Tour de France Femmes: Le Court makes history for Africa with fifth-stage victory
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 Le Court, 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-Prévot by 18 seconds. "It's really been a dream start to the Tour. The stage win, the yellow jersey," said Le Court, adding: "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," she said.
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 24 sec 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.
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