Suffering in her debut participation at Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes, Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal) not only clawed her way back to the front group but delivered a huge victory for the ninth edition of the race. The rider from Mauritius outsprinted the two favourites Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) and Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez), to become the first African to win La Doyenne.
Coming from a mountain bike background, Le Court, who made her name last year by winning a stage of the Giro d'Italia Women, had been dropped on the Roche-aux-Faucons climb. She was, however, then able to bridge the gap to Vollering, Pieterse, and Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) though Kopecky soon lost contact, leaving the trio to chase down lone attacker Cédrine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly) with nine kilometres to go.
