Girmay became the first black African to win a stage on the Tour on the third day of this year’s edition at Turin.
BINIAM GIRMAY WON stage 12 of the Tour de France in a mass dash for the line on Thursday to extend his lead in the sprint points race with his third triumph so far, while Primoz Roglic was left bloody after another fall.
Girmay now has 328pts to Jasper Philipsen’s 217 with few real sprint stages remaining, with the exception of the one on Friday. Advertisement Pogacar’s team-mate Joao Almeida is now fourth in the overall standings at 4min 20sec, with Ineos rider Carlos Rodriguez in fifth at 4min 40sec. Spanish rider Pello Bilbao was also ill in the 33C heat and pulled out half-way through the stage unable to maintain the pace.
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