Eritrean becomes first Black African to win Tour de France stage | DW News

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Eritrean becomes first Black African to win Tour de France stage | DW News


an Eritrean cyclist has made history at this year’s Tour de France. Biniam Girmay has become the first Black African to win a stage during the famous race.
Celebrating the moment, the 24-year-old rider dedicated his stage 3 victory to “the continent of Africa.”
Later posting on social media… ”Let me open the door.” A reference to his…

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  1. Companies should invest in finding great African cyclists. It may pay off for them. It may be more difficult than finding runners for the obvious reasons that cycling is a more expensive sport and also harder to train for those East African countries. But it would be fantastic to see a a multiracial Tour de France. I’d love to see more Asians too. Not sure why that’s not the case yet

  2. Bini we are so proud of you 👏🏾 we all are proud of you 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️From Kenya 🇰🇪🇬🇧The whole continent of African

  3. Eritrea has a lot of history in sports and colonialists also. Now Eritreans are turned to slaves under dictatorship. It is the most poor country in the world right now. It's a country with out constitution.