The August episode of The Cycling Podcast Féminin covers all the recent racing, from London to the Basque Country. Orla Chennaoui, Rose Manley and Richard Moore also look back at the Giro Rosa and La Course by the Tour de France. 

There are interviews with Ashleigh Moolman Pasio, Lizzy Banks and Lucinda Brand, as well as Mitchelton-Scott owner Gerry Ryan and Reuters journalist Julien Pretot, who revealed during the Tour de France that Tour organisers ASO plan to establish a stage race for women.

There's an extract from the the audio diaries kept at the Giro Rosa by Banks and Tayler Wiles. And we hear from Helen Sharp of The Internationelles, the group of women who rode the route of the Tour de France a day ahead of the men. 

The Cycling Podcast Féminin is supported by Rapha, Science in Sport and Skoda This episode is sponsored by Heist and Beer52. 

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