Biniam Girmay discussion thread

Page 8 - Get up to date with the latest news, scores & standings from the Cycling News Community.
Toggle sidebar Toggle sidebar
SafeBet

SafeBet

Sep 2, 2011
17,538
13,763
28,180
Sad to see him leave the Giro after his first win in a GT (and what a win). Hopefully no long lasting injury though.

Perhaps there are some storage issues with the spumante? Heat related maybe. Cork is not supposed to just pop out as soon as you remove the metal cover (don't know the english name).
 
  • Like
  • Sad
Reactions: Sandisfan, shalgo, CJCycling and 3 others
Wvv

Wvv

Jan 3, 2019
1,967
2,816
11,180
SafeBet said:
Sad to see him leave the Giro after his first win in a GT (and what a win). Hopefully no long lasting injury though.

Perhaps there are some storage issues with the spumante? Heat related maybe. Cork is not supposed to just pop out as soon as you remove the metal cover (don't know the english name).
Click to expand...
Seems to be confirmed by La Gazetta. Such a shame, he probably would've won the Ciclamino.
Think eventually his recovery will be fine, there's no panic in the communication.
Probably heat causing the cork to pop that hard, yes.
And the word you're looking for is an agraf(f)e.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Sandisfan, jmdirt, Lui98 and 1 other person
spalco

spalco

Feb 1, 2011
9,403
2,275
20,680
SafeBet said:
Sad to see him leave the Giro after his first win in a GT (and what a win). Hopefully no long lasting injury though.

Perhaps there are some storage issues with the spumante? Heat related maybe. Cork is not supposed to just pop out as soon as you remove the metal cover (don't know the english name).
Click to expand...

Yeah, I watched the video again, he didn't even do anything stupid like shake the bottle or so. I think someone should have jumped in and told him not to lean over the bottle like that.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Sandisfan and jmdirt
B

Bolder

Jun 25, 2015
5,333
5,422
23,180
CyclistAbi said:
Sad to hear he is abandoning the race but health comes first. And in my opinion yesterdays stage win should still leave him rather happy.

Likely heading to the Tour indeed.
Click to expand...
It could be a blessing in disguise. He'll be a favorite to win a stage at the Tour for sure, and will be great to see him potentially mixing it up with Alaphilippe and Wout, as well as MvdP.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Sandisfan, CJCycling, jmdirt and 1 other person
KZD

KZD

Feb 21, 2019
4,349
6,991
16,180
Bolder said:
It could be a blessing in disguise. He'll be a favorite to win a stage at the Tour for sure, and will be great to see him potentially mixing it up with Alaphilippe and Wout, as well as MvdP.
Click to expand...

I wouldn't have too high expectations of Alaphilippe after his LBL crash but Ghirmay would be another good reason to watch the Tour for sure
 
  • Like
Reactions: Eeslliw, Sandisfan and CyclistAbi
W

Wyndbrook

Oct 4, 2020
1,686
1,848
8,680
SafeBet said:
Sad to see him leave the Giro after his first win in a GT (and what a win). Hopefully no long lasting injury though.

Perhaps there are some storage issues with the spumante? Heat related maybe. Cork is not supposed to just pop out as soon as you remove the metal cover (don't know the english name).
Click to expand...
Cheap tank secondary fermentation method of production, a champagne producer may say.
 
Tour de Berghem

Tour de Berghem

Jan 7, 2012
194
249
9,230
SafeBet said:
Sad to see him leave the Giro after his first win in a GT (and what a win). Hopefully no long lasting injury though.

Perhaps there are some storage issues with the spumante? Heat related maybe. Cork is not supposed to just pop out as soon as you remove the metal cover (don't know the english name).
Click to expand...

These days in Italy are very hot, with temperature near or above 30°, can be possible,
In italy we call the cover "gabbietta", that means "little cage" :grin:
 
cen

cen

Nov 24, 2020
400
890
5,480
A freak accident for sure but it really is his own fault.. :confused: you always remove the protection with the cork facing away from people because that thing can shoot out at any time. They should give a 10 seconds safety talk to all podium winners to remind them about it.


I have read this article https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/gi...um-ceremony-changes-after-girmay-cork-injury/ which is completely misleading and states that "He leant over the bottle and the cork came out at exactly the same time." which is not what happened at all, he was removing the protection and was staring straight down doing it..

Wishing for speedy recovery, he should do the tour!
 
  • Like
Reactions: Sandisfan and jmdirt
Z

Zinoviev Letter

Aug 18, 2010
11,435
3,594
28,180
Not sure if they will take him to the Tour: The team have him signed to a long term contract and they weren’t planning on taking him to the Tour a week ago for sensible development reasons.

That said, the publicity must be tempting and they did want him to finish a GT this year. The Vuelta would offer a lower pressure alternative, but of course nothing like the sponsor publicity benefit.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Sandisfan and jmdirt
M

Mosul

Oct 26, 2020
101
241
3,230
I'd like to see him get Tour and Vuelta stage wins before the end of 2023 and become the youngest rider to win stages in all 3 grand tours.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Sandisfan
You must log in or register to reply here.

TRENDING THREADS

Latest posts

Share this page

COMPANY
RESOURCES
FOLLOW
Top Bottom