18-05-2022 11:17 via theguardian.com

Biniam Girmay pulls out of Giro d’Italia after injuring eye with Prosecco cork

The 22-year-old made history with first Grand Tour win‘I need some rest to give more power to the eye’Biniam Girmay pulled out of the Giro d’Italia before the start of Wednesday’s stage 11 after injuring his eye while celebrating his historic win on Tuesday.Girmay became the first black African to win a stage of a Grand Tour when he beat Mathieu van der Poel in the sprint at Jesi, but his celebrations were cut short when he was struck in the eye by the cork from a Prosecc
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