Women's cycling - 8
PIECE N° 631
LE COURT DE BILLOT-PIENAAR Kimberley (MU)
(23.03.1996)
Her Mauritian champion’s jersey worn during the 2024 Tour de France Femmes
Born in Curepipe, Kimberley Le Court de Billot-Pienaar is a Mauritian cyclist who excels on both the road and in mountain biking. Her career is characterised by her versatility, her fighting spirit and her determination to represent Mauritius at the highest level.
After winning the 2023 Cape Epic with Vera Looser, she joined the Belgian team AG Insurance–Soudal in 2024. This season marked her return to the forefront of road racing: she became Mauritian champion in both the road race and the time trial, finished tenth in Paris–Roubaix and won the final stage of the Women’s Giro d’Italia.
She then cemented her place amongst the world’s best female cyclists by winning the 2025 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Women’s race, followed by a stage of the Women’s Tour de France, during which she also wore the yellow jersey.
This Mauritian champion’s jersey was worn by Kimberley Le Court during the final stage of the 2024 Women’s Tour de France, between Le Grand-Bornand and Alpe d’Huez. The number 44 race bib, still attached to the back of the jersey, directly links this garment to the Mauritian champion’s participation in the 2024 Women’s Tour de France.
On display in the Virtual Cycling Museum – Noël GREGOIRE Collections, this jersey is a remarkable memento of Kimberley Le Court’s first Tour de France Femmes and the season that revealed her talent at the very highest level.
PIECE N° 414
MARSAL Catherine (F)
(20.01.1971)
Her rainbow jersey as 1990 road world champion
Born in Metz, Catherine Marsal is one of the leading figures in French women’s cycling. A precocious and versatile rider, she became junior road world champion in 1987, then junior world champion in the pursuit the following year.
The 1990 season marked the peak of her young career. At just 19 years of age, she won the French Championship, the Tour de l’Aude, the Tour de la Communauté européenne and the Women’s Giro d’Italia.
She went on to compete in four editions of the Olympic Games and, in 1995, set a new world hour record, covering a distance of 47.112 kilometres.
This item is a rainbow world champion’s jersey worn by Catherine Marsal following her world title win in 1990.
The Women’s Road World Championships took place on 1 September 1990 in Utsunomiya, Japan. The French rider broke away on her own and won the world title after a remarkable display of strength. She finished 3 minutes and 24 seconds ahead of the American Ruthie Matthes, whilst the Italian Luisa Seghezzi took the bronze medal.
This jersey brings together one of France’s greatest champions, the prestigious world road title and the rainbow colours that have become the universal symbol of cycling.
PIECE N° 647
MOOLMAN PASIO Ashleigh (ZA)
(09.12.1985)
His jersey worn during the Three Varesines Valleys 2025
Born in Pretoria, Ashleigh Moolman Pasio is one of the greatest representatives of African cycling. She discovered competition while studying chemical engineering at the University of Stellenbosch and quickly proved to be an excellent climber.Multiple champion of Africa and South Africa, she won the Emakumeen Euskal Bira 2017, the Tour of Tuscany in 2016 and 2017, as well as the Tour de Romandie féminin 2022. She also placed second in the Women's Tour of Italy in 2018 and 2021.
A bronze medalist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, Ashleigh Moolman Pasio has competed in several Olympic Games and has established herself as one of the best international stage racers.
This piece is a jersey from the AG Insurance–Soudal team worn by Ashleigh Moolman Pasio at the Trois Vallées Varésines 2025. A handwritten dedication of the champion appears on the front. The number 24 bib, still attached to the back of the garment, makes it possible to identify precisely the race during which this outfit was used. The matching bib shorts complete this competition set. This ensemble retains the traces of a specific episode of Ashleigh Moolman Pasio's career: his offensive participation in the Three Varesian Valleys 2025, interrupted by a fall in the final.
Presented in the Musée Virtuel du Cyclisme – Collections Noël GREGOIRE, this jersey is a precious testimony to the career of Ashleigh Moolman Pasio, a great figure in South African and international cycling.
