VIDEO ‘Ride winner Girmay shoots cork in his own eye and has to go to hospital’ | cycling

The Eritrean seemed unable to open his eye and was said to have been taken to hospital. According to the reporters of Eurosport he complained of pain and even said he could no longer see through his left eye. At Van der Poel it also went wrong on the opening day. The Alpecin-Fenix ​​rider also got the champagne cork against his face.

Watch the moment Girmay shoots the cork in his own eye below:

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Just before the ceremony, he was still looking for words to describe his stage victory. “Unbelievable,” said the Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert driver after referring Mathieu van der Poel to second place. Van der Poel reacted sporty and raised his thumb. A moment later he went to Girmay to congratulate him.

“Our team has checked the tenth stage,” said Girmay after a ride over 196 kilometers from Pescara to Jesi. “I have no words for what the team has done for me. I was helped by three teammates in the final and Domenico Pozzovivo led the sprint for me.”