HISTORIC. First Tour de France stage victory for Bini, his team and Eritrea. Eritrean cyclist Biniam Girmay made history by becoming the first Black African rider to win a stage at the Tour de France. His victory in the third stage of the 2024 Tour de France, which was also the longest leg of the […]
Continue ReadingFor his debut in the Tour de France, Biniam Girmay will lead the team in the sprint stages. Rising star Biniam Girmay will lead the Belgian cycling team Intermarche-Wanty at the Tour de France targeting stage wins and a top 10 overall finish. Girmay became the first Black African to win a Grand Tour stage on […]
Continue ReadingBY JOSCHA WEBER | DEUTSCHE WELLE (DW) Natnael Berhane of Eritrea is the only black African rider in the Tour de France. He spoke to DW about why African riders have more obstacles to overcome – and how he hopes to inspire young Africans to pursue the sport.
Continue ReadingThis is the story of Daniel Teklehaimanot and the giants of Eritrean cycling BY SINAMATELLA PRODUCTION On the Horn of Africa, with around 5 million people lies the enigmatic country of Eritrea. How has this small, multi-cultural nation dominated the continent of African cycling … and produced the first Black African cyclists to finish the […]
Continue ReadingEritrean rider closes out his time with Dimension Data in final race of the season at Tour of Guangxi BY CYCLING NEWS Daniel Teklehaimanot, the first Eritrean to race the Tour de France, will bring down the curtain on his Dimension Data career when the Tour of Guangxi concludes Wednesday. “It is my last race with the team. I […]
Continue ReadingBY AIDANE O’DONNELL | QARTZ AFRICA When Amanueal Tsegay broke away on the second day of this year’s Tour of Eritrea he was accompanied all the way to the finish by pleading and cries from his team car: dai! dai! dai! It’s an Italian word, the first one an Italian will turn to when cheering on an […]
Continue ReadingBy Team Dimension Data, Mark Cavendish made it another incredible day for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka as he won stage 14 of the Tour de France. It was Cavendish’s 4th win of the Tour and our African Team’s 5th of the race this year. Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) finished 2nd and Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) placed […]
Continue ReadingBy Richard Windsor | for Cycling Weekly, Steve Cummings (Dimension Data) attacked with around 27km to go on stage seven to take a stunning solo victory on stage seven of the Tour de France. The Briton’s win caps of a sensational first week for his team Dimenson Data, who have now taken four wins from […]
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