We're delighted to have been able to share this historic moment in cycling. To see a black African rider take a victory in a Grand Tour stage is an amazing sight and we hope it inspires and forges pathways for others to make cycling a more diverse and equal sport! Unfortunately Girmay won't be starting Stage 11 after getting hit in the eye by a cork on the podium but there appears to be no major injury and we wish Biniam all the best with his recovery! 💪🇪🇷

You are the swag commentator .. none like you man .. u make every bit of it special .. thank you that you were the commentator for this race .. you are the best , keep doing what you love 💕and best at doing . Eritrea 🇪🇷 loves you .

We will,,seing him again tur de france

Yeah? So excited that you forgot to focus the static camera at the finish line???? It's okay. The slow motion replay looks great. Thanks.

@kiros Asfaha Hero not just africa but black riders on a whole.

Thank you Yes biniam ghirmay did Great We Africa are proud of him this is new Era for Africa. Because of eyes injury biniam is out of the Giro see you next season

A perfect salute to Michelle Scarpone: Mattheui grit his teeth and dug DEEP, he was almost there, but gave up, shook his head in defeat and . . . . raised his THUMB ushering Girmay to the finish line ---->> EPIC sportsmanship! . . . Incidentally, BOTH riders got a celebratory champagne cork smack in the face🤦‍♂🍾🤦‍♂🍾

Brian "The Real Cry Baby" Goossens ... that's a fact!

@Brian Goossens crybaby, jezus… Go watch soccer.

@Brian Goossens Maybe girmay couldve had a chance at victory that stage if he put in the effort, but that's all speculative of course. This is definitely not the 'one time' vdp does more work than others, wva and him have the same problem in a breakaway, almost noone wants to ride with them to the finish, so theyre usually expected to close the gaps. And your 'he cries about it' is such an exaggeration, he gave him the respect at the finish, after the finish and in the interview, so stop crying ;)

@Michael Nicht the one time poor VDP did more work than the others and he has to cry about it... if he was so much better than everyone he should have solo to victory. Girmay is also still very young, no need for him to waste his energy if he's not having a great day. Selecting when and where to use your energy, something VDP could still learn and he would win more than he currently does.

As a Zimbabwean who has been watching cycling for 20 years this is so awesome to see. Watching one of our own do it on the big stage is such inspiration to all the young black riders out there. Well done young man!🤗

Cycling need to be celebrated by all people in the world, Bini just gifted the cycling international community with the addition of African supporters and funs. I am one already and was never a cycling fun before. Isn’t it beautiful. My zim bro I am next door across the border in SA.

not only eritreans all africans are pruod by Bini

I am zimbo too and am absolutely passionate about grand tour cycling,congrats to Bini,a victory for all of Africa

@Tim K. Well said 🙏

@J C It’s not racist to see difference in skin colour; it’s racist however to attribute different (or no) rights etc. to people, to treat them differently just because of the colour of their skin without any objective justification

I can't control my tears. Long life Bini. A MAN of SPORT Matthew your thumb will remembered every single second in cycling.

@Waso that happened to Matthew van der poel too. Luckily hits in his shoulder.

@Waso are you jealous 😂😂😂

That black guy remember we only from the champagne lol

What an incredible moment!

What a sprint!Huge congrats to Girmay! True class shown by Van Der Poel with the gesture 👍

Two amazing riders!

Terrific stage. The Giro is picking up momentum now.

Going to really crescendo in that final week!

@Gasgano just watch the last km

Needs the momentum to carry us aross that snoozefest tomorrow.

Got chatting to some peeps riding for Deliveroo in Glasgow that have recently got interested in road racing and riding themselves because of Biniam Girmay. They were excitedly wishing for a Biniam stage win, as was i. Day made, an unbelievably great story. Love how assured Biniam is, utter self confidence and belief that a victory like this was just a matter of time. Inspirational

Wow, this is absolutely amazing James. Representation matters. Girmay is such and amazing rider and a great guy and, you're right, this win was truly inspirational!

Isn't that the power of sport? Bringing new fans in and capturing long time fans all at once. Congrats to Girmay for making history and MvDP for his sportsmanship.

Dang next lvl followers😬😬

Watch him fly.. Bini is going to be a cycling legend when it is said and done. I can't express how proud i am of this brother. Letss go🇪🇷

@Ken Kaniff Thank you bro. Honestly everything you have stated is true, I personally agree with it. And I understand we Eritreans are a bit carried away with our comments sometimes, it is because of the enormity of what Biniam is doing for such a small country of cycling enthusiasts. Surely tho he needs to learn a lot , he is still very young and makes a lot of mistakes.. he is suited to such a stage as yesterday because of his racing background in a high attitude country like Eritrea but his sprint is fast, we never quit have had a rider with a punch like that. We r flattered by this win and I hope he will be lucky to improve and have a good career in cycling. Again thnk you for you observation and wishes bro, it is genuinely great.

