Tsgabu Grmay on 12 years in the WorldTour and fostering talent in East Africa

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Payson McElveen

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🗓️ 9 February 2025

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Growing up in Ethiopia, Tsgabu Grmay was inspired to start riding by his father and older brother, who were both cyclists. As a teenager, he was selected to go to the UCI’s World Cycling Centre in South Africa and signed with his first UCI team in 2012. Since then, he raced 12 years on the WorldTour with teams including Lampre-Merida, Trek-Segafredo, and Jayco-AlUla. He retired from road racing at the end of 2023, but joined Team Amani as a rider and coach. This year, he’s on the roster for t...

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0:00.0	Sometimes I forget that I did through France.
0:02.7	I did this.
0:03.6	I feel like I'm at the beginning to achieve bigger.
0:07.1	Amani is bigger than me.
0:09.1	Everything I did, it's good.
0:11.2	I'm proud of that.
0:12.2	But what I'm going to do in the next 10, 20 years
0:16.0	with the way I think, it's like, it's just nothing.
0:19.1	It's showtime, everybody.
0:21.6	Showtime! You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:25.6	This is the world as it exists today.
0:30.6	Life moves pretty fast.
0:34.6	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:36.6	You could miss it
0:40.3	we talk about practice repeat on the dude's room donnie you're out of your element
0:47.3	I see you think this has nothing to do with you don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
0:59.1	This is the adventure stash with Payson McElvin.
1:02.7	Hi, everyone, and welcome back.
1:07.6	We have another conversation from the Athletic Affairs Studio here in Gerona, Spain today, with another local resident, Skabu Gurmai. Skabu is one of the new Lifetime
1:13.4	Grand Prix athletes for 2025, having just wrapped up a 12-year career in the world tour where he
1:19.9	rode for top teams like Trek Segafredo, J-Co-Alula, and others. He really has an incredible story.
1:28.7	Just one of the most incredibly inspiring stories we've had on the podcast for a while, I think.
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