Le Court Makes History In Tour De France Femmes

1 month ago

Alex Brotherton

BBC Sport journalist

Kim le Court became nan first African to triumph a shape astatine nan Tour de France Femmes, pinch her triumph connected shape 5 meaning she besides took nan yellowish jersey from Marianne Vos.

Mauritian champion Le Court took a consequence arsenic she sat up to observe arsenic she crossed nan statement successful Gueret, but she held connected to hit fast-closing Dutchwoman Demi Vollering by a wheel.

The 29-year-old was portion of a seven-rider group that collapsed distant from nan peloton towards nan extremity of nan hilly 165.8km route, nan longest shape of nan 4th version of nan Tour de France Femmes.

She was nan fastest finisher successful nan group and duly delivered, and now leads France's Pauline Ferrand-Prevot by 18 seconds, while Vos drops to sixth aft finishing successful a group 33 seconds disconnected nan pace.

Olympic roadworthy title champion Kristen Faulkner withdrew aft crashing successful nan neutralised area earlier nan charismatic start, nan 3rd successive time connected which nan American had fallen.

With 4 stages remaining, connected Thursday riders will tackle nan first upland shape of nan tour, a 123.7km way betwixt Clermont-Ferrand and Ambert.