Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay Wins A Stage In Tour De France in Italy, Scripts History | Firstpost Africa

Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay Wins A Stage In Tour De France in Italy, Scripts History | Firstpost Africa

Biniam Girmay, a 24-year-old Eritrean athlete has scripted history after winning a stage at the Tour De France In Italy. He became the first black African to win the stage after defeating British cyclist Mark Cavendish. He is also the third African to win the Grande Boucle after South Africans Daryl Impey and Rob Hunter. Soon after his victory, Girmay took to social media to say “Let me open the door. It means a lot personally for me and the continent of Africa.” He eyes the Paris Olympics next. But, the Eritrean cyclist’s journey to success was not easy. He had to leave his home and shift to Europe to achieve his dream and make his country proud. Watch our video for more.

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[Music] and finally to our special segment resurgent Africa amid reports of coups and crises that dominate headlines from the continent we get you positive stories that often get overlooked now our story today is of a 24-year-old athlete who has managed to script history benam gmet has become the first black African to win the Tour to France defeating British cyclist Mark Cavendish he had to leave his home and shift to an entire different continent to be able to etrieve his dream our next report get you more on his story hours of training immense hard work physical and mental exhaust ation an athlete has to win a battle every day to be able to wear the golden medal and when that moment arises all sacrifices pay off this is what happened with bam gmme a 24-year-old eretrian athlete who has scripted history he has become the first black African Rider to win a stage on the tour to France he won stage three of the 2024 tour in tourin he defeated British cyclist Mark Cavendish soon after winning the tournament gmme took to social media to say let me open the door it means a lot personally for me and the continent of Africa he added GM is the third African to win the grand Boule before him South Africans darl impy and Rob Hunter have claimed the title this win marks the eretrian cyclist’s second Grand Tour stage win he won his first title with the 2022 guo the Italia’s Sprint race the tour was his next goal however in his first attempt last year he found the level to be higher than any other race the intensity of the to France caught him by surprise yeah the first thing it’s uh it’s a different race it’s I mean it totally different than uh than IND races even totally than different than the monument let’s say also like jro Italia it’s a it’s a grand tour but the atmosphere also the level of the Riders especially on the Sprint stage it it’s crazy like yeah uh I just knew the Sprint stage it start from I don’t know 10K but in the touret already block the road 55k even 60k so yeah that makes really hard also I think the best Sprinter in the world they are here on the to front so that’s also make the the race harder also the GC guys they need to be uh position it well the last 10K so that also make the race harder so yeah it’s it’s completely different so like I said I was totally nervous from the start until the the finish tour so I already spent a lot of energy for nothing I waste a lot of energy GM’s journey to Glory has not been easy he had to leave not only his home but also the continent to achieve his dream he had to come to Europe learn English and the cycling language to achieve his dream yeah I was really uh nervous already before the start you know if it’s uh it’s the biggest race in the on the cycling and to be part of that it’s uh yeah I I I was really nervous and panic almost from the start until the end of the tour but yeah I learned quite a lot I also knew this is totally different race so you need to prepare well with everything mentally and physically since childhood gy was influenced by Slovak cyclist Peter Sagen and he eventually grew up to follow his model’s footsteps gy is now eyeing the 2024 Paris Olympics I think it’s uh would be nice to represent my country on the Olympic Games to race with the national because yeah this is uh one of the I say one of the opportunity to race with the national team jersey and uh yeah I I’m really looking forward for these two big months the journey could be long the challenges could be many but but as they say success comes to those who refuse to give up G’s Relentless efforts towards his dream is a living example of [Music] that onday the T20 World Cup bang move across to the West and East can you respect hello I’m Al coming to you from D South Africa today we have start with an report on India shifting nuclear for the first time sincear hello and welcome to First P America I’m Eric ham coming to you live from the nation’s capital of Washington [Music] DC e