Giro d’Italia: Biniam Girmay catches a cork on the podium – Eritreans have to go to the hospital afterwards

After the mishap, Biniam Girmay first held his left eye before squinting the champagne into the crowd.

Apparently, the involuntary cork hit was more painful than initially thought. After the award ceremony, Girmay first got into the ambulance. He was then taken to the hospital.

The team initially did not comment on the incident and the condition of the eye, but Girmay was able to leave the hospital in the evening with a bandage over the injured eye. Team doctor Piet Daneels revealed to Eurosport that the stage winner is doing much better. Nevertheless, it will not be decided until Wednesday morning whether Girmay can continue the Giro.

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In any case, the 22-year-old celebrated again with his teammates in the evening, as photos on social media showed.

In the final of the tenth stage, Girmay opened the sprint of a good 20-man lead group from the front with around 300 meters to go and left the entire competition behind. Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) tried to keep up, but had to give up shortly before the finish.

Girmay against van der Poel! The spectacular finish in Jesi

Second big win for Girmay after Gent-Wevelgem

For the 22-year-old it was Stage win on Tuesday the second big success this year. He had already caused a stir at the end of March with his victory in the classic Gent-Wevelgem. During a subsequent home leave in Eritrea, Girmay was frenetically celebrated by his compatriots.

Biniam Girmay is sitting in the ambulance after the award ceremony

Fotocredit: Eurosport

His success in Jesi is also the first day’s win by an Eritrean in a Grand Tour.

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