Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Stage 10 - Pescara to Jesi, Italy - May 17, 2022 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux's Biniam Girmay celebrates on the podium after winning stage 10 REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini
(Reuters) -Biniam Girmay's Giro d'Italia has been cut short after an eye injury suffered during the celebrations of a stage win forced the Eritrean rider to pull out of the competition, his team Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert said on Wednesday.
The 22-year-old became the first Black African rider to win a Grand Tour stage on Tuesday, beating Mathieu van der Poel with an impressive sprint to claim stage 10.
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