Interview: Pro-Cyclist Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio and Zwift's Kate Veronneau, on the Tour de France Femmes

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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In this episode, Jessica Luther talks Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio and Kate Veronneau about the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, which is the first time in over 30 years women have been allowed to compete under the Tour de France brand name. Ashleigh is a pro-cyclist from South Africa with Team SD Worx. She won first place in the first ever eSports World Championships in 2020. Kate is the Director of Women's Strategy at Zwift, the sponsor of the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. The Tour De France Femme Avec Zwift begins on July 24 in Paris and runs until July 31. They discuss how Kate and Ash came to cycling, the challenges women's professional cycling has faced in getting consistent exposure in the media, and the ways virtual cycling has helped grow a fanbase for the women's circuit. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Burn It All Down, the Feminist
0:03.3	You Out, after more than 30 years,
0:06.7	to scream and shout, oh, yeah.
0:09.5	Welcome to Burn It All Down, the feminist sports podcast you need.
0:13.0	Jessica here.
0:14.1	On Sunday, July 24th, after more than 30 years,
0:17.8	the women's tour de France, the Tour de France Femmes, returns. It will begin in conjunction
0:22.6	with the end of the men's tour in Paris, and will run eight days ending on July 31st.
0:28.0	24 teams will compete across 1,029 kilometers, about 640 miles. The eight stages include back-to-back
0:35.5	mountain stages, stages with rolling hills, some gravel
0:38.6	sectors, and flat stages where sprinters will flex their skills.
0:42.9	Zwift, an indoor and online cycling app is the title sponsor.
0:46.6	There will be a total of 250,000 euro up for grabs over the course of the race and 50,000
0:52.2	euro in prize money for the winner.
0:54.2	To give us more insight into this exciting event, I'm thrilled to welcome two guests
0:58.4	to burn it all down today.
1:00.4	Ashley Mulman-Pasio is a professional cyclist, former Olympian, an e-sports world cycling champion,
1:05.5	and an outspoken advocate for women's cycling.
1:08.3	She'll be competing on the tour for Team SD works. Kate Verano is
1:12.8	Zwift's director of women's strategy. She was a college basketball player and a pro cyclist.
1:18.5	She was integral in getting attention for the tour to France Femmes from the tours governing body ASO.
1:24.2	Welcome to burn it all down, Ash and Kate. Thank you. Great to be here.
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