When Biniam Girmay takes a break from racing activities and returns to Europe from Eritrea, he will likely sign a new contract with the Intermarche Wanty-Gaubert team for 300,000 euros, triple his current contract, and put him at the heart of the team's classic team. Girmay has already signed a contract through 2024 after the Belgian team saw his potential last year and acquired him from the floundering Delco team. But his victory in Ghent-Wevelgem and his huge potential in sprints and classics means that even team manager Jean-François Brulard is ready to triple his contract with help from the European supermarket chain. Girmay, who made history by winning Ghent-Wevelgem, is happy with his team thanks to the close support of performance director Eike Visbæk and experienced director sportifs Hilaire van der Schullen and Valerio Piva. Gilmey had the support of Adrien Petit, Alexander Kristoff, and Andrea Pasqualon during the decisive moments in Ghent-Wevelgem, and the team is expected to further strengthen the Classics team to protect Gilmey and back up his ambitions for 2023. According to Cycling News, his annual salary and bonuses will exceed €1 million per season, and his new contract will last until the end of 2024.

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Burrato will meet with Girmay's agent, Alex Carrera, to finalize the new contract. He will then compete in the Giro d'Italia, making his Grand Tour debut in Italy. Girmay, who turns 22 on Saturday, will celebrate with his young family at his home in Asmara, the Eritrean capital, after three months away from home. 'Family is the most important thing,' Guillemay told a press conference in Zedergem on Monday before flying from Paris to Eritrea on Tuesday. 'For me, my family is more important than my bike. For the past three months, my wife has taken care of the baby. I'm feeling good, but I'm still following my plan. I will do it (the Tour of Flanders) in the future. It's just the beginning, so I have a lot of time."

Jilmay has had great success as a teenager in cycling-mad Eritrea and joined the UCI World Cycling Center's development program in 2018; after the two attacked together, he became one of the few riders to beat Remco Evenpoel in the European junior ranks. In 2019, he caught the attention of the Delco Pro team with a win at the Tour de Rwanda, defeating Niccolò Bonifazio and Andre Greipel in the sprint for La Tropicale Amissa Bongo. Team owner Philippe Lanne entertained Gilmay at his home for a while, but when the French team ran into financial difficulties and turmoil in 2021, he agreed to release him for a mere 70,000 euro penalty in the summer transfer market. Gil May chose Intermarque Wanty-Gobert instead of a larger team. This Belgian team helped his recovery by letting him compete in the Tour de Pollogne and a series of smaller one-day races; in 2021, he was living in Tuscany with other Eritrean and African riders, who had recently reduced their tax on the sportster's income to just 7%! He moved to San Marino, a small country on the Adriatic coast. Girmay won the Classic Grand Besançon Dubs in France on September 3 and took silver in the World Championships in a sprint win behind Italy's Filippo Baroncini, becoming the first Eritrean and the first black African to win medals at the UCI Road World Championships

In Spain, he won a silver medal in the sprint competition behind Italian Filippo Baroncini.

He won the second race at Challenge Mallorca in Spain and rode impressively in Paris-Nice, despite a crash in the second stage at Echelon. He finished 12th in Milan-San Remo and 5th in the E3 Saxo Bank Classic, but proved his talent in Ghent-Wevelgem, winning with a brilliant run and sprint. Gil May is likely to be one of the most high-profile riders on the Corsa Rosa in his quest for a stage victory and the points jersey at the Giro d'Italia. Although he is unlikely to compete in the Tour de France in his second year of WorldTour competition, he will have a busy end of the season as Intermarche Wanty-Gobert looks to gain the ranking points needed to remain a WorldTour team in 2023.