Biniam Girmay Wins Gent-Wevelgem, First African Champion!

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Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux’s Binam Girmay from Eritrea wins the 2022 Gent-Wevelgem men’s elite race to become the first African winner of the race!

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as we’re into the final kilometer of the 84th kentuc who came in flanders fields in the yellow christopher port the frenchman they start to look around in the white behind it’s trish van gester with the navy shorts the belgian another belgian in the white and red is jasper stir with the former winner of milan as they start the free will they start to play cat and mouse and at the back fourth wheel in the white navy and fluorescent yellow it’s the man who stands to maybe make history as the first black african to win a cobbled classic beanie i’m guillermai has been the realer forever he’s been up there being here my has been the revelation of the spring and behind us and chase is on the penitent are still away behind as well but it’s that point second wheel is who’s going to be the fastest it’s a four-up sprint and here we go it’s gear might are launching from a long way give midas launch the sprint right inside 250 for go when he hit the front opinion pmi’s there in the front pinion gear mine is staying can they come off his wheel it doesn’t look like it get mice going to the line you might go into the line pinion pmi makes history and pinion pmi breaking down barriers what a story here in weevils he was the man who launched it 250 meters to go caught them all napping so much about the ability this guy has as well he’s a natural on the cobbles as we’ve seen but shooting for the other side of the road nobody in his slipstream kim mai takes the win 21 years of age and making history africa has a cobbled classic [Music] and tonight belgium belongs to benign one of the oldest most prestigious races in cycling goes to the new nation making waves second for third for volcano a fourth place can beating laporte stervin and crow with merlier peterson garcia cortina maharich and dimar all making a top ten just eight seconds between the quartet and those coming across the line behind him the winner you