Trailblazing Eritrean rider Biniam Girmay will compete for the NSN Cycling Team for the next three seasons, the outfit formerly known as Israel-Premier Tech said Monday.<\/p>\n
Girmay previously rode for four years with Belgian team Intermarch\u00e9-Wanty, becoming the first Black African to win a Grand Tour stage at the 2022 Giro d\u2019Italia.<\/p>\n
Last year, the 25-year-old made history again by clinching the Tour de France\u2019s green jersey, awarded to the top sprinter, after three stage wins.<\/p>\n
Biniam Girmay Joins NSN For A \u201cNew Beginning\u201d<\/p>\n
“We are incredibly excited to welcome Biniam to NSN Cycling Team. Not only will 2026 mark a new chapter for the team, but it also represents one for Biniam and I couldn’t think of a better time to embark on a new chapter together,” said NSN General Manager Kjell Carlstr\u00f6m.<\/p>\n
Girmay welcomed \u201ca new beginning\u201d and the chance to progress with a team whose riders \u201chave improved so much over the last two years.\u201d He also cited their commitment to growing the sport in Africa.<\/p>\n
“In Eritrea, cycling is our culture \u2014 it’s in our blood. And as an African rider, I want to develop African cycling,” continued Girmay. “For me and the team, it’s a nice combination \u2014 an African rider and a team that wants to develop cycling in Africa.”<\/p>\n
NSN Replaces Israel-Premier Tech With Swiss License<\/p>\n
NSN (short for \u201cNever Say Never\u201d) is replacing Israel-Premier Tech, which had become the focus of pro-Palestinian protesters at road races this year.<\/p>\n
The new team will race under a Swiss license and be based in Spain, in Barcelona and Girona.<\/p>\n
Among the co-founders of NSN is former Barcelona and Spain football star Andr\u00e9s Iniesta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trailblazing Eritrean rider Biniam Girmay will compete for the NSN Cycling Team for the next three seasons, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-322365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}