Tsgabu Grmay

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tsgabu Grmay
Occupation	Sport Cyclist
Date Of Birth	Aug 25, 1991(1991-08-25)
Age	33
Birthplace	Mek'ele
Country	Ethiopia
Birth City	Tigray Region
Horoscope	Leo

Tsgabu Grmay Biography

Tsgabu Grmay is one of the most popular and richest Sport Cyclist who was born on August 25, 1991 in Mek'ele, Tigray Region, Ethiopia. Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grommay (Tigrinya and Amharic Tigrinya and Amharic: tsegaabu gaboraa born on August 25, 1991) is an Ethiopian professional road cyclist from Tigray who is currently riding for the UCI WorldTeam Mitchelton Scott. He is a two-time National Road Race Champion, a two-time National Time Trial Champion and is a former African Time Trial Champion. Tsgabu was one of the very first Ethiopian professional cyclist when the company he was with joined MTN-Qhubeka in 2012. In 2013, Tsgabu was the very first Ethiopian to be the winner of an international cycling race by winning the 5th stage in the Tour de Taiwan. Tsgabu also made the UCI World Tour debut at the 2013 Giro di Lombardia.

Tsgabu started the 2011 season, with an 71st-place finish in the Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften. He competed in 2 races across the Netherlands before heading back to Africa to compete in La Tropicale Amissa Bongo in Gabon in which he came 11th. He was fourth in the category of young riders just 19 seconds back of the winner Nikita Stalnov from Team Astana. Continental Team Astana. In May Tsgabu placed 19th in the Fleche du Sud, coming fifth in the classification for young riders. He was 43rd in the Tour de Gironde.

Tsgabu left MTN–Qhubeka at the end of 2014 and joined the highest level of professional cycling at the Italian UCI ProTeam Lampre–Merida, becoming the first Ethiopian to ride for them. Joining Lampre meant he would be guaranteed to race at UCI World Tour races during the 2015 season. Tsgabu began the season in January as the team’s candidate for the general classification at the 2015 Tour Down Under. He finished 11th overall and fifth in the young rider classification.

Tsgabu was the sole representative of Ethiopia at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships in Tuscany. He participated in the men’s under-23 time trial, which he finished in 50th place, as well as the men’s under-23 road race which he was forced to abandon. Tsgabu was in the last group to cross the finish line in the 2013 Milano–Torino. He made his UCI World Tour debut at the 2013 Il Lombardia, but did not finish the race. Tsgabu ended his season in Europe with three one-day races in Italy during October, abandoning two of them and finishing 78th in the Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli. He then rounded off his season in December at the African Continental Championships, where he finished seventh in the time trial and 28th in the road race.

In October 2012, it was announced that the contract of Tsgabu was extended to the 2013 season. In addition, Tsgabu became the very first Ethiopian professional cyclist after MTN-Qhubeka was made an UCI Professional Continental team.

Tsgabu Grmay Net Worth

Tsgabu Grmay is one of the richest Sport Cyclist from Ethiopia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tsgabu Grmay 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In November of 2010 Tsgabu was sixth in the African Continental Cycling Championships individual time trial in Kigali, Rwanda. Then he went on to Kigali to compete in his way through the Tour of Rwanda which began five days after. He was fifth overall.

Tsgabu began his campaign with a race in the month of January at La Tropicale Amissa Bongo, which he won 13th overall. In February, he placed 21st on the Tour of South Africa. In April, he finished 51st at La Cote Picarde in France and 16th in the Ster ZLM Toer in the Netherlands. He then traveled to Quebec in June to compete in the Coupe des nations Saguenay where he came in 18th overall. Then, in July Tsgabu was back in France for further stage racing. He was 31st at the Tour Alsace, 42nd in the Mi-Aout Bretonne, and 19th in the Tour de l’Avenir. Tsgabu finished the year by racing in Denmark in September, representing Ethiopia during the UCI Road World Championships by participating in the men’s junior road race, which he resigned from.

In February Tsgabu competed at the African Continental Championships in Wartburg, South Africa. He finished third in the team time trial, and two days later won the individual time trial. Tsgabu was the first Ethiopian to ever win an African Continental Championship. In the road race three days later Tsgabu finished fifth, 2′ 35″ behind winner and former team mate Louis Meintjes of MTN–Qhubeka. Tsgabu rode the 2015 Tirreno–Adriatico in March. He finished 51st overall, and came eighth in the young rider classification only 16 seconds behind Peter Sagan of Tinkoff–Saxo. He started the 2015 Giro d’Italia in San Lorenzo al Mare, becoming the first Ethiopian rider to compete in a Grand Tour. For the third time in his career, he won the Ethiopian national championship in both road and time trial events. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Following the Ronde van Zeeland Seaports, which he did not finish but was won by his future teammate Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Tsgabu joined the South African UCI Continental team MTN–Qhubeka for the remainder of their 2012 season. In August Tsgabu entered the 2012 Volta a Portugal. He was 17th in the prologue, but finished 82nd overall and 25th in the young rider classification. Tsgabu raced the Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren as a warm-up for the 2012 UCI Road World Championships in Valkenburg, Netherlands where he was the only Ethiopian competitor. He finished 25th in the men’s under-23 time trial and 87th in the men’s under-23 road race. Tsgabu ended his season in November by winning silver at the African Continental Championships individual time trial and gold in the men’s under-23 individual time trial in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. He finished 38th in the road race.

Facts & Trivia

Tsgabu Ranked on the list of most popular Sport Cyclist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ethiopia. Tsgabu Grmay celebrates birthday on August 25 of every year.

The 2014 season was Tsgabu’s third season with MTN–Qhubeka and began in February at the 2014 Tour de Langkawi. He aimed for a podium finish but could not repeat the success he had the previous year, and finished 52nd overall. However, MTN–Qhubeka did manage to win the team classification for a second consecutive year. Tsgabu did little racing during the spring, and abandoned the Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie, the Tour de Picardie, and the 2014 Tour of Norway. At the end of May he participated in the Tour des Fjords, finishing 70th overall and coming in second in the mountains classification only seven points behind winner Amets Txurruka of Caja Rural–Seguros RGA.

Top Facts about Tsgabu Grmay

1. Tsgabu Grmay is an Ethiopian road bicycle racer.
2. He was born on August 25, 1991.
3. Grmay turned professional in 2012 with MTN-Qhubeka team.
4. He has competed in multiple Grand Tours including the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia.
5. In 2015, he became the first Ethiopian to compete in the Tour de France.
6. Grmay won the King of the Mountains classification at the 2017 Tour of Austria.
7. He joined Mitchelton-Scott team in 2018 and currently rides for them.
8. His best result in a Grand Tour is finishing 38th overall at the 2016 Giro d’Italia.
9. Grmay has represented Ethiopia at multiple UCI Road World Championships.
10. As of September 2021, he has one professional victory to his name – stage four of the 2015 La Tropicale Amissa Bongo race in Gabon.