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Kimberley Le Court
Mauritian cyclist (born 1996) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kimberley Le Court Pienaar (born 23 March 1996) is a Mauritian professional racing cyclist[3] who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam AG Insurance–Soudal.[4] Le Court represented Mauritius at the 2019 African Games in cycling, winning two medals: gold in the women's cross-country marathon and the bronze in the women's cross-country Olympic event.[5] Le Court has won the Mauritius road race national championships four times in 2016, 2019, 2024 and 2025, and won the time trial national championship twice in 2024 and 2025.[6] In 2025 Le Court became the first African cyclist to lead the race and wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France Femmes and the first African cyclist to win a stage of the Tour after winning stage 5.
In 2024, Le Court signed with AG Insurance–Soudal, reportedly after contacting every UCI Women's World Tour team asking for an opportunity.[7] Later that year, she won stage 8 at the Giro d'Italia Women, her first stage win at the UCI Women's World Tour.
In 2025, Le Court won Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes, finishing first in a sprint of 4 breakaway riders.[8] In the Tour de France Femmes, she obtained the yellow jersey after stage 2, becoming the first female African cyclist in wearing it.[9]
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Major results
- 2015
- African Games
- 2016
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd
Road race, African Road Championships
- 2017
- 2nd
Road race, African Road Championships
- 2018
- 9th Road race, African Road Championships
- 2019
- African Games
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Road race, African Road Championships
- 2022
- African Road Championships
- 5th Cross-country, Commonwealth Games[10]
- 2023
- African Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Cape Epic (with Vera Looser)
- 2024
- National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 8 Giro d'Italia
- 9th Classic Brugge–De Panne
- 9th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 10th Paris–Roubaix
- 2025
- National Road Championships
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 5
- Held
after Stages 2 & 5–7
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Britain
- 3rd Overall UAE Tour
- 5th Tour of Flanders
- 9th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
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Personal life
Le Court was born to a Mauritian father of French descent and a Scottish mother.[11] Her brother Olivier is also a road racing cyclist.[12][13]
She moved from Mauritius to South-Africa, from South-Africa to Europe and then back to South-Africa before ending up with her current cycling team.[14]
Le Court married South African mountain biker Ian Pienaar in autumn 2023.[15]
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External links
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