We congratulate Bini and his countrymen on the win today. He was the better rider and won today. We never said he was "no good" but we did say he's NOT a pure sprinter. He WILL win sone sprint stages but he is better at stages like today. He deserves respect for his win but he has a lot to learn still and he is only going to get better but please accept when he isn't on form or if he makes a mistake. I am not a Bini fan but he had a great day and it was a great win for him and his countrymen. Very cool to watch. This was a HISTORICAL win for all his countrymen. We are happy for you. Congratulations to you all

Already is a legend!

Well done Bini, well done intemache and the team, well done Eri, well done africa. I admire Mvdp what a class. I wish both more success

@Ken Kaniff I don’t know what you are talking about buddy. You definitely are smoking something. Good luck with that…

We congratulate Bini and his countrymen on the win today. He was the better rider and won today. We never said he was "no good" but we did say he's NOT a pure sprinter. He WILL win sone sprint stages but he is better at stages like today. He deserves respect for his win but he has a lot to learn still and he is only going to get better. Please stop talking nonsense tho and please accept when he isn't on form or if he makes a mistake. I am not a Bini fan but he had a great day and it was a great win for him and his countrymen. Very cool to watch. This was a HISTORICAL win for all his countrymen. We are happy for you

Say it loud and say it proud!!!! With the addition of wild Eritrean fun’s cycling is going to be so colourful.

Great comment! Everything about this stage finish was amazing!

Girmay, what an amazing rider! Few with that speed can keep a sprint going for that long. And uphill! What a priviledge to watch. Van der Poel, what a competitor. You can see how much he loves to race, how he apprieciates the fact that he was beat by the better man on the day. Looking forward to many more epic duels between these two and van Aert.

We congratulate Bini and his countrymen on the win today. He was the better rider and won today. We never said he was "no good" but we did say he's NOT a pure sprinter. He WILL win sone sprint stages but he is better at stages like today. He deserves respect for his win but he has a lot to learn still and he is only going to get better. Please stop talking nonsense tho and please accept when he isn't on form or if he makes a mistake. I am not a Bini fan but he had a great day and it was a great win for him and his countrymen. Very cool to watch. This was a HISTORICAL win for all his countrymen. We are happy for you

Girmay just loves those long drwan-out sprints - so strong! We're looking forward to watching these titans battle it out over the next few years too!

I start to enjoy the race getting hotter

Girmay is unbelievably strong MVP also attacking and attacking but he is such a marked rider he is too strong for his own good two supreme riders

They really are outstanding riders and there's so much mutual respect between them too! It's great to see and having these two battle it out over the next few years will be incredible to watch!

What historical moment, I'm glad to witness this amazing day. Well done to the whole team!!!

Well put JossyTM!

Such a class those dutch riders; great sportsmanship from MVDP and also funny to see Dumoulin making jokes in the peloton

Whar sind… 😅 Bini löwe ♌

Certainly great to see both smiling after tough times recently!

it almost seemed like MVP sat up

What a race what a win , history is making. Really proud of u Bini. Well done.

We congratulate Bini and his countrymen on the win today. He was the better rider and won today. We never said he was "no good" but we did say he's NOT a pure sprinter. He WILL win sone sprint stages but he is better at stages like today. He deserves respect for his win but he has a lot to learn still and he is only going to get better but please accept when he isn't on form or if he makes a mistake. I am not a Bini fan but he had a great day and it was a great win for him and his countrymen. Very cool to watch. This was a HISTORICAL win for all his countrymen. We are happy for you. Congratulations to you all

Great ride and sprint by Girmay and as always, van der Poel is a class act.

Two legends of the sport already!

It was like MVDP against the rest. The group was too big for him to control on his own. Had to close too many gaps. Amazing that he even became second and non of the others were in his wheel.

The fact is Fenix tried hard to cut Biniam and they did this early in the game and they failed as biniam teammates were all determined to burn the Fenix game , imagine Pozzovivo doing the lead man for biniam and yes biniam catching to Mvdp attack . The fact is Fenix burned their energy before the climb and that was really a mistake they must regret after . Intermarch were the better team . I must say though pozzovivo carried his team until the finish line and yes Biniam delivered by attacking from 375 m long sprint .

