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The Independent
31 minutes ago
- The Independent
Kim Le Court becomes first African stage winner at Tour de France Femmes
Kim Le Court Pienaar became the first African to win a stage at the Tour de France Femmes with a late push on Wednesday, reclaiming the yellow jersey on stage five's 165.8 km ride from Jaunay-Marigny to Gueret. Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal), who led the general classification after stage two but was overtaken by Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike), won a breakneck downhill push to the finish, edging 2023 champion and overall race favourite Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) on the line. 'We came in with a clear plan, first to stay safe... it was difficult because it was flat and fast, a lot of big crashes... then try for the victory,' Le Court, the Mauritian national champion, said. The 29-year-old sat up to celebrate before crossing the line and only narrowly finished ahead of a still-accelerating Vollering, whose bike throw wasn't enough to pip Le Court. She added: 'When you're on the bike you can see you have the speed, and you'll cross the line first. Maybe I gave a bit of a fright to people watching at home … Luckily for me, I had enough [of a] gap.' The fifth stage, the longest in the Tour this year, went through relatively flat terrain before three climbs in the final 35km and saw several failed breakaway attempts as the peloton covered 46.5 km in the first hour despite multiple crashes. Points jersey holder Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) recovered from a crash to rejoin the peloton and contest the minor places at the intermediate sprint, which was won by Alison Jackson from the breakaway. But the Dutchwoman struggled to keep up after the first climb, ultimately finishing 58th. American Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner (EF Education-Oatly) abandoned the race after her third crash in three days. Maria Giulia Confalonieri, Elisa Balsamo and Monica Trinca Colonel also quit the race, continuing an exodus of big names after Tour de Suisse champion Marlen Reusser and Giro d'Italia winner Elisa Longo Borghini abandoned earlier in the week. A thinned-down group of yellow jersey contenders caught the final breakaway stragglers on the day's final climb, Le Maupuy, inside the last 10km, and attacked to eke out a 30-second gap on the peloton, with Vos unable to go with them. The seven-strong group - including last year's entire podium - would not be caught and ultimately sprinted for the stage honours in Gueret. Paris-Roubaix Femmes champion Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Visma-Lease a Bike) moved up to second, sitting 18 seconds behind Le Court in the general classification, while Vollering rose to third, 23 seconds down. Vollering's performance indicated that despite a nasty crash on stage three - which had threatened to put her out of the race entirely - she remains a serious contender for the yellow jersey once again. Last year's champion Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney sits fourth at 24 seconds back, setting up a tight battle for yellow in the upcoming mountain stages, which will decide the race. Saturday's 'queen stage', from Chambery to a summit finish atop the Col de la Madeleine, features 3,520m of climbing. The Tour continues on Thursday with a mountainous 123.7km ride from Clermont-Ferrand to Ambert.
BBC News
32 minutes ago
- BBC News
Le Court makes history in Tour de France Femmes
Kim le Court became the first African to win a stage at the Tour de France Femmes, with her victory on stage five meaning she also took the yellow jersey from Marianne champion Le Court took a risk as she sat up to celebrate as she crossed the line in Gueret, but she held on to beat fast-closing Dutchwoman Demi Vollering by a 29-year-old was part of a seven-rider group that broke away from the peloton towards the end of the hilly 165.8km route, the longest stage of the fourth edition of the Tour de France was the fastest finisher in the group and duly delivered, and now leads France's Pauline Ferrand-Prevot by 18 seconds, while Vos drops to sixth after finishing in a group 33 seconds off the road race champion Kristen Faulkner withdrew after crashing in the neutralised zone before the official start, the third successive day on which the American had four stages remaining, on Thursday riders will tackle the first mountain stage of the tour, a 123.7km route between Clermont-Ferrand and Ambert. Stage five results 1. Kimberley le Court (Mau/AG Insurance-Soudal) 3hrs 54mins 7secs2. Demi Vollering (Ned/FDJ-Suez) Same time3. Anna van der Breggen (Ned/SD Worx-Protime)4. Katarzyna Niewiadoma-phinney (Pol/Canyon-SRAM-ZondaCrypto) 5. Pauline Ferrand prevot (Fra/Visma-Lease a Bike)6. Sarah Gigante (Aus/AG Insurance-Soudal)7. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck)8. Marianne Vos (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) +33secs9. Evita Muzic (Fra/FDJ-Suez) Same time10. Elise Chabbey (Sui/FDJ-Suez) General classification after stage five 1. Kimberley le Court (Mau/AG Insurance-Soudal) 15hrs 7mins 14secs2. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Fra/Visma-Lease a Bike) +18secs3. Demi Vollering (Ned/FDJ-Suez) +23secs4. Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol/Canyon-Sram-ZondaCrypto) +24secs5. Anna van der Breggen (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) +27secs6. Marianne Vos (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) +37secs7. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +45secs8. Sarah Gigante (Aus/AG Insurance-Soudal) +55secs9. Puck Pieterse (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +1min 4secs10. Cedrine Kerbaol (Fra/EF Education-Oatly) +1min 16secs
Daily Mail
an hour ago
- Daily Mail
Crystal Palace told when they will discover their European fate after appealing against Europa League demotion
Crystal Palace will learn their European fate within a fortnight. The Eagles have taken UEFA to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after they were demoted from the Europa League to the Conference League last month for falling foul of the governing body's rules on multi-club ownership. And CAS have now announced that their appeal will be heard next Friday, August 8, with a verdict due on the following Monday, August 11. Palace want the decision overturned and are also appealing the decision to admit Nottingham Forest and French side Lyon into the Europa League. Forest, who were in the Conference League, took Palace's place following their demotion. As Mail Sport revealed earlier this week, City Ground officials will be sending a legal team to the Swiss showdown to represent themselves. FA Cup winners Palace were removed from the Europa League because Lyon, who were owned by US businessman John Textor, were already in the competition and had finished higher in their domestic league last season. Textor's Eagle Football Holdings also held a 43 per cent stake in Palace and a UEFA panel ruled that the situation had broken their rules. Palace are expected to deny that Textor, who has since sold his stake to fellow American Woody Johnson, held a position of influence at the club as his firm only had a 25 per cent share of voting rights. They are also set to claim that double standards have been at play by UEFA given their belief that Forest were allowed extra time to comply with the rules, whereas Palace were held to a March 1 deadline. They want UEFA to disclose documents which they are confident will illustrate how both clubs received differing treatment. Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis effectively placed the English side into blind trust on April 29 when there was a risk it may qualify for the Champions League alongside his Greek outfit Olympiakos. The draw for the Conference League play-off, which Palace are currently due to be in, takes place next Monday. The first leg is to be held on August 21.
