โจ โI thought: this canโt be real… not me. Not today.โ
In this video, we take you inside the unforgettable day that Kim Le Court made history by becoming the first African woman ever to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France Femmes.
From the disbelief at the finish line to the support of her teammates as she stepped onto the podium, this is more than a jersey. Itโs a moment for the history books.
Born in Mauritius, Kim could hardly believe what she had achieved. But the cheers said it all: she had earned the maillot jaune, and with it, inspired a continent.
๐ Tell us in the comments where you were when Kim made history.
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Her disbelief shows how much earning a Yellow Jersey meant to her. Spectacular day for Woman's Cycling.
A great day for cycling and a great day for Mauritius and Africa! ๐๐ฒ๐บ
Proud. Bravooooo Kimberly… Vive Maurice. Quelle representative..Fiere fiere fiere. GOD BLESS YOU
Felicitation Kimberly. Chapeau
Pricelessโฆ.all the hard work paid off
What a truly mind blowing stupid post. First "African" woman. So what is she? Egyptian, Zimbabwean, Tunisian, Kenyan, South African, Algerian?
Fiertรฉ…โค
Very strong woman
Quel รฉmotion !!!!! a pleurer .. si fiรจre de cette petite bout de femme , mais grande dรฉjร dans le cลur de ton pays , Ille Maurice ..
Congratulations Kim
Kim already used up all her โNoโs for this month
Wah….incredible!!!
What a humble lady
Outstanding. Fantastic. Congratulations.
YES — and it counts!
This brought tears to my eyes…absolutely beautiful and stunning achievement!
Bravo fiรจre de notre Ile Maurice, chapeau bas. Ile Maurice te soutient . Je serai ร Clermont quand au dรฉpart j'espรจre pouvoir te faire un ccou.Mauricienne de France
Mauritian watching from Hawaii , proud of you Kim , in the history books ๐ฒ๐บ
Bravo Kim! On es avec toi! Keep going
Outstanding achievement!
La fiertรฉ de toute l'รฎle Maurice ๐ฒ๐บ
Aww this is so cute
รmouvant. Enn tifi Curepipe arrive la, fouf… Bravo madame !
Show em the perseverance of Mauritians
Chapeau bas ร Kim. Toute L'รฎle Maurice est avec toi! Tu as fait l'histoire et tu feras encore l'histoire ce dimanche!!๐
As a Canadian born in Mauritius, I have never been more proud of being a Mauritian as today seeing Kim wearing the Yellow Jersey for a second time. She is so humble and is being realistic when she told her team mates to enjoy the moment because it may not happen again.
Humble and good human being, have seen people celebrating early and lost everything in a fraction of a second and here she is..๐ well done
Proud moment for the entire African Nation. She is the first woman from Mauritius standing on such a big podium of Tour de France gaining the yellow jersey. Wow. God bless her. โคโคโคโค
6:18… I wished that you had said for my country "Mauritius" (i,e. actually mentioning the name Mauritius)…. But ok.
And she is back in yellow after the 5th race that she won!!! ๐ So proud! ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ
Bravo Kim ๐๐ฒ๐บ
Pienaar … Klein Constantia sponsor… South-African connection there!
Bravo en tout cas!
May God give u the necessary courage to continue to ur aim we r all proud of u lift our flag very high come on Kim comeon๐ฒ๐บ๐๐๐
Bordel j'ai pleurรฉ avec elle. ^^ Et je suis franรงais je prรฉcise mais une telle รฉmotion est universelle.
Is she a skeptic or a cynic?
1:35 seconds to believe what she has just done, magnificent for her and for Africa.
beautiful
5:12 this is what it means, what a great sport
Why do you speak of African Nation? Nothing to do with Africa!!! Mautitius first was a French possession ,then has been a part of the United Kingdom before it's independance in 1967 .
First African? Really? I don't think that's how it works…
โคโคproud! Mauritius and Africa! ๐ท
Keep it up Kimberly we r all with u in mauritius ๐ฒ๐บ
I don't even know that woman and I feel a sense of pride for her. I was actually feeling emotional. Very happy for her and the African continent
Not just Mauritius, but around the world. I applaud those who work hard. if you are man or woman, the tour is hard. You are recognized for your efforts and achievements, keep it up!
So proud of you Kimโค๐ป๐๐ป๐๐ปYou made it๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐
Complรจtement perdue la Mauricienne qui "attend"?, ce quโelle doit rรฉpondre ๐ข!
LUNAIRE๐๐๐๐.
Yellow jersey only really matters on the last 2 days…but still not an easy feat!
Congrats on the great achievement. That aside itโs interesting that some associate Mauritius with Africa. I donโt consider Mauritius to be an African nation. To associate with the whole of Africa is a bit of an insult to Mauritius.
I think that we all cried with her….. This was so emotional. Proud of her and all her achievement so far. Mauritius stand with you. Stay blessed and continue to make our flag raise so high at international level.
Mauritius is hardly in Africa. The Indian Ocean occupies a large area which includes islands and territories which have a varied ethnic make-up.
En tant que franรงais, je suis fiรจre de cette crรฉole d'ascendance franรงaise.
Kim Maurice est fiรจre de toi bravo๐๐ผ allez moris ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