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Cycling
BiniamGirmay
A puncheur with a sprinter's finish, Biniam Girmay now races for NSN Cycling Team after five seasons with Intermarché-Wanty in Belgium.
Major wins
From the Wikipedia infobox list of major victoriesHow Girmay plays
Biniam Girmay blends a sprinter's finish with a puncheur's tolerance for short, steep climbs, so the closing kilometre of a hard race suits him best. Rivals cannot simply wait for the gallop. They attack earlier, on longer ascents, trying to shed him before the line. He stands 1.84 m, rides the road as a one-day Classics specialist, and counts Grand Tour stage victories among his results.
For 2026 he races for NSN Cycling Team, the Israeli squad, after five seasons with Intermarché-Wanty in Belgium. Earlier stops took in Delko Marseille Provence in France and the World Cycling Centre in Switzerland, and he races under Eritrean colours. Late, uphill finishes are still where the puncheur in him shows.
Career path
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He rides for NSN Cycling Team, the Israeli outfit he joined in 2026 after several seasons with Intermarché-Wanty in Belgium.
He was born on 2 April 2000 in Asmara, Eritrea, so he is 26 years old.
He claimed the Tour de France points classification in 2024 with three individual stage wins. A Giro d'Italia stage and Gent-Wevelgem arrived in 2022, alongside Circuit Franco-Belge and the national time trial crown.
Standing at 1.84 m, he competes on the road in sprints and one-day classics.
He is an Eritrean professional road cyclist whose strengths lie in the classics, bunch sprints and punchy uphill finishes.