Biniam Girmay earns a historic win in stage three of the Tour de France — and his team says it hopes it 'opens the floodgates' for more riders from Africa to make it in the sport of road cycling.
Eritrea n cyclist Biniam Girmay has won a sprint finish to become the first black African rider to win a stage at the Tour de France.
"There is a whole continent that has been waiting for this," said Aike Visbeek, the performance director for Girmay's Intermarche-Wanty team. Also in 2022, Girmay became the first rider from a sub-Saharan country to win a single-day classic at the Gent-Wevelgem race. Members of the Israel-Premier Tech team fell ahead of Cavendish, who crossed 113th but was given the same finishing time as Girmay as per rules that neutralise the times in case of crashes in the final five kilometres.
The race crosses back into France on Tuesday during Stage 4, the first big mountain leg going up to Sestriere and over the Col du Galibier — one of the Tour's classic climbs — in the 140-kilometre route from Pinerolo to Valloire.
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