After illustrated last year by winning the green jersey, Biniam Girmay hopes to shine again in 2025 during the Tour de France. Eritrean has also been ambitious and dreams of wearing the yellow entrance jersey.
Winner of Gand-Wevelgem and a Giro stage in 2022,
Biniam Girmay had created the surprise last year by winning three stages during the Tour de France, which had notably allowed him to finish green jersey on arrival.
Since then, the Eritrean has no longer won a race and its start to the 2025 season is less good than what was hoped for, even if it has mounted several times on the podium. Inevitably, a few days to put his tunic in play, the runner from the Intermarché-Wanty training knows he is highly anticipated on the roads of France.
And that is good, the main interested party has no lack of ambition before attacking for the third time the “big loop”, after 2022 and 2024. ” My season was not ideal, I have not won races, but I would say that the form is more or less the same as last year. I had a good preparation, very similar to that of last year, “said the native of Asmara.
Girmay: “Wearing the yellow jersey is my dream”
“I can’t wait to start this tour, of course, it will be difficult, It is certain that it is always better to have a victory before the Tour de France, it gives you a lot of confidence. But I am confident with my form. Now, I also have some second places in different races. (…) I think the first step is a great opportunity for sprinters. But the first thing that comes to mind is that it will be risky. But I’m here to win this step. Whoever wins automatically the yellow jersey. Wearing the yellow jersey is my dreamSubsequently declared Girmay on Thursday at a press conference before the start of the Tour de France. I work hard in the perspective of these first three days. I try to do my best to be ready. Now, it is up to him to confirm on Saturday.
