When Biniam Girmay crashed with 2km left to ride on stage 16 of the Tour de France, the race for the Škoda Green Jersey was transformed from a near-to-certain victory to a cliffhanger. The Eritrean’s only rival for the points classification victory, Alpecin-Deceuninck’s Jasper Philipsen,…
Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay unleashed another powerful sprint on Thursday’s stage 12 of the 2024 Tour de France to win his third stage and take a stranglehold on the competition for the Škoda Green Jersey. After becoming the first Black African rider to win a Tour…
The Tour de France has delivered lots of thrills and drama but so far few big surprises as pre-race favourite Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) takes a slim lead into the first rest day. World road race champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick Step) is second, 33…
This Tour de France has so far been a disaster for defending Škoda Green Jersey winner Jasper Philipsen. The trouble began for the Alpecin-Deceuninck rider on Monday’s stage 3, the race’s first stage for sprinters.
Biniam Girmay achieved a monumental milestone by becoming the first black African to win a Tour de France stage, triumphing in a high-speed sprint during the third stage in Turin.
With the 2024 Tour de France drawing ever so near, the road-cycling fandom is already in the grips of the race’s allure. Since we are focused on deeply personal experiences, memories, and connections with the Tour this year, Matt Stephens also made this podcast instalment…
Wout van Aert’s Classics season ended in a split second on the road from Roeselare to Waregem in Wednesday’s Dwars door Vlaanderen, when the Visma–Lease a Bike rider was involved in a high-speed crash and suffered a broken collarbone and fractured ribs. The crash occurred…
In a display of remarkable sprinting prowess, Biniam Girmay of Intermarché-Wanty clinched the top spot at the Surf Coast Classic on Thursday, besting Elia Viviani of Ineos Grenadiers in a closely contested race. The victory in Torquay marked a significant achievement for Girmay, as he…
Just as the German team BORA – hansgrohe was kicking off its 2024 season in high style, with a victory in stage 1 of the year’s first major road race, the Santos Tour Down Under, it was announced on the Austrian government website that Red…