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VILLENEUVE-SUR-LOT, FRANCE - JULY 11: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Alternate crop) Biniam Girmay of Eritrea and Team Intermarche - Wanty - Green Sprint Jersey celebrates at finish line as stage winner ahead of (L-R) Wout Van Aert of Belgium and Team Visma | Lease a Bike, Pascal Ackermann of Germany and Team Israel - Premier Tech and Jasper Philipsen of Belgium and Team Alpecin - Deceuninck during the 111th Tour de France 2024, Stage 12 a 203.6km stage from Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot / #UCIWT / on July 11, 2024 in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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Biniam Girmay Is The New Sprint King

Team Wanty's Eritrean rider Biniam Girmay Hailu celebrates as he crosses the finish line to win the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia 2022 cycling race, 196 kilometers between Pescara and Jesi, central Italy, on May 17, 2022.

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Biniam Girmay Looks Like A Superstar In The Making

Eritrean Biniam Girmay Hailu of Intermarche Wanty-Gobert Materiaux celebrates after winning the men's Gent-Wevelgem - In Flanders Fields cycling race, 248,9km from Ieper to Wevelgem, Sunday 27 March 2022. BELGA PHOTO KURT DESPLENTER (Photo by KURT DESPLENTER / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP) (Photo by KURT DESPLENTER/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

CYCLING GENT-WEVELGEM IN FLANDERS FIELDS MEN

Biniam Girmay’s Historic Win Is Just The Start

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