Add to My Favourites

Eritrean Biniam Girmay finally wins a Giro d'Italia Stage Sprint

Biniam Girmay had shown several times he has the legs to win a stage sprint and today he delivered in Jesi, in another brilliant win for Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux

Eritrean Biniam Girmay finally wins a Giro d'Italia Stage Sprint

There was an big battle for the breakaway early in the stage, three riders got away; Alessandro De Marchi (Israel - Premier Tech), Mattia Bais (Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli) and Lawrence Naesen (AG2R Citroën Team).

The dead-pan flat route and headwind made it easy for Alpecin-Fenix and Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux to control the breakaway which a one point had 5 minutes lead. It didn't prove too hard for Alpecin-Fenix and Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux to reel the breakaway back, De Marchi the final escapee caught with 20 kilometers to go.

Throughout the second half of the stage there were some small attacks, but none proved dangerous until the peloton got to the final hilltop in Monsano.

Alpecin-Fenix and INEOS Grenadiers pushed up the pace shedding riders from the peloton with an explosive effort. Alessandro Covi attacked near the summit, but Intermarché had several riders in the small group that went over the top and controlled the inevitable attacks.

Van der Poel himself took several turns, and attacked himself in the run-up to the finale which proved chaotic in order to prevent a group from sneaking away. In the end the peloton calmed down, and a reduced peloton went towards the finish for a slight uphill finale.

Domenico Pozzovivo ledout Biniam Girmay who launched his sprint early, Mathieu van der Poel followed the Eritrean and tried to go around him in the final meters but the effort proved too much and Girmay took a dominant debut win in a Grand Tour.

Behind, Vincenzo Albanese sprinted to third, whilst the general classification contenders arrived together so no real change there.

Stage 11 is a pan-flat stage, with the longest route of the Giro from Santarcangelo di Romagna to Reggio Emilia at 201 km, another bunch sprint is likely.

VIDEO: 2022 Giro d'Italia Stage 10 Highlights

2022 Giro d'Italia Stage 10 Top 10

01 ERI Biniam Girmay Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert 04:32:07
02 NED Mathieu van der Poel Alpecin-Fenix + 00
03 ITA Vincenzo Albanese EOLO-Kometa Cycling Team + 00
04 NED Wilco Kelderman BORA-hansgrohe + 00
05 ECU Richard Carapaz INEOS Grenadiers + 00
06 NED Koen Bouwman Jumbo-Visma + 00
07 FRA Romain Bardet Team DSM + 00
08 ESP Pello Bilbao Bahrain Victorious + 00
09 POR Joao Almeida UAE Team Emirates + 00
10 SUI Mauro Schmid Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team + 00

2022 Giro d'Italia GC after stage 10

01 ESP Juan Pedro Lopez Trek-Segafredo 42:24:08
02 POR Joao Almeida UAE Team Emirates + 12
03 FRA Romain Bardet Team DSM + 14
04 ECU Richard Carapaz INEOS Grenadiers + 15
05 AUS Jai Hindley BORA-hansgrohe + 20
06 FRA Guillaume Martin Cofidis + 28
07 ESP Mikel Landa Bahrain Victorious + 29
08 ITA Domenico Pozzovivo Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert + 54
09 GER Emanuel Buchmann BORA-hansgrohe + 01:09
10 ESP Pello Bilbao Bahrain Victorious + 01:22

 
Tag: giro
 
Jun 01 2025 - NEWS: Emotional Simon Yates wins Giro d'Italia after final sprint stage in Rome
May 31 2025 - NEWS: Simon Yates powers up the Finestre to take overall lead at Giro d'Italia
May 28 2025 - NEWS: Massive Attack After his Crack: Isaac del Toro Wins Giro Stage 17
May 27 2025 - NEWS: Roglic abandons Stage 16 as Isaac del Toro and Juan Ayuso Completely Crack
May 24 2025 - NEWS: Mexican Del Toro extends Giro lead after rivals marred by crash
May 23 2025 - NEWS: Mads Pedersen Claims Fourth Stage Victory at Giro d'Italia
May 17 2025 - NEWS: Australian Luke Plapp Claims First Grand Tour Stage Win at Giro d'Italia
May 16 2025 - NEWS: Ayuso Triumphs in Giro d'Italia Stage 7 as Roglic Seizes Pink Jersey
May 15 2025 - NEWS: Groves wins neutralised Giro sixth stage as Hindley abandons
May 14 2025 - NEWS: Mads Pedersen Completes Hat Trick at 2025 Giro d'Italia
May 13 2025 - NEWS: Casper van Uden Claims First Grand Tour Stage Victory at Giro d'Italia
May 11 2025 - NEWS: Pedersen snatches Pink Jersey back on Stage 3 of the Giro d'Italia
May 10 2025 - NEWS: Primož Roglic Takes Pink Jersey After Thrilling Stage 2 Time Trial
May 09 2025 - NEWS: Pedersen Triumphs in Giro d'Italia Opener as Landa Suffers Devastating Crash
May 09 2025 - NEWS: Primoz Roglic Favorite for 2025 Giro d'Italia Title with Tadej Pogacar's Absence
Sep 12 2016 - RESULTS: Hundreds Tackled the Gigantic Mt. Palomar in 5th Annual Giro Di San Diego
Sep 09 2014 - RESULTS: Giro di San Diego GranFondo
Nov 12 2013 - RESULTS: Giro d Italia Wraps Up an Amazing Season in Miami
Jun 04 2013 - RESULTS: Giro d'Italia Los Angeles Pasadena
May 09 2025 - EVENT: 2025 Giro d'Italia
Jul 12 2025 - EVENT: Bodensee Gravel Giro
Jul 13 2025 - EVENT: Midland Monster Grit X
Jul 21 2025 - EVENT: Giro delle Dolomiti
Aug 30 2025 - EVENT: Ride Across Girona
Oct 03 2025 - EVENT: Sparkassen Münsterland Giro
Nov 02 2025 - EVENT: El Giro de Rigo
Nov 22 2025 - EVENT: Gravel Giro
Nov 23 2025 - EVENT: Giro della Donna