@One 🌎 whole peace come on MVP much much more complete. It's David vs Goliath!

@Daniel Grigg He said he thought the final KM’s would be very technical. As he’s probably the best at cornering in this Giro, he assumed he would have a good chance of winning even though he would be chased down. However, it wasn’t technical at all, so he gave up on his attack It probably has to do with that he sporadically scouts stages beforehand - he only looked at the stage from something digital, which turned out to be wrong

U should have appreciated biniam ghirmay first.... who he outlasts van van der poel

Feel Mathieu will wonder why he didn't just save everything for the sprint once he'd shook Demare off. Surely his team told him Demare had fallen off the back.

Great race by Girmay and Wanty. Looks like he'll be able to write his own contract for next year.

@Issac S He carries on like this he won't be there that long, contracts can be bought out..

He already signed last month till 2026. Smart on the side of IWG 😁

That finishline photo is for the ages! Girmay making history and MvDP giving a thumbs up in defeat. When these guys are old and grey, this photo will stand the test of time and keep them forever young.

Bini is seriously killing it. Exceptional consistency this year. Of course thanks to the amazing teamwork and tactics from IWG. I feel like this is some of the best performance we have seen from a 2nd tier team since Alpecin and MVDP himself.

Intermarché are a World Team, but still, you're right that Girmay has been on fire and Intermarché are performing at such a high level!

You did it Bini!! Lovely and superstar MVDP your thumbs will be remembered for ever in cycling history. Love

Brilliant. I think Bini has been fantastic the entire Giro thus far, always at the pointy end, and looks completely in his element. MVDP is just pure class all round.

Well said Nidge!

Great job bini well done I’m proud of you 🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷

Congratulations we proud to be Eritrean 🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷

We congratulate Bini and his countrymen on the win today. He was the better rider and won today. We never said he was "no good" but we did say he's NOT a pure sprinter. He WILL win sone sprint stages but he is better at stages like today. He deserves respect for his win but he has a lot to learn still and he is only going to get better but please accept when he isn't on form or if he makes a mistake. I am not a Bini fan but he had a great day and it was a great win for him and his countrymen. Very cool to watch. This was a HISTORICAL win for all his countrymen. We are happy for you. Congratulations to you all

This Giro is historic and special for Africa! We enjoyed it.❤️IWG 🇪🇷 Eritrea

Congratulations to the team! Great performance. Congrats 🎈🎊🍾🎉 Bini🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🙏🙏🙏🙏

I watch a lot of highlights from different sports but I can say without a doubt, GCN Racing has the best commentary out of any sport I've watched online. Absolutely informative, and reels me in every video. Good job GCN!

Yea good job GCN. That was historic!!!

Thanks so much!

What a win for Girmay. And what a class act from MVDP. Chapeau, gentlemen!

Well said Chris - it was awesome to see!

This is impressive. Congratulations Biniam Ghirmay and the team ! congratulations Eritrea 🇪🇷 And congratulations Africa

What a fantastic duel: This is the sweetness of the pieces of sport.

It was an incredible final sprint

cycling is my favorite piece of sport

Great win. He rode like a winner, chased down MVDP on his own. This has earned him some major props after those poor decisions he made in week 1. Congrats Bini, go get some more.

This was an emotional victory and MVDP's thumbs up to Bini just brought tears to my eyes, Chapeu Bini !!! Great sportsmanship Mathieu. The Giro never fails to deliver great bike racing👌

Well deserved win! He was so close so many times before. Great effort great, great sportmenship makes it a great show! Way more glad to see these kind of finish than raiders boxing each other in the final sprint!

Awesome to see Girmay win a stage at the Giro, and outdueling VdP to do it! That doesn't happen often. Also, class act by VdP to give him the thumbs up and then stop and give him a hug.

The mutual respect between these two is so nice to see!

What a great team work and what an amazing sprint by Biniam Girmay . Congratulations BINI.

that sportsmanship of him giving him thumbs up deserves a noble prize. had me teared up.

Pozzovivo's lead out was so perfect, absolutely couldn't have been more ideal based on where MVP was. And the turbo BG opened up and held hard as tilit was his. So beautiful!

Put it all on the line for his teammate - so good to see!

Would love to see Girmay, Van der poel and Van aert battle on classics ❤️

first boyos. Class act by MVDP, especially considering Girmay had loads of teammates around whilst he had none

Well done Bini, well done Eri, well done afric. I admire Mvdp what a class. I wish both more success

@SavagePro good on him, he had them when it mattered though. Amazing win regardless

for most of the race, Biniam had NO support, no lead men, and he was still keeping within the top 5 . . .

