Biniam Girmay
Girmay at the 2022 GP de Québec | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Biniam Girmay Hailu | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Bini | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 April 2000 Asmara, Eritrea | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Intermarché–Wanty | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 2018–2019 | World Cycling Centre | ||||||||||||||
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| 2020–2021 | Nippo–Delko–One Provence | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2025 | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | ||||||||||||||
| 2026– | NSN Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||
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Biniam Girmay Hailu (born 2 April 2000) is an Eritrean professional road cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam NSN Cycling Team. At the 2022 Giro d'Italia, he became the first black African cyclist to win a Grand Tour stage after winning stage 10 in a reduced bunch sprint. At the 2024 Tour de France, Biniam won the Green Jersey becoming the first African to win any jersey at the Tour. At the same Tour, he became the first black African rider to win a Tour de France stage – he won stages 3, 8, and 12.