Tsgabu Grmay

Tsgabu Grmay
Tsgabu at the 2014 Tour des Fjords
Personal information
Full nameTsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay
NicknameGmail[1]
Born (1991-08-25) 25 August 1991 (age 33)
Mekelle, Ethiopia
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[2]
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2011–2012World Cycling Centre
Professional teams
2012–2014MTN–Qhubeka
2015–2016Lampre–Merida
2017Bahrain–Merida
2018Trek–Segafredo[3]
2019–2023Mitchelton–Scott[4][5]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
African Continental Time Trial Championships (2015)
National Road Race Championships (2013–2015)
National Time Trial Championships
(2013–2015, 2017–2019, 2023)
Medal record
Men's road cycling
Representing  Ethiopia
African Road Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Wartburg Time trial
Gold medal – first place 2012 Ouagadougou Under-23 time trial
Silver medal – second place 2012 Ouagadougou Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2016 Benslimane Time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Wartburg Team time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cairo Mixed team relay

Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay (Tigrinya: ጽጋቡ ገብረማርያም ግርማይ; born 25 August 1991) is an Ethiopian retired professional road cyclist from Tigray, who last rode for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla.[6] He is a three time national road race champion, six time national time trial champion, and one time African time trial champion. Tsgabu became the first Ethiopian professional cyclist when he joined MTN–Qhubeka in 2012. In 2013 Tsgabu became the first Ethiopian to win an international cycling event when he won the fifth stage of the Tour de Taiwan. He made his UCI World Tour debut at the 2013 Giro di Lombardia.

  1. ^ Brown, Gregor (11 May 2015). "Giro's first ever Ethiopian rider 'in at the deep end'". Cycling Weekly. Archived from the original on 13 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference lampre was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Trek-Segafredo complete 2018 roster with Grmay and Conci". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott. New Global Cycling Services. 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. ^ "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.