Kimberley Le Court
Mauritian cyclist (born 1996)
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Kimberley Le Court Pienaar (born Mary Patricia Kimberley Le Court de Billot; 23 March 1996), known as Kim Le Court, is a Mauritian professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam AG Insurance–Soudal. She 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. 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 the 2025 Tour de France Femmes, she obtained the yellow jersey after stage 2, becoming the first female African cyclist in wearing it.
Le Court at the 2025 Tour de France Femmes | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Mary Patricia Kimberley Le Court de Billot |
| Born | 23 March 1996 Curepipe, Mauritius |
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | AG Insurance–Soudal |
| Disciplines |
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| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2016 | Time Freight |
| 2018–2023 | Demacon Ladies |
| Professional teams | |
| 2015 | Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling |
| 2016 | Bizkaia–Durango |
| 2024– | AG Insurance–Soudal |
| Major wins | |
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Early life and education
Career
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.[6] 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.[7]
In 2024, Le Court signed with AG Insurance–Soudal, reportedly after contacting every UCI Women's World Tour team asking for an opportunity.[8] Later that year, she won stage 8 at the Giro d'Italia Women, her first stage win at the UCI Women's World Tour.
Kim Le Court rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam AG Insurance–Soudal.[9] In 2025, Le Court won Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes, finishing first in a sprint of 4 breakaway riders.[10] In the Tour de France Femmes, she obtained the yellow jersey after stage 2, becoming the first female African cyclist to wear it.[11]
Major results
- 2015
- African Games
- 1st
Road race - 8th Time trial
- 1st
- 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 Cross-country marathon
- 3rd Cross-country
- 6th Road race
- 1st
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Road race, African Road Championships
- 2022
- African Road Championships
- 1st Team relay
- 2nd Team time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 5th Cross-country, Commonwealth Games[12]
- 2023
- African Road Championships
- 1st Team relay
- 1st Team time trial
- 3rd Time trial
- 10th Road race
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Cape Epic (with Vera Looser) - 2024
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 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 Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1st Giro dell'Emilia
- 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
- 8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 9th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
- 2026
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de France
- 4th Overall UAE Tour
- 4th Overall Tour de Suisse
