Kimberley Le Court
Kimberley Le Court Pienaar is a Mauritian professional racing cyclist who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam. 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. 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. 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 2024, Le Court signed with, reportedly after contacting every UCI Women's World Tour team asking for an opportunity. Later that year, she won stage 8 at the Giro d'Italia Women, her first stage win at the UCI Women's World Tour.
In 2025, Le Court won Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes, finishing first in a sprint of 4 breakaway riders. In the Tour de France Femmes, she obtained the yellow jersey after stage 2, becoming the first female African cyclist in wearing it.
Major results
;2015;2016
;2017
;2018
;2019
;2022
;2023
;2024
;2025
Personal life
Le Court was born to a Mauritian father of French descent and a Scottish mother. Her brother Olivier is also a road racing cyclist.She moved from Mauritius to South-Africa, from South-Africa to Europe and then back to South-Africa before ending up with her current cycling team.
Le Court married South African mountain biker Ian Pienaar in autumn 2023.