Eritrea's Biniam Girmay became the first Black African rider to win a stage on the Tour de France when he prevailed in a reduced bunch sprint at the end of the third stage on Monday (July 1). - REUTERS
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00:00This is the moment Eritrea's Biniyam Girmay crossed the finish line at the end of the
00:05third stage of the Tour de France on Monday, becoming the first black African rider to
00:10win a stage in cycling's most famous race.
00:13Girmay's win for his Intermarché Wanti team is something of a watershed moment for
00:18the sport.
00:19Only two other African riders, both white, Robbie Hunter and Daryl Impey of South Africa,
00:25had previously won stages on the Tour.
00:28Girmay, who was already the first black African to win a Grand Tour stage at the 2022 Giro
00:33d'Italia, battled it out at the finish line to beat Colombian Fernando Gaviria and Belgian
00:39Arnaud Deleuze, second and third, respectively.
00:42Richard Carapaz took the overall lead, becoming the first rider from Ecuador to wear the yellow
00:47jersey, which he snatched from the shoulders of Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar on added places
00:52without time differences.
00:54The race will now head for the high mountains, notably climbing the lung-busting Col du Galibier
00:59in Tuesday's fourth stage as the peloton enters France.