S13 Ep104: Stage 3 | La Gacilly - Angers | Tour de France Femmes 2025

The Cycling Podcast

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🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Don’t be a square! Pull up a table in ‘hip and happening’ Angers and listen in as Rose Manley and Denny Gray as they take a look at Stage 3 of the 2025 Tour de France Femmes.

Follow along as they cover the race from the Grand Départ in Brittany to its conclusion in the Alps. There will be interviews, insight, features and Denny’s inevitable daily pilgrimage for cheese.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the cycling podcast at the 2025 Tour de France FAM, supported by Wahoo.
0:11.6	Did you know that Wahoo sponsors more than half of the teams in the Tour de France FAM?
0:16.1	And if it's good enough for the pros, you know it's built to perform.
0:19.9	Whether you're chasing a personal best on the
0:21.4	bike or just enjoying a weekend ride, Wahoo have got a bike computer for you. The new Element Bolt
0:27.2	has a crisp, easy-to-read display with smart navigation and it just works. There's no fiddling
0:32.6	or fuss, it's light an arrow. So whether you're racing, training or chasing your next
0:37.4	personal record,
0:38.6	choose the element bolt. Alternatively, there's the Rome 3 and the ace, depending on what kind of
0:44.0	rider you are. Also simple to use and packed with features. Just grab it and ride. Wahu's mission
0:50.4	is to build the better athlete in all of us, from bike computers to heart rate sensors and smart trainers to ride analytics.
0:57.0	They've built an entire ecosystem to help you ride smarter wherever you are in your cycling journey, from those just starting out in cycling, through to competitive athletes at the highest level.
1:07.0	Head to Wahu Fitness.com to find out more.
1:10.0	Now it's over to Rose and Denny on the road in France.
1:17.6	This is the cycling podcast Feminine at the 2025 Tour de France Fam with Rose Manley and Denny Gray.
1:24.6	Brought to you in association with the Wahoo. Today we're in Angé.
1:29.3	It's cycling. I just want to say it's not normal the attitude of many teams and
1:42.3	many riders. They are irrespectful. We lose the respect
1:46.0	into the last year in men and women cycling. How is possible everybody wants to play with
1:52.0	the life like this?
1:53.0	Well, some stern words there from Stephen Delcourt, who is the FDJ general manager,
1:59.0	will get to what he was referring to a little bit later on.
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