Tour of Italy: injured in one eye, Eritrean Biniam Girmay abandons

Le Monde with AFP

The day after his victory during the 10th stage of the Tour of Italy, the great adventure of Biniam Girmay on the Giro stops. The Eritrean runner of the Belgian training Intermarché-Wanty Gobert was injured in the eye, on the protocol podium, by the plug of the prosecco bottle reserved for the winner.

The 22 -year -old cyclist, darling of the peloton since his triumph at the end of March on the Flemish classic Gand -Wevelgem -the first for an African runner -participated in his first big round. Before his victory on Tuesday, he finished six of the ten stages disputed in the top 5.

/Media reports.