"It’s incredible how this success still resonates with people" - Biniam Girmay ready to add new success to his Classics palmares
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Since his super success at the 2022 Gent Wevelgem, Biniam Girmay was always counted among outsiders for success at the Flemish Classics, yet he wasn't quite able to make things connect in recent years. Fast forward to 2025, the Eritrean star is back at the start of E3 Saxo Classic - the race where Girmay's star was born when he finished 5th, just two days before his great breakthrough.
"Every time I step onto the starting podium, the announcer brings up my Gent Wevelgem victory in 2022. It’s incredible how this success still resonates with people, even after three years," Girmay said with a smile on his face in an interview with Cyclism'Actu before E3 Saxo Classic.
"There’s a special anecdote behind this success that always makes me smile. I was originally scheduled for La Roue Tourangelle that day, but after a great performance in my first E3 Classic, we made a last-minute change – a winning choice," the Eritrean laughs.
There's a busy schedule in Belgium ahead of Girmay with E3 Saxo Classic (March 28), Gent Wevelgem (March 30), Dwars door Vlaanderen (April 2) and finally the Tour of Flanders (April 6) in a quick succession.
"I'm really looking forward to returning to the Flemish classics, especially because I'm feeling great at the moment. I was happy with my performance at Milano-Sanremo [14th, ed.], with a good feeling on the Cipressa and the Poggio. And I'm also looking forward to racing on my birthday at Across Flanders to soak up the incredible atmosphere that awaits us at the Tour of Flanders," added the man who will soon celebrate his 25th birthday.
A week later, the Intermarché - Wanty leader will compete at Paris-Roubaix before travelling back home to spend time with family, participate at National Championships (Biniam is Eritrean time trial champion from 2022) and prepare for Tour de France where he'll be defending the Green jersey awarded to best sprinter of the race.
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- Let me help you. Alfredo BindaUpHill31-03-2025
- He'll certainly last it and prob ride his own race, at the front 😁
leedorney31-03-2025 - Gaio Primus Caesar Roglus, Rome is waiting for you, Imperator :-)).
maria2024202431-03-2025 - And he probably wasn’t even at the limit ;-) Have to wonder how much Mads could catch up if he’d tune his physique to be as sharp as MVDPs’Mistermaumau31-03-2025
- Respect for giving Van Eetvelt credit there.Mistermaumau31-03-2025
- He’s already a star for me for HAVING complained about it, the recent trend having been, let them then try to take advantage by making them sign NDAs ;-)Mistermaumau31-03-2025
- Agreed, but if it was a radio thing then all the riders should have the same story and it would be easy to call anyone out. Kind of surprised this isn’t cleared up half officially afterwards, just like the Alaphilippe divorce, seems like once something spreads on the net it kind of gets accepted that everyone wants to have their own truth so no-one bothers to contest anything that’s verifiable anymore, we all just move on.Mistermaumau31-03-2025
- maybe. what makes that a LITTLE fishy is that they suddenly hit the gas and started hammering it. even mathieu, who i’ve never heard complain about ANYTHING (other than teenage girls waking him up and being spit on by belgians) was pretty hacked off about the race tactics after the split. i think he was upset for what his teammates had to do, not for the fact he ended up isolated as a result.OCexile31-03-2025
- It seems that in E3 it wasn’t legit to criticise teams that « took advantage » because there was no radio communication about the incident so they couldn’t know to slow down. Only one source so far but should be quite easy to verify.Mistermaumau31-03-2025
- mads SMOKED it at ghent! love that guy. he’s just the best interview ever, always smart and hilarious and with a biting intolerance for stupidity. happy for him. just as a secondary thought, consider that mvdp beat THAT version of mads by a full minute at E3 two days ago. the gap between pog/mvdp and even tho other GREAT riders like mads is kinda staggering to comprehend. this is a time in cycling history that’s certainly worth paying attention to while it lasts.OCexile31-03-2025