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Al Jazeera
30-07-2025
- Sport
- Al Jazeera
Le Court secures historic Africa win at women's Tour de France
Mauritian Kim Le Court became the first African to win a stage on the women's Tour de France.. It was a case of double celebration for the 29-year-old who, on Wednesday took the fifth stage honours in a sprint to reclaim the leader's yellow jersey. Le Court edged Dutch duo Demi Vollering and Anna van der Breggen after a hilly 166km ride, the longest of the Tour, from Chasseneuil-du-Poitou Futuroscope to Gueret. Overnight leader Marianne Vos lost yellow to the AG Insurance-Soudal team leader after finishing eighth, 33 seconds adrift, on the day. Le Court, who had a brief spell already at the top of the general classification after stage two, now leads France's Pauline Ferrand-Prevot by 18 seconds. 'It's really been a dream start to the Tour. The stage win, the yellow jersey,' said Le Court. 'I wasn't even thinking about it when we started in Brittany. 'As for what happens next, we'll see, since I don't know my limits in the mountains, this Tour being my first major stage race where my team has asked me to compete for the overall classification.' Vollering, the Tour winner in 2023 and favourite for this edition, is third at 23sec after recovering from a heavy fall on Monday. Last year's winner, Poland's Katarzyna Niewiadoma, took fourth in the stage to sit well placed at 24sec off the overall lead. Thursday's sixth stage is a mountainous 123.7km ride from Clermont-Ferrand to Ambert featuring three ascents, including the category one climb up the Col du Beal, with the race finishing on Sunday.
The Guardian
30-07-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Tour de France Femmes 2025: stage five sets longest test into Massif Central
Update: Date: 2025-07-30T10:35:58.000Z Title: Preamble Content: The profile of stage five, between Chasseneuil-du-Poitou and Guéret, looks ripe for a breakaway in the final: there are three categorised climbs inside the last 36km, two category fours and one category three, after a relatively flat 130km or so. However, the location of the day's intermediate sprint, at Dun-le-Palestel after 127km, may lead certain teams to try and control the race until then. Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx–Protime), who leads the green jersey standings after two stage wins in two days, said yesterday she may try to get in breakaways to fight for more points. But perhaps Marianne Vos, the overall leader and yellow-jersey wearer, and her Visma-Lease A Bike team will lend a hand in controlling things. At 165.8km, this transitional stage is the longest of this year's race. It will be interesting to see how fierce the battle to form an early breakaway becomes, because there are already plenty of tired bodies in the peloton, with a few teams and riders hoping for a relatively easy day with a non-threatening breakaway allowed up the road. This being the Tour de France Femmes, though, it'll probably be flat-out all the way. Stage start time: 12.35pm UK/1.35pm local
