Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Tigrinya: መርሃዊ ቕዱስን ገብረመድኅን; born 23 January 1994) is an Eritrean professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Terengganu Cycling Team. During his professional career, Merhawi has taken six victories including three national road titles as well as the general classification and two stages at the 2019 Tour du Rwanda.
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Full name | Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin | ||||||||||||||
Born | Asmara, Eritrea | 23 January 1994||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb; 9.1 st)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||
Current team | Terengganu Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Rider type | Climbing specialist | ||||||||||||||
Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
2013 | World Cycling Centre | ||||||||||||||
2013 | Bretagne–Séché Environnement (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||
Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
2014–2018 | MTN–Qhubeka | ||||||||||||||
2019–2021 | Astana[2][3][4] | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | EF Education–EasyPost[5][6] | ||||||||||||||
2024– | Terengganu Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||
Major wins | |||||||||||||||
One-day races and Classics
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Medal record
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Born in Asmara,[7] Merhawi was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France,[8] becoming one of the first two black Africans to start the Tour alongside teammate and countryman Daniel Teklehaimanot.[9] At the age of 21 Merhawi was the youngest rider in the race.[10] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Giro d'Italia.[11]
He competed in the men's road race at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7]
One of six children, Merhawi's younger brother Milkias has also competed professionally in cycling.[12]
Source: [13]
Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | 61 |
Tour de France | — | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Vuelta a España | 92 | — | 38 | DNF | 31 | — | 58 | — | 79 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |