![]() Ghebreigzabhier at the
2023 Vuelta a España | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Egerzeigzaarhka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Ema | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 17 August 1994|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lidl–Trek | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2012–2015 | AS.BE.CO | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2016–2017 | Dimension Data for Qhubeka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2016 | Team Dimension Data (stagiaire) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | Team Dimension Data (stagiaire) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | Team Dimension Data [1] [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2021– | Trek–Segafredo [3] [4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
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Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Egerzeigzaarhka (born 17 August 1994) is an Ethiopian-born Eritrean cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek.
Ghebreigzabhier started cycling at the age of 14, first with mountain biking. [5] His first major success was winning the Eritrean national road race championships in 2014 while riding for a club team. In 2016, he joined Dimension Data for Qhubeka, the development team of UCI WorldTeam Team Dimension Data, and was selected to join the WorldTeam as a stagiaire in 2016 and 2017. He joined the team full time the following year, and competed in his first Grand Tour: the 2018 Vuelta a España where he finished 7th on stage 17 and 34th overall. [6] [7] That season, he also won the African road race championship. In 2019, he competed in his first Giro d'Italia and was crowned the national time trial champion. [8]
After NTT Pro Cycling folded at the end of the 2020 season, he was signed by Trek–Segafredo with an initial contract lasting through 2022. [4] In March 2022, he fell heavily during the last stage of the Volta a Catalunya. Hospitalized, he suffered serious contusions to the chest and abdomen, injuries to several organs and broken ribs and vertebrae. [9]
Ghebreigzabhier had a strong spring in 2023, finishing second in the GP Industria & Artigianato di Larciano before competing in the Giro d'Italia in May. [10] At the Giro, he placed 6th on stage 4 and was presented the combativity award for the day. [11] However, he ultimately abandoned the race after stage 15. In August, he competed in the Vuelta a España, attaining a 4th place finish on stage 9. [12]
Source: [13]
Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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— | 45 | 54 | 63 | — | DNF | 63 |
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37 | DNF | — | — | — | 82 |
— | Did not compete |
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IP | In progress |
DNF | Did not finish |