Biniam Girmay outsprints rivals to win Gent-Wevelgem

Biniam Girmay produced the largest win of his profession by outsprinting his breakaway companions within the one-day Gent-Wevelgem basic race on Sunday.

The 21-year-old rider from Eritrea was a part of a four-man group that resisted the peloton’s chase within the 249-kilometer (154.7-mile) race by Belgium.

“I got here right here final minute and I made biking historical past. Congratulations to African Biking and all African riders,” mentioned Girmay, the primary rider from a sub-Saharan nation to win a one-day basic, in feedback launched by his staff Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert.

Girmay launched the dash from the again of the group within the remaining sprint to the road to edge Christophe Laporte of France and Dries Van Gestel of Belgium. One other Belgian rider, Jasper Stuyven, was fourth.

Italian world champion Elisa Balsamo gained the ladies’s race in a dash forward of Marianne Vos of the Netherlands and Maria Giulia Confalonieri of Italy.