Episode24: Journalist Sadhbh O'Shea recounts historic Tour de France Femmes

Sadhbh O'Shea has covered the Tour de France as a journalist before. But never like this. The historic Tour de France Femmes this past summer gave O'Shea a front-row seat to the overwhelming success of the women's race around France. And like the riders on course, O'Shea and her fellow women journalists made history too by pumping out an intimidating amount of high-quality reporting and storytelling.

In this episode of the Slow Guy on the Fast Ride podcast, O'Shea, who now writes for VeloNews Magazine, recounts the ups and downs of the Tour de France Femmes. She also gives us a sense of what it's like to cover not one, but two Grand Tours in the middle of July in France. From press rooms to mountain top finishes, O'Shea was there to take it all in and lend her perspective to us. 

Of course, COVID still isn't done with us. And O'Shea had a bout of it herself in between the men's Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes. O'Shea tells us how COVID affected this year's race, not only for the riders, but also for the journalists covering the events. 

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