Biniam Ghirmay

Biniam Ghirmay Hailu (born 2 April 2000) is an Eritrean road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Delko.[2]

Biniam Ghirmay
Personal information
Full nameBiniam Ghirmay Hailu
Born (2000-04-02) 2 April 2000
Team information
Current teamDelko
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2018–2019World Cycling Centre
Professional team
2020–Nippo–Delko–One Provence[1]

Career

After discovering cycling through his cousin Meron Teshome, Hailu joined the World Cycling Centre in 2018 for his second junior year.[3] That year, he became a triple junior cycling champion of Africa, winning the road race, time trial and team time trial. He also won the first stage of Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot, beating out favorite Remco Evenepoel.[4]

In 2019, with the Eritrea national team, he won the third stage in a sprint of the La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, his first professional victory.[5] This made Hailu the first cyclist born in the 2000s to win a professional race. His success continued, winning stage 5 of the Tour of Rwanda in a sprint against experienced riders, including Joseph Areruya and Daniel Turek who finished 2nd and 3rd.[6]

Major results
2018
African Junior Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Team time trial
2nd Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
3rd Overall Aubel–Thimister–Stavelot
1st Stage 1
3rd Trofeo Comune di Vertova
4th Trofeo Emilio Paganessi
2019
1st Stage 3 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
1st Stage 5 Tour du Rwanda
2020
La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
1st Points classification
1st Stages 3 & 6
2nd Trofeo Laigueglia
2nd Tour du Doubs
4th Giro della Toscana

References
  1. "Nippo Delko Provence". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  2. "Delko". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  3. "Biniam Hailu, le vélo en famille". DirectVelo.com. 28 July 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  4. "Cyclisme: un surprenant Erythréen bat Evenepoel à Aubel" [Cycling: a surprising Eritrean beats Evenepoel in Aubel]. LaProvince (in French). 8 March 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  5. Floyd, Tom (23 January 2019). "Tropicale Amissa Bongo étape 3: le tout jeune Biniyam Ghirmay s'offre une grande première" [Tropical Amissa Bongo Stage 3: The very young Biniyam Ghirmay gets a great first] (in French). Cyclismepro.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  6. Berhanu, Markos (2 March 2019). "Eritrean Biniam Girmay takes Stage five as Kudus retains the yellow jersey". Ethiosports.com. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
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