Kim Le Court wins opening stage of Tour of Britain
Kim Le Court (AG Insurance-Soudal) returned to the peloton for the first time since winning Liège-Bastogne-Liège and didn't miss a step, taking the opening stage of the Lloyd's Tour of Britain ahead of Kristen Faulkner (EF Education-Oatly) and Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime). The Mauritian rider took advantage of a deceptively hard course through North York Moors National Park, attacking with 38 km to go on a Cat 2 climb. Faulkner was the only rider who could follow the move.
The peloton was too reduced for a concerted chase, although Movistar, FDJ-Suez and Lidl-Trek tried to combine forces to pull the two back. They were able to keep the gap to only 35 seconds, but inside the final 2 km, it was still too large to bring the escapees back. Wiebes sprinted from the remaining peloton to take third on the stage.
Le Court will start the second stage with a five-second advantage over Faulkner and 14 seconds over Wiebes.
[race_result id=9063 stage_id=87510 count=5 gc=0 year=2025]
