Girmay returns to racing with Eritrean time trial title triumph

Team Wanty Eritrean rider Biniam Girmay celebrates on the podium after winning the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia 2022
Team Wanty Eritrean rider Biniam Girmay celebrates on the podium after winning the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia 2022 (Image credit: Getty Images)

A little more than a month after he had to quit the Giro d’Italia injured, Biniam Girmay has returned to racing with a victory on home soil in Eritrea in the National Time Trial Championships.

The Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert leader was previously seen in race action in the Giro d'Italia when Girmay claimed the first ever stage win for a Black African in a Grand Tour in May, outsprinting Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) for a history victory on stage 10 in the town of Jesi.

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Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.