Kim the Court wins after a sprint between favorites on the 5th stage and resumes the yellow jersey in Marianne your

The Mauritian runner took the best on a small group of cadors in the final on Wednesday, at the end of the longest stage of this edition.

She aligns the first. First African yellow jersey in the history of the Tour de France Women on Monday, Kim Le Court became the first runner of his continent to offer himself a victory on the tricolor event on Wednesday, July 30, just ahead of the Dutch Vollering (FDJ-Suez) and Anna Van der Breggen (SD-World Protime) on the line in Guéret.

At the end of this 5th stage, the longest of this Tour de France women 2025 with 165.8 kilometers traveled, the AG Insurance-Sudal runner takes up the yellow jersey in Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease A Bike, now 6th at 37 “), not able to follow the accelerations of favorites in the ascent of Maupuy. To 12” from the leader of the general classification, Kim Court had already shaved for the bonus eight kilometers from the finish, to resume six seconds.

Enough to explode the 38-year-old Dutchman, who thought he had a card to play since her compatriot and green jersey Lorena Wiebes (SD-World Protime), winner of the last two stages, had downgraded in the full-bodied finale with her Belgian teammate Lotte Kopecky. But it is indeed a sprint between seven cadors, which finally allowed “KLC” to win.

Also able to take four seconds of bonus in Saint-Léger-le-Guéretois, Pauline Ferrand-Prévôt (Visma-Lease Bike) dates back to second place in the general classification at 18 “, in front of the last two winners of the Tour: half vollering (3rd to 23”), back 100% after his fall on Monday, and Katarzyyn Niewiadoma (Canyon-Sram, 4th 24 “). Note that Pauliena Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deuceninck, 7th at 45 “) and Sarah Gigante (AG Insurance-Soudal, 8th to 55”) also knew how to accompany the favorites.

Before this conclusion, The race – quite nervous despite a long flat profile – had also seen several runners fall, like the Frenchwoman Marion Bunnel (Visma -Lease A Bike), who still left, far behind the peloton. But not all of them were lucky. Former world champion Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) and Olympic champion Kristen Faulkner (EF Education-Oatly) thus abandoned after a fall at the start of the stage.

Finally, despite the points raised by the Australian Brodie Chapman (UAE Team Adq), stronger than her other escape partners, the Swiss Elisa Chabbey (FDJ-Suez) retains her polka dot jersey before the first passes of this edition, Thursday, during a 6th stage in Auvergne, between Clermont-Ferrand and Ambert.