Giro d'Italia 2022 stage 10

Biniam Girmay became the first black African to win a stage of a grand tour with victory in the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday.

It was a fine stage win for Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) who beat Romain Bardet (DSM) and Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) in an uphill sprint to win the stage at the summit of the brutal 13.9km long Blockhaus climb, while there was a big shake-up in general classification. The stage to Blockhaus did not disappoint: there was aggressive riding during the opening 170km on the approach to the famous climb, before the general classification riders came to the fore and battling it out for the stage win. The breakaway's lead has dropped fairly significantly, down to just 4min 30sec now. Arnaud Démare, the leader in that competition, was next to take four points to extend his lead by a single point ahead of Biniam Girmay who was sixth over the line. "He pushed me to go and win. Or, I suspect, he realised he was never going to bridge over to the leaders and simply gave up the chase. David de la Cruz is the latest rider to put in an attack off the front of the slow-moving peloton. Fortunately, his team-mates are sat on the front and so were able to block the road in order to help slow it down. Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux continue to pull on the front of the peloton, with Aplecin-Fenix embeded alongside them – both teams working for their respective riders Biniam Girmay and Mathieu van der Poel who rae the favourites to win the stage. "I started the Giro with the desire to win a stage. Alessandro De Marchi's lead, meanwhile, has dropped to below a minute now. "We've already seen a number of riders come from Eritrea and make it into WorldTour teams but this will really open the floodgates and encourage a whole new generation to take up cycling with the evidence there is a lifeplan to it and there is somewhere to go.

Biniam Girmay showed his best sprint to beat Mathieu van der Poel at the end of a tough final 20 kilometres of stage 10 to Jesi.

Since moving to Spain and finding out how to use a computer, he has gone from contributor of Daily Distractions at the 2002 Vuelta a España to editor at PezCyclingNews. On the descent, at the hands of Simon Yates, an elite group came together with Mathieu van der Poel, Giulio Ciccone and Davide Formolo. Van der Poel also tried to go solo, but with kilometres from the finish everything was back together. The race snaked to the last climb of the day, that of Monsano (4.2km at 4.2%, max. On the climb Juul-Jensen tried again, but he had a teammate of Van der Poel’s and one from Girmay on his wheel. The peloton continued at a fast pace, but Van der Poel was able to return quickly after a short chase between the cars. Girmay started the sprint and Van der Poel was behind him. Alpecin-Fenix and Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert, for Mathieu van der Poel and Biniam Girmay, rode at the front of the peloton. After Filottrano, the peloton, led by Alpecin-Fenix and Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert, headed for the final climbs of the day. With 55 kilometres to go, the lead had shrunk to about 2:30, Mathieu van der Poel had a problem with his derailleur and had to change bikes. The battle for the break of the day came right from the gun and the pace was immediately high. After Juul-Jensen had tried it alone for a while on the climb of Civitanova Alta, Astana’s David De la Cruz also tried to get away. Caleb Ewan ran into problems with 78 kilometres to go, he and his team thought he had a chance for victory on this stage.

The 22-year-old from Eritrea outsprints Mathieu van der Poel to become the first Black African to win a stage of a Grand Tour.

A Black African cyclist winning a stage of the most prestigious Italian stage race is historically meaningful for a few reasons. By comparison, the United States is about 84 times bigger than the African country, and it is also represented by three riders in this edition of the Giro. The 22-year-old is the first Black African rider to win a stage in a Grand Tour.

Biniam Girmay (Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) became the first Black African rider to win a Grand Tour stage after holding off Mathieu van der Poel ...

Biniam Girmay won stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday to create history as the first Black African to win on any of the three grand tours but his ...

Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. Girmay, who rides for the Intermarche team, signaled his coming of age in March when he became the first African to win a one-day classic at Gent-Wevelgem, when still just 21. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. While multiple tour winner Chris Froome was born in Kenya and Daryl Impey of South Africa has won stages, Girmay is the first Black African to do so. A champagne cork can fly at up to 50mph as it leaves a bottle and Girmay appeared deeply agitated as he was led into an ambulance and taken to hospital.

Watch the chaotic, exciting, and history-making sprint finale.

Cavendish ultimately finished 18 minutes behind the podium places. Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal) sat up early — and eventually rolled through the finish line 31 minutes behind the front of the race — and soon after, Mark Cavendish (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl) was next to be shed from the bunch. Don't miss a moment from Paris-Roubaix and Unbound Gravel, to the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España, and everything in between when you

Watch the historic victory unfolding in the rematch between Mathieu van der Poel and Biniam Girmay.

After emerging from his slipstream in the final 100 metres, Van der Poel came almost in line with Girmay's shoulders but couldn’t come past, so after missing out to the Dutch rider on stage 1 this time it was Girmay that got to raise his hands in victory. There were plenty of attacks in final kilometres, but ultimately it was a lead group of about 30 together to contest the sprint on the stage 10 finish at the Giro d'Italia. As the line drew near there was soon no question that the winner would be either Van der Poel or Girmay after the Eritrean rider leapt from the pack with a powerful acceleration and the Dutch rider was the only one who could follow. It was a historic victory for Biniam Girmay on stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia as the 22-year-old from Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux not only claimed his first Grand Tour stage victory, but also the first for a Black African rider.