Biniam Girmay discussion thread

[Mosul]

Who is the current youngest? Merckx? Cav?

Dietrich Thurau was 23 years 6 months when he completed stage wins in all 3 grand tours. There was a thread about it in 2011

Youngest rider to win a stage in each gt?

I've always been curious, who was the youngest, and how old was he, when he won a stage in all 3 GTs, for the record I'm not talking about the youngest rider in each GT to win a stage, I mean the youngest to have a stage win from each GT. Thanks.

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Sagan and Pogacar could have beaten the record since then but never attempted the Giro when they had the chance. Ewan could have done it at Tour 2017 but wasn't selected. Biniam will be 23 years 5 months and 8 days on the last day of Vuelta 2023.

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

He is back today in Wallonie

https://twitter.com/x/status/1550465011054776321

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[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Bini only lost 23 seconds to Alaphilippe on the Mur. Not bad.

 

[tobydawq]

Bini only lost 23 seconds to Alaphilippe on the Mur. Not bad.

Not good, either...?

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Not good, either...?

I never said it was good, but was not bad. Hasn’t really done super steep stuff much in his pro career, at least on tarmac.

 

[tobydawq]

I never said it was good, but was not bad. Hasn’t really done super steep stuff much in his pro career, at least on tarmac.

I think it would be a little bad if he was at a peak but I doubt that's the case.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

As we all know, Biniam had this cork accident, minutes after winning the Giro stage in May.

Does anybody of you know if this accident caused permanent damage to his eye?

If yes, does this permanent damage endanger his future career?

I like Biniam a lot, and cheer for him in every race he rides. Now I fear this promising career could already be over…

 

[tobydawq]

As we all know, Biniam had this cork accident, minutes after winning the Giro stage in May.

Does anybody of you know if this accident caused permanent damage to his eye?

If yes, does this permanent damage endanger his future career?

I like Biniam a lot, and cheer for him in every race he rides. Now I fear this promising career could already be over…

No, it didn't cause permanent damage.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

No, it didn't cause permanent damage.

Ok, thanks a lot

 

[Valv.Piti]

He has crashed a ton since returning then... teams have lied before

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

There‘s maybe something wrong with him, at the moment… He‘s not going well in Limousin. Don‘t know what’s the reason…

 

[42x16ss]

There‘s maybe something wrong with him, at the moment… He‘s not going well in Limousin. Don‘t know what’s the reason…

Rebuilding form? Hopefully he's just riding within himself so close to the Vuelta start

 

[tobydawq]

Rebuilding form? Hopefully he's just riding within himself so close to the Vuelta start

So close to the Vuelta start?

You expecting him to take the TGV to Utrecht and be ready one hour after the finish of Limousin ?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Rebuilding form? Hopefully he's just riding within himself so close to the Vuelta start

He's not riding La Vuelta

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

He is going to win the final stage today.
Here's hoping...

 

[42x16ss]

He's not riding La Vuelta

Doh! Thought he was for some reason

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Biniam Girmay rides the Plouay GP/Bretagne today, against Pogacar and van Aert… Curious to see which result Biniam will be able to achieve… In Overijse this week, he was 15th, at least…

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

6th place today, in Plouay… Not bad!

I hope his eye is OK… Then he could have a nice autumn!…

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

He was quite good, recently… Now Quebec and Montreal coming weekend, then two races in Europe, and in two weeks‘ time he will want to become world champion…

 

[yaco]

He's been underwhelming since winning the Giro - Especially, seeing he's competed in some lower level races.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Yeah, and I still fear somehow it could have to do with his recently injured eye…

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Just woke up, and learned he was third in Quebec - very nice result!

Just besten by Cosnefroy and Matthews, two of the very best on this kind of circuit…! (Cosnefroy is so strong, and should have a great autumn with this shape he‘s in…)

 

[Valv.Piti]

He's been underwhelming since winning the Giro - Especially, seeing he's competed in some lower level races.

Seems to be peaking just about right for the Worlds. Imagine if Biniam from Eritrea of all places can win the title.

 

[search]

maybe it has something to do with visa regularities and so on, but returning to Europe after Canada for more races doesn't sound like a great idea to me. Van Aert for example goes straight to Australia to prepare and acclimatize

 

[Hugo Koblet]

maybe it has something to do with visa regularities and so on, but returning to Europe after Canada for more races doesn't sound like a great idea to me. Van Aert for example goes straight to Australia to prepare and acclimatize

Perhaps, yeah. But I think he still needs some more races in order to be competitive at Worlds. And he has a week between the last race in Europe and Worlds so I think he'll be fine. Under normal circumstances I would agree with you, though.