Biniam Girmay

Biniam Girmay
Girmay at the 2022 GP de Québec
Personal information
Full nameBiniam Girmay Hailu
Born (2000-04-02) 2 April 2000 (age 24)
Asmara, Eritrea
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current teamIntermarché–Wanty
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type
Amateur team
2018–2019World Cycling Centre
Professional teams
2020–2021Nippo–Delko–One Provence[1]
2021–Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Points classification (2024)
3 individual stages (2024)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2022)

One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2022)
Gent–Wevelgem (2022)
Circuit Franco-Belge (2024)
Medal record
Representing  Eritrea
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Flanders Under-23 road race

Biniam Girmay Hailu (born 2 April 2000) is an Eritrean professional road cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty.[2][3] At the 2024 Tour de France, Biniam won the Green Jersey[4] becoming the first African to win any jersey at the Tour. At the same Tour, he made history by becoming the first black African rider to win a Tour de France stage[5] – he won stages 3,[6] 8,[7] and 12.[8]

At the 2022 Giro d'Italia, he became the first African cyclist to win a Grand Tour stage after winning stage 10 in a reduced bunch sprint.[9]

  1. ^ "Nippo Delko Provence". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux". Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Girmay Hailu joins the team with immediate effect". Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Official classifications of Tour de France 2024 - Stage 5". www.letour.fr. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  5. ^ Church, Ben (2024-07-21). "Meet Biniam Girmay, the African cyclist making history wherever he rides". CNN. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  6. ^ "Official classifications of Tour de France 2024 - Stage 3". www.letour.fr. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  7. ^ "Official classifications of Tour de France 2024 - Stage 8". www.letour.fr. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  8. ^ "Official classifications of Tour de France 2024 - Stage 12". www.letour.fr. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  9. ^ Fletcher, Patrick (17 May 2022). "Giro d'Italia: Biniam Girmay becomes first African rider to win a Grand Tour stage". CyclingNews. Retrieved 17 May 2022.