A brilliant performance from Niamh Fisher-Black saw her finish fifth overall in the Tour de France Femmes.

The Lidl-Trek kiwi, third on the queen stage of the Cole de la Madeleine on stage seven, was fourth in the final stage at Chatel Les Portes du Soleil after another significant climb.

It equals her previous best in a Grand Tour, after placing fifth in the prestigious Giro d’Italia Donne three years ago.

The Paris Olympian finished seventh in the mountains classification and helped lift her Lidl-Trek team to fifth on the Teams standings.

Paris Olympic MTB gold medallist, Pauline Ferrand-Prevot  (Team Visma Lease a Bike), who claimed the UCI Road World championship over a decade ago, dominated to win her first women’s Grand Tour after two stage wins on the final two challenging hill climb stages.

Kiwi Ella Wyllie  finished a highly merited 12th overall on GC and was the leading rider from the Liv AlUla Jayco team.