Description
Stage 7 of Paris–Nice produced another fast sprint finish and Biniam Girmay came incredibly close to taking the win.
Girmay finished 2nd on the stage, but the key moment actually happened much earlier — around 1 km to go.
While teams like Ineos still had multiple riders controlling the front of the race, Girmay was left to surf wheels on his own.
When the sprint finally launched, he was roughly 6–10 wheels back, forcing him to sprint through riders instead of launching from the front.
Despite that, Girmay still produced one of the fastest finishes of the day to take second place.
This result shows that the speed and form are clearly there, but positioning and team support in the final kilometre made the difference between winning and finishing second.
In this video we break down:
• the final kilometre
• why team numbers mattered
• why launching from too far back is almost impossible to overcome
• what this performance says about Girmay’s current form
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4 Comments
NSN team had a nice position till the last 3k to go with bini on their wheel, then they were done and bini sprinted all the way from the back without a lead out, but overall what a sprint from bini and was a great result 🎉🎉🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷thank u for the analysis.
Biniam had the legs to win today, but launching the sprint from 6 wheels back is almost impossible to overcome. What did you think of the final kilometre?
Definitely Bini had no assistance. Had there been NSN colleagues leading him, he would have easily won the race. Good analysis. Many thanks bro!
Bro bini is wining today❤❤❤❤