Eritrea's Biniam Girmay has spoken out about his doubts over competing at the 2025 UCI Road World Championships, a landmark event held for the first time in Africa, saying the course was too challenging and offered little opportunity for riders from competing African nations.
The 25-year-old is a multiple-time Tour de France stage winner racing for Intermarché-Wanty and the silver medallist in the under-23 elite men's race at the 2021 Worlds in Leuven. He likened the elite men's road race to the Monument Liège-Bastogne-Liège, saying the route would not suit him and, in fact, would only suit a very few select riders on the WorldTour.
