Tour de France: first for Jermay

Aurélien Canot, Media365, Posted on Fri Jun 23 2023 at 6:23pm.

Belgian team Intermarché-Circus-Wanty on Friday revealed the eight riders they have chosen to compete in the Tour de France. Beniam Jeremiah is one of them. So the young Eritrean runner will discover Grand Buckle.

At the age of 23, Biniam Girmay will discover the Tour de France. The young Eritrean runner is part of the Intermarché-Circus-Wanty team selected to take part in this edition, which will start on July 1 in Bilbao (Spain). To date, three-time African cyclist of the year, Jermay has only competed in one of three Grand Tours. Last season, the fast-rising rider who recently distinguished himself by winning stage two of the Tour of Switzerland took part in the Tour of Italy. The former representative of the Nippo-Delko One Provence team also won a stage there, its tenth, a day before leaving the 2022 Giro. This time, in the Tour de France, last season’s Ghent-Wegelgem winner will have the chance to shine. The Belgian team is already chasing sprint victories, and is counting on the Hasmara native for that. said Aike Visbeek, director of performances at Intermarché-Cirque-Wanty, on the sidelines of the announcement of the team delegate to set off from Bilbao on July 1.

There was no Belgian rider, two Frenchmen, and a top-10 target for Menteges

French Lillian Calmagane and Adrian Petit will attend, as well as Portuguese Roy Costa, New Zealander Dion Smith, Dutchman Mike Teunissen, German George Zimmermann and thus Jeremiah. On the other hand, no Belgian rider will stand a chance this year. As for the general classification, the Belgian team, as in the last edition, will place all its hopes on Louis Meintjes, who has finished in the top ten in three of his last four starts. His best result the South African climber had signed for in 2022, with seventh place in the final classification. What his new team had not achieved before. Will try to do so at least this year. “He has our full support to repeat that feat in this edition,” assures Visbeek, who once again dreams of “winning the Top 10.”

The Intermarché-Circus-Wanty team has been selected to participate in the Tour de France
Liliane Calmeghani (France, 30), Georges Zimmermann (Germany, 25), Rui Costa (Bohr, 36), Dion Smith (Netherlands, 30), Mike Teunissen (Hall, 30), Adrien Petit (France, 32), Louis Meintjes (AFS, 31 years old), Biniam Girmay (ERY, 23 years old)