Biniam Girmay ya kammala Tour de France na 2024 da nasarorin matakai uku da rigar kore. Ɗan Eritrea ya zama baƙar fata ɗan Afirka na farko da ya lashe matakin Tour da na farko da ya lashe ɗaya daga rukunin gasar. Nasararsa ta bunƙasa a duk tsawon tseren.
Nasarar farko ta zo a mataki na uku ranar 1 ga Yuli, da gudun ƙarshe zuwa Turin. Sai nasarorin mataki na takwas da na goma sha biyu. Wannan ya ƙarfafa ci gaban farko: ya riƙa doke manyan masu sauri, ba ya dogara da rana ɗaya kawai.
Lokacin da Tour ya ƙare ranar 21 ga Yuli, Girmay ya kammala gasar maki da maki 33 sama da Jasper Philipsen. Rigar kore ta gane maki da aka tara. Wannan ya bambanta da jerin jimillar lokacin gasar; lashe kore ba yana nufin lashe Tour gaba ɗaya ba.
Abokan ƙungiyarsa na Intermarché-Wanty suna cikin nasarar. Cyclingnews ta ce Laurenz Rex da Mike Teunissen sun jira a ƙarshen mataki na ƙarshe domin taya shi murna. Nasarar gudun ƙarshe tana kuma bukatar matsayi da taimako kafin hanzari, don haka aikin ƙungiya yana bayan sakamakon mutum.
Girmay ya taso a Asmara yana kallon Tour a talabijin. A 2022 ya riga ya lashe mataki na goma na Giro d'Italia, wata babbar gasar kekuna. Waɗannan abubuwan sun kasance hanyar zuwa sakamakon 2024 maimakon nasarar da ba ta da tushe a baya.
Ga wasan keke na Eritrea, tarihin wannan bazarar a fili yake: nasarorin matakai uku, kammala Tour da kyautar maki. Aikin Girmay ya faɗaɗa waɗanda ake ganin suna iya nasara a matakin koli, yana kuma ba masu zuwa takamaiman aikin da za su nazarta.