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.
'Let me open the door,' 24-year-old Girmay posted on social media after earlier pointing out he was the 'first Black African to win at the Tour.
'It means a lot personally for me and for the continent of Africa,' he added.
Girmay is the third African to win on the Grande Boucle, first raced in 1903, after South Africans Daryl Impey and Rob Hunter.
'Huge congrats to all: Biniam Girmay makes history and wins stage 3 of Tour de France. A great and memorable day indeed for #eritreancycling and #africancycling,' Yemane G. Meskel, Eritrea's Minister of Information, posted on X.
