Ethiopia: Excited Tsgabu Grmay Makes Ethiopia's Tour De France Debut

Ethiopia has been sending cyclists to the Olympic Games since the 1950s but has never sent a rider to the Tour de France. Until now. Tsgabu Gebremaryam Grmay is competing this year before racing in the Brazil Olympics next month.

"I'm so excited because I've never done this race," he says with less than 24 hours to the first stage. "For me the Tour de France is not just about finishing 21 stages. It's about doing something special. I'm ready to do something in this tour.

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