Tour de France Femmes review - and Emma got an MBE! | Watts Occurring Femmes

Watts Occurring

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Leisure, Sports, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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When Emma Finucane walked into the Watts Occurring Femmes studio yesterday, the team had to bow down at her feet. She's now an MBE! Manon Lloyd got the inside scoop on what it's like to receive such an honour from Princess Anne. She also told Emma about her own recent brush with cycling royalty - when she interviewed G at the end of the Tour! The girls also dig into the Tour de France Femmes and Pauline Ferrand Prevot's remarkable victory for France, before taking on a whole load of listener questions. And yes, that's where Emma revealed she once cried while at 1,000 watts. You need to stick around for that. We'll be back next week with the incredible Amy Hudson, who's just finished a mindblowing cycling challenge of her own. Watts Occurring Femmes is brought to you by Rouvy, and hosted by Pinarello. Want a free month on ROUVY, on us? Use code FEMMES when you sign up and explore everything ROUVY has to offer. SIGN UP HERE: https://rouvy.com/?utm_source=gtcc&utm_medium=direct-buy&utm_campaign=rouvy-brand&utm_term=femmes-podcast ROUVY connects indoor and outdoor by bringing the real routes from around the world to your home and ROUVY's new Route Creator tool allows users to film, upload and ride their favourite loops on ROUVY. Want to check out your local Pinarello retailer? Visit https://pinarello.com/global/en/store-locator to find your local store today. Oh, and a huge thank you to Arlo & Jacob for Emma and Manon's snazzy armchairs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed me till I want no more. Feed me till I want no more. Feed me till I want no more.
0:17.4	Shemai Emma. Shammai Manon. And welcome back to the What's the Curran fan podcast, brought to you by Ruby, hosted by Pinarello.
0:24.1	Welcome back.
0:24.8	This episode three now.
0:26.2	It is.
0:27.0	I mean, having such fun.
0:29.1	But can we just address the new microphones?
0:31.4	I've had an upgrade.
0:32.3	We have had an upgrade.
0:33.1	And also, should I say, Shemai Emma, MBE?
0:55.5	Yay. Yeah. I got my M-V-E. It was surreal. Like, I knew you since January, so it came out in the honours in January that I was getting it. And, yeah, we were kind of just waiting and waiting. And then July, 20 seconds, when I actually went to Windsor and got my MB and it was honestly.
1:00.2	What does the day look like? What happens? It's such a bizarre. It's such a, yeah, strange day. So you could only take three people, which was a bit of four. That's why you didn't
1:04.5	take me. Okay. Yeah. Sorry. Didn't have room. Um, so my mom, my dad and Matty. So I was, my appointment or my, when I was meant to go, was at like 3pm. So we stayed in Windsor the night before, went to the Ivy for lunch. Yeah, it is fancy. Bushi. It was lovely. It was just nice to spend time with my mum and dad. I don't think Mattie's ever been to Windsor because, yeah, he's just never been. So take him there. I don't remember the last time I went there, but it was a really nice day and I got ready in the morning and my dress was, it was different. It was unbelievably stunning. I loved it so much. I felt like a little princess face.
1:44.6	Something like, it's like once in a lifetime.
1:46.7	Yeah, definitely.
1:47.4	It's a one-time thing. So I was like, oh, I'm just going to get something really nice and get it worked really well. And might have got a little matching tie, which was so cute. And yes, we had lunch. and then we drove up,
1:59.2	I can't remember what it's called,
2:00.2	but it's massive,
2:01.8	I have to show you pitch off,
2:02.9	this massive, like,
2:04.5	dry. we had lunch and then we drove up I can't remember what it's cool but it's massive I have to
2:02.1	show you pitch stuff this last massive like drive I think it's called the long road I feel like
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