FILE PHOTO: Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 3 - Amorebieta-Etxano to Bayonne - France - July 3, 2023 Intermarche–Circus–Wanty's Biniam Girmay before stage 3 REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
FLORENCE, Italy (Reuters) - Biniam Girmay is the first Black African rider to win a stage in a grand tour and starting on Saturday, the Eritrean will be looking to prevail again at the biggest cycling event of all, the Tour de France.
The 24-year-old won in a bunch sprint at the 2022 Giro d'Italia and quickly turned his sight towards becoming the first Black African to win on the Tour too, but on his first attempt last year he found the level was higher than at any other race.
