Biniam Girmay

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Biniam, and not as 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 black 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 black 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 Black 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 black African rider to win a Grand Tour stage". CyclingNews. Retrieved 17 May 2022.