Sprinter Biniam Girmay made history as he emerged fastest from the peloton to win Stage 3 of the 2024 Tour de France and become the first Eritrean rider to win a stage in the race's 111-edition history.
NFR History African Wins Stage 3 TDF
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He has been close before, I don't think it will be his last...
Hate that it's only on Peacock, hard to watch.
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What so awesome is that he's on a low budget team which means not the top of the line racing machine, maybe no big team bus to recover, shower, no bus has to ride off the mountain they just got thru racing up to get team cars.
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7 Stages to trySpeaking of nice guys....
Will Cav win one?
MC Stage 5, #35, great sprint!!!
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Win number 2 ... and I still don't think it will be his last, he has a bright future.
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Sprinter Biniam Girmay now has won three stages of the TDF the only multi stage winner so far
Dopey comment. Cycling is one of the most highly tested and monitored sports out there.
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The sport has been most tested for quite some time, yet the late 90’s thru early 2000’s was the most notorious for doping.
Hard to shake a bad reputation.
There’s no reason to think that he might be doping. He’s been around for quite a few years, steadily improving, and was expected to make a breakthrough like this sometime. Plus, the ranks of sprinters at this year’s tour are not particularly strong. If old Cav can win a stage there’s not all that much competition.
In the bad years, you’d see a moderate member of the peloton like Riis, Landis or Armstrong suddenly become a world beater, or a specialist like Pantani or Virenque would suddenly become able to do it all. That’s not what’s happening here.
In the bad years, you’d see a moderate member of the peloton like Riis, Landis or Armstrong suddenly become a world beater, or a specialist like Pantani or Virenque would suddenly become able to do it all. That’s not what’s happening here.
The Pirate, loved him... sad!!!
They're all still using EPO, blood transfusions, HGH, testosterone, etc. They're just better beating the tests. The financial incentive is just too great.
Contrary to popular belief, Armstrong didn't jump off the couch, shoot up with testosterone and EPO and win the tour. The dude's an amazing athlete and has some great bike handling skills.
Doping has been the norm in cycling forever, and will continue the norm....... Forever.
Because you take a drug to help your performance does not mean you can kick back on the couch drinking booze and anytime feel like racing you win. Can't we all just be happy that he's a winner !!!!
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Exactly!
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Professional cycling has certainly had it's doping controversies. It has also made great strides in detection, controls and punishment. That has resulted in much more parity in the peloton.
What about American major league sports? If you wan't to complain about rampant, unregulated doping, that might be a good place to look. Pro cycling is at least addressing theirs.
What about American major league sports? If you wan't to complain about rampant, unregulated doping, that might be a good place to look. Pro cycling is at least addressing theirs.