{"id":7965,"date":"2025-04-28T15:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T13:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/?p=7965"},"modified":"2025-04-30T15:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:42:10","slug":"i-just-kicked-and-never-looked-back-kim-le-court-powers-to-stunning-liege-bastogne-liege-femmes-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/uk\/2025\/04\/28\/i-just-kicked-and-never-looked-back-kim-le-court-powers-to-stunning-liege-bastogne-liege-femmes-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI Just Kicked and Never Looked Back\u201d \u2013 Kim Le Court Powers to Stunning Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge Femmes Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a thrilling finale at Li\u00e8ge-Bastogne-Li\u00e8ge Femmes, Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal) stormed to her first major classic victory, outsprinting Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez), Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck), and C\u00e9drine Kerbaol (EF Education-Oatly) in a tense four-up sprint.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Mauritian rider, a former stage winner at the Giro d\u2019Italia, launched her sprint early and managed to hold off her more experienced rivals on the finishing straight. Vollering and Pieterse could not close the gap as Le Court punched the air in delight, celebrating a remarkable and unexpected triumph.<\/p>\n

The win came after a determined fightback. Le Court had found herself in the second group as the attacks ignited on the closing climbs \u2013 C\u00f4te de la Redoute, C\u00f4te des Forges, and C\u00f4te de la Roche-aux-Faucons \u2013 but battled her way back into contention. After the race, the 29-year-old revealed just how much the victory meant.<\/p>\n

“To be honest when I bridged the gap on Roche-aux-Faucons I really felt strong compared to the others,” Le Court said. “When I bridged to them I saw they were really suffering, of course I was suffering too but for me to make that effort to bridge to them I knew I had maybe a bit more legs. Of course there was the effort to bridge to C\u00e9drine Kerbaol first, she\u2019s such a good rider. I just kicked and never looked back in the sprint. I could see Puck’s jersey but I just didn\u2019t stop.”<\/p>\n

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