Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay edged a closing sprint Saturday to cement his status as the race’s fastest man.
Updated: 20 minutes agoEritrea's Biniam Girmay, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, crosses the finish line ahead of second place Belgium's Jasper Philipsen, left, third place Belgium's Arnaud de Lie, second left, and Germny's Pascal Ackermann, center right, to win the eighth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 183.4 kilometers with start in Semur-en-Auxois and finish in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, France, Saturday, July 6, 2024.
The tough false flat finish suited his style, and he made the most of it to beat Jasper Philipsen and Arnaud De Lie, extending his lead at the top of the rankings for the best sprinter’s green jersey. Eritrea's Biniam Girmay, wearing the best sprinter's green jersey, third from left, sprints to the finish line to win ahead of second place Belgium's Jasper Philipsen, far left, and third place Belgium's Arnaud de Lie, second left, during the eighth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 183.4 kilometers with start in Semur-en-Auxois and finish in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, France, Saturday, July 6, 2024.
Despite having two men in the breakaway, EF Education-EasyPost riders later attacked from the main pack on hilly, wet roads and a group including Mark Cavendish got dropped. The pace of the peloton picked up in the second half of the stage and Abrahamsen’s long solo effort was brought to an end by the chase about 15 kilometers from the finish before sprinters took center stage.
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