Cyclists such as sprint world champion Marshall ‘Major’ Taylor were early stars of the sport in the US. But many felt compelled to move abroad
Eritrean Biniam Girmay dedicated his stage three win at the Tour de France on Monday to "the continent of Africa" as Richard Carapaz took the overall race lead in Turin."Huge congrats to all: Biniam Girmay makes history and wins stage 3 of Tour de France.
With all eyes on Mark Cavendish's chase for a historic Tour de France stage win on Monday, Biniam Girmay instead wrote Eritrea into the record books.Fortunately for Africa, Eritrea and Girmay the stage not only started early on Monday, but finished faster than expected.