Kim Le Court-Pienaar may not have crossed the line first on the opening stage of the Tour de France Femmes, but the Mauritian champion called the outcome in Lausanne "a little personal win" as she finished second behind Lorena Wiebes.
Most predictions before the Grand Départ placed the Dutch super-sprinter firmly at the top of the favourites list to take the yellow jersey on stage 1. She duly did that, darting clear of a lead group largely consisting of GC favourites to take her sixth career Tour stage win and wear yellow again, four years after her triumph in Paris.
