The qualification was made nine years back by the coordinators of the Tropicale Amissa Bongo, consistently quick to help the advancement of African cycling by remunerating the rider from the landmass who accomplished the best exhibitions of the period and prevailing by his impact at to advance African cycling on the world stage.
Biniam Girmay, fifth in this Trophy in 2019, got for the current year the most elevated number of votes from the jury led by the five-time victor of the Tour de France, Bernard Hinault and made out of 25 individuals including riders, mentors and African pioneers, coordinators of cycling occasions on the mainland yet in addition expert columnists, African and European, who follow all cycling races in Africa.
BERNARD HINAULT : “Biniam Girmay is an extraordinary Hope in African cycling. A year ago, he beat André Greipel in the run on the Tropical Amissa Bongo, which was at that point a benchmark. He won two new stages this year yet additionally shone in exceptionally extreme races in Europe.
We will get with him in the years to come.