Gazzetta dello Sports' Ciro Scognamiglio has reported that INEOS Grenadiers are interesting in making a bid to Eritrean superstar Biniam Girmay with the intent of hiring him for the coming seasons. Girmay is currently under contract with Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux.
Girmay is currently under contract with the Belgian team, and according to the same source, there was contractual discussion that featured the possibility of the 22-year old tripling his salary and have a €1.000.000 yearly salary, with discussions set to take place when Girmay returns to Europe before the Giro d'Italia where he will be making his debut.
Intermarché are believed to be in talks to extend his contract to 2026 as soon as possible, on top of his current connection with the team. Several teams are said to have interest in him, coming as little surprise due to his recent success at the cobbled classics where despite very little experience, he has thrived, finishing fifth at the E3 Saxo Bank Classic and winning Gent-Wevelgem.
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- The ones I know were great races, sure, but all of cycling history, and they're almost all from 2010 to now? Yeah no. I mean, great choices, some amazing stages, watched many of them live, have re-watched many of them when I could, but really this is 8 great races from the past 15 years, plus two others.RidesHills19-11-2024
- We never compare oranges to apples. It's always apples to oranges. Order is important. Not sure why. :)Sweep19-11-2024
- True. But sometime the top 2 or 3 riders don't finish.Sweep19-11-2024
- Hayman's logic makes absolutely no sense to me. You don't lose more UCI points by trying to win and ending up 3rd than you if you just went for placing third.Sweep19-11-2024
- :-)Sweep19-11-2024
- A lot of people just want to keep it swept under the rug, but sooner or later that big lump under the rug is going to trip someone up.
santiagobenites19-11-2024 - When MVDP or Wout shows up, they literally destroy the field. Its awesome, lol. That's the only time I watch cross..
ScottG19-11-2024 - It will be just a waste of time to finish out of the podium. Giro Vuelta makes a better choiceabstractengineer19-11-2024
- I would agree, top 3 with Remco improving and snapping at his heels. I just wish he wouldn't keep crashing in the TDF.Pedalmasher19-11-2024
- Backstedt and Schreiber are not juniors they are under 23. There were I think about 7 or 8 juniors in this race. Under the current rules a race that has juniors in can't go over 45 minutes. The winning time was 43.53 so the timing was correct. The organisers are in the wrong because they should be putting on a juniors race and then we wouldn't be in this situation as the timings for the elite race would be 50 minutes, not 45.NorrisHippocampe19-11-2024