Biniam Ghirmay
Personal information | |
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Full name | Biniam Ghirmay Hailu |
Born | Asmara, Eritrea | 2 April 2000
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Amateur team | |
2018–2019 | World Cycling Centre |
Professional teams | |
2020–05.2021 | Nippo–Delko–One Provence[1] |
08.2021– | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux[2] |
Biniam Ghirmay Hailu (born 2 April 2000) is an Eritrean road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux.[2][3]
Career[]
After discovering cycling through his cousin Meron Teshome, Hailu joined the World Cycling Centre in 2018 for his second junior year.[4] That year, he became a triple junior cycling champion of Africa, winning the road race, time trial and team time trial. He also won the first stage of Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot, beating out favorite Remco Evenepoel.[5]
In 2019, with the Eritrea national team, he won the third stage in a sprint of the La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, his first professional victory.[6] This made Hailu the first cyclist born in the 2000s to win a professional race. His success continued, winning stage 5 of the Tour of Rwanda in a sprint against experienced riders, including Joseph Areruya and Daniel Turek who finished 2nd and 3rd.[7]
After he was let go by Delko earlier in the year, Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux announced his signing on 6 August 2021.[3] He made his debut for his new team days later at the 2021 Tour de Pologne.[8]
Major results[]
- 2018
- African Junior Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Team time trial
- 2nd Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
- 3rd Overall Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd Trofeo Comune di Vertova
- 4th Trofeo Emilio Paganessi
- 2019
- 1st Stage 3 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st Stage 5 Tour du Rwanda
- 2020
- La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 3 & 6
- 2nd Trofeo Laigueglia
- 2nd Tour du Doubs
- 4th Giro della Toscana
- 2021
- 1st
- 2nd Tour du Doubs
- 6th La Roue Tourangelle
- 7th Royal Bernard Drôme Classic
- 7th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 7th Tour du Jura
- 9th Trofeo Laigueglia
References[]
- ^ "Nippo Delko Provence". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux". Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Girmay Hailu joins the team with immediate effect". Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Biniam Hailu, le vélo en famille". DirectVelo.com. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Cyclisme: un surprenant Erythréen bat Evenepoel à Aubel" [Cycling: a surprising Eritrean beats Evenepoel in Aubel]. LaProvince (in French). 8 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ Floyd, Tom (23 January 2019). "Tropicale Amissa Bongo étape 3: le tout jeune Biniyam Ghirmay s'offre une grande première" [Tropical Amissa Bongo Stage 3: The very young Biniyam Ghirmay gets a great first] (in French). Cyclismepro.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ Berhanu, Markos (2 March 2019). "Eritrean Biniam Girmay takes Stage five as Kudus retains the yellow jersey". Ethiosports.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Debut for Ghirmay Hailu". Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
External links[]
- Biniam Ghirmay at ProCyclingStats
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Eritrean male cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
- Sportspeople from Asmara
- African cycling biography stubs
- Eritrean sportspeople stubs