Bini makes me more to proud of my country.and I was crying the whole day about his eye injury during the celebration.and Matthew I love the way you respect him.you really have the real spirit of sport.

Girmay certainly has shown what's possible!

It was bound to happen! And probably won’t be his last in this Giro..Go Bini go

Awesome moment! Salute Bini! 🇪🇷 Great gesture and challenge from MVDP.

I must admit, I never thought i'd see this day, a Pozzovivo lead out!

we'd imagine it's a fairly new role for him

Maravilha de Sprint final!! Dois feras!!!

MVDP a class above most, considering his mechanical and lack of support; and a class act, as always. Congrats Eritrea too!

It is incredible how this man says italian names. Perfect pronunciation. Impressive.

Because Eritrean is language so mixed up with Italian because Eritreawas under Italian colony for 50yrs

Rob's a fluent Italian speaker too!

This is great for our lovely sport , My grand grand father would have been super proud now , he ride in 1940th with italians and my grand father again did it and then my father ride with his Eritrean teammates . we have a Vittoria Margherita cycle at home which is very demanding to ride . we have also another brand called Bianchi which was used by my father . My grand father used to brag about his one day victory over italian riders and he never forget to remind us a single event of these years . Cycling is really lovely sport and it is really hard to not fall in love with this sport . I never thought one of my own will win Giro di italia in 2022 stage , i thought it was very very far away but thanks to UCI and yes many European teams we Eritreans got the chance to show the world that we have a religion called cycling and it is simply contiguous one because we are fans who drive over 600km only to watch this sport . I and my wife watch almost all the classics and yes Giro and tour de France with great love . i have picture of many Tour de france champions on my house it is a property that i always take with me where ever i go .Now i can finally put Biniam picture with frame and date on it , what a day and what a sportsmanship by Mvdp too . I remember when i and my friends heard Lans used drags in tour de france ,we all cried , We thought our lovely sport life was over and many Eritrean fans in Eritrea were sad and were seen burning his picture. I am writing this just to tell some of our African brothers and sisters ,yes some westerner who have no clue how crazy we Eritreans about cycling . This is a great year for Eritrean cycling and yes cycling needs to diversify and i believe Bini winning in Gent-Wevelgem and now a stage in Giro di italia will vibrate Eritrean cities for more work .

EPIC race fans unforgettable indeed, big loving hug Bini & all great riders, supporters are always here to backup you guys Ok?

👏 Great day for African cycling. Lots of young kids will believe that they too can be a race winner one day. The dream is real !

Well said Sylvain!

A phenomenal win by Bini 🇪🇷❤️! A great team work by Intermaché. Awesome sportsmanship by Van der poel. Huge historical Victory for Bini, for Intermarché, for Eritrea 🇪🇷 , for Africa, and for the cycling world.

Proud of you Bini 😍🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷

Asmara, the city where he is from, was made the capital of Eritrea during the 19th century under Italian rule so it is apt that the first black African winner of a grand tour stage should come from there and do so in Italy. 🇮🇹🇪🇷

Congratulations.I am proud to be Eritrean and Biniam you make every Eritrean proud of your achievement and i hope you recover quickly from your eye injury and win the whole thing

What Great A Day To Make History! Congrats 👏

What a history making day, good day for stuff like this.

Man what a win. Brought me to tears. Congrats to Bini!

What a fantastic finish! On a course like today's stage, what more could you dream and hope for than Bini against MVDP at the end? Just the 2 of them duking it out for the win. Congrats to Bini for his history making win, which certainly was not easy, and also to MVDP for giving it everything he had, and then giving the thumbs up gesture when he realized he could not beat Bini on this day, and also giving a congrats hug after the finish. Class act as usual. 👍

Great comment Lloyd 👍 Really well said!

A historic moment in the entire history of grand tour cycling,a victory for Africa,Viva Bini

This has been a gripping and BRILLIANT Giro so far.... 😃 What do the next stages have in store for us? More historic moments? Can't wait! M 🦘🏏😎

As much as I love mvdp, this is a huge part of cycling.

Spot on Luke. Massive moment for cycling!

