Girmay, the new star shines in San Marino But after the stage victory he is forced to retire
For sporting and non-sporting feats, in the last 24 hours the whole scene was taken by Biniam Girmay. And with him San Marino where the Eritrean cyclist, just 22 years old and fresh from victory in the tenth stage of the Giro d’Italia, has been living for a few months. San Marino is a paradise for champions, someone already says. The small state of sports stars has called them together with a law approved in December 2020 and then amended in June of the following year. It is called ‘atypical residence with a subsidized tax regime’. And many champions have already responded, especially from cycling. Girma included. “Here in San Marino – the president of the Federciclismo del Titano, Walter Baldarra – told the president of the bike.pro sector a few weeks ago – the first two of the U23 world championship live here. Girmay, in the center of the upper part of the city, and the world champion Baroncini, who instead is further down the valley, near the Customs. Who asks him. He’s a good boy, he got in well “. In 2021, 18 sportsmen asked and obtained to reside on the Titan, and among them 16 are just cyclists. Girmay is now on everyone’s lips. First the victory of the stage of the lap that makes him the first African of native ethnicity to conquer a stage in the pink race, then the eye injury uncorking the bottle during the award ceremony that forced him to retire.
Donatella Filippi