Handle for the door of an automobile vehicle comprising a lock cylinder cap

A vehicle door handle which comprises an external gripping lever that is designed to be moved by a user from a rest position to an open position, and a lock controlled by the gripping lever, the lock having a lock cylinder which includes a stator, one end of which is accessible from the outside, the lock cylinder having a slit in the accessible end so that a key can be inserted in the lock cylinder through the slit, of the type in which the gripping lever comprises a protective cap covering the lock cylinder that is assembled so that it is free to slide with respect to the gripping lever between a protecting position in which the cap conceals at least the slit in the lock cylinder when the gripping lever is in its rest position, and a displaced position enabling access to the slit for the insertion of a key, wherein the cap is installed free to slide with respect to the body of the gripping lever in a direction parallel to the hinge pin about which the gripping lever rotates with respect to the door wherein the cap can only be moved with respect to the body of the gripping lever when the gripping lever is in the open position.