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Biniam Girmay became the first black African to win a stage of a Grand Tour with victory in the Giro d'Italia on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old had already made history this season, with his victory at Gent-Wevelgem in March making him the first African to win a Belgian cobbled classic, and added another landmark moment for the sport on stage 10 of the Giro in Jesi.
A lumpy finish to the 196km stage from Pescara had left the peloton in pieces with Girmay and Mathieu van der Poel the only real sprinters left, and after Girmay launched his move Van der Poel gave up in his bid to come around the Eritrean and offered a salute as he crossed the line.
Biniam Girmay became the first black African to win a stage of a Grand Tour on Tuesday
But his celebrations were cut short after an exploding Prosecco cork hit him in the eye during the ceremony.
He was seen wincing on
