Eritrean professional rider Biniam Girmay, of the Intermarché-Wanty team, finished third in yesterday’s Hamburg Classic one-day tour.

In the race, known as the BEMER Classics, which covers 177.5 km, Biniam completed the course without losing time to the race winner, Olav Kooij of Team Visma-Lease a Bike.

Norwegian rider Alexander Kristoff and Belgian rider Jasper Philipsen placed 5th and 7th, respectively.

This year marks the 27th edition of the BEMER Classics, a UCI 1.0 category race.