocolaire de Jesi, le jeune Erythréen de 22 ans a malencontreusement reçu dans l’œil le bouchon de la bouteille géante qu’il devait ouvrir. A blessing to be made by the department of the next stage and to continue with me with Arnaud Démare for the sprinter mailman. This new premiere for a couch devra donc encore visit a peu.
Une fois cet incident derrière lui, l’avenir s’annonce brilliant pour le natif d’Asmara. The young puncher in the doubles in a coin of the title of the Championship of the 2025 World Championships, organized in Rwanda, a premiere for Africa. What kind of history does it take to be able to see a major issuer of the continent and lever les bras?