Biniam Girmay blames poor Gent-Wevelgem on forgetting to eat

Biniam Girmay during the 2023 Gent-Wevelgem
Biniam Girmay during the 2023 Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Getty)

2022 Gent-Wevelgem winner Biniam Girmay has blamed his underperformance in this year’s edition on forgetting to eat enough during the race.

After a strong start to 2023, coming close to winning two of the Mallorca Challenge events and then taking his first victory of the season in the opening stage of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, to date Girmay has failed to follow that up in his  Spring Classics campaign.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.