Congratulations Bini this is very best and emotional moment to all Your supporters

Congratulations 🎉 Bini I'm proud of you

Congratulations Eritrea I'm proud of you Biney 🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷

GCN I am addicted to stage 10 I can’t stop watching it, specially the last 15 K.M 😍 Alpecin–Fenix trying vs Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert 😍 I saw a lot off tactics I wish we can have access to the team Conversation during the race , are they gonna do documentary on ? I am interested 😅

The fact that Van Der Poel gave a thumbs up👍 to Girmay that says a lot. Bini been WANTYing it and finally got it beating the best sprinter in the business. Big respect to MVDP for his professionalism and sportsmanship👏

What a beautiful victory for the all of Africa we believed in you and you proved it and we are proud of you always

What a wonderful sprint from Biniam Ghirmay. As my country man I am very happy to see Biniam taking victory in this big stage. By the way Eritrea has a long history of cycling 🚲 that started in 60th under the Italian colonialism.

I am so proud to Eritrean..... Bini we so proud of you.... i really appreciate respect of poel.....

We eritrean ppl are very proud of him bini hero man 🇪🇷❤🇪🇷❤🇪🇷

Looking forward to the detailed Lanterne Rouge analysis of the cork-popping incident

it's about time really. girmay was locked in the sprinting group like 3 stages already, but you could tell he had more than enough power to possibly win

We congratulate Bini and his countrymen on the win today. He was the better rider and won today. We never said he was "no good" but we did say he's NOT a pure sprinter. He WILL win sone sprint stages but he is better at stages like today. He deserves respect for his win but he has a lot to learn still and he is only going to get better but please accept when he isn't on form or if he makes a mistake. I am not a Bini fan but he had a great day and it was a great win for him and his countrymen. Very cool to watch. This was a HISTORICAL win for all his countrymen. We are happy for you. Congratulations to you all

Congrats to Girmay! Par de cojones!

So great by Girmay, a truly deserving champion

What can happen when the playing field is level. Congrats Biniam and easy with the cork.

Say it Loud, Say It proud ,The flag flying in the finish,,,,I loved cycling because of Binyam 🤴

Bini congratulations u deserve it for it GBU god bless you and your team and Eritrea 🇪🇷

Giro d' Italia in May, for Girmay😆❤️ Congratulations 🎉 Bini❤️🇪🇷

Girmay is such a talent! So strong

Fantastic job Girmay and Intermarche, proud of you, Congratulations to All Eritrean people. ✌

appreciate MVDP paving way after fierce sprint against Biniam. Biniam well deserved win!

Definitely one of those days the title gave the winner away, but I don't mind. Good on him. First for him and hopefully many other black African sportsmen and women who get more and more access to the facilities to go cycling.

Yes, we thought this was too big not to have a bit of a spoiler! It's one of those occasions where knowing the result doesn't actually take away from the emotion of watching it!

Way to go, Bini!

LETS GOOOO! The tears of joy are so real.

Great CYcling. I watched this holding hands with my Girlfriend in Rome. Signed by Leon Vosh

#EritreaShinesAt31, thank you #BiniamGirmay. Glory to our martyrs.

The drum and bass in all these vids is fire 🔥

stage 1 and stage 10. What a fight with the two amazing wins in each...

Congrats Girmay! & get well sooon...

Well done bini👏👏 congratulations proud of you 🎊🎉🎉🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷

glad to see the Italian alps have as much snow as we. great race! fun coverage.

great victory for mother Africa!!!

MVDP demonstrating that he is a truly CLASS act.

Team work is the best, here u go they nailed it 👌🏾 beyond my expectations, Thanku intermarche for the hard work and bini star was born 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🇪🇷🇪🇷🇪🇷

We congratulate Bini and his countrymen on the win today. He was the better rider and won today. We never said he was "no good" but we did say he's NOT a pure sprinter. He WILL win sone sprint stages but he is better at stages like today. He deserves respect for his win but he has a lot to learn still and he is only going to get better but please accept when he isn't on form or if he makes a mistake. I am not a Bini fan but he had a great day and it was a great win for him and his countrymen. Very cool to watch. This was a HISTORICAL win for all his countrymen. We are happy for you. Congratulations to you all

Binny Mania! Finally! 🎉

MVDP is pure class, what an athlete!!

I followed the stage live online and watching this highlight gave me goosies... Well done Bini and well done MVDP for being a great sportsman.

It's one of those that you can just watch over and over again!

Wawa praise God no more Eritrea knowing by war.first back African and Eritrean, Keep pushing Bini God is with you.

What a race and what a win

I love to watch it this history maid by BINYIM GIRMAI beautifully moment ❤❤❤🧨🧨🧨🧨🧨👏👏👏👏👏👏

Great news and great team work

Wonderful win Bini!!!!!!

Wow I’m from Ethiopia we love and respect you Binyam … Is this one the second win for him And can someone confirm for me please thank you guys.