” I know where I’m from, this victory is just crazy “. The Eritrean Biniam Girmay was still struggling to achieve on Monday March 28, the day after his feat in Ghent-Wevelgem, where he won in the sprint after 249 kilometers. Never before has a cycling classic been won by an African rider. ” When I crossed the finish line, it was really emotional, I couldn’t realize that I had won Girmay told a press conference in Zedelghem, in the Dutch-speaking north of Belgium. Girmay claimed to have received ” thousands of posts of congratulations since his victory on Sunday. ” I couldn’t answer all, I just called my wife “.