Mont Ventoux
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Oct 27, 2026
Nick DawsonHOST
I've had Wishbone on heavy rotation since the summer, and it's a record that bears repeated plays and just continues to grow in my estimation.
Nick DawsonHOST
I loved getting to talk to Man, and in our wonderfully open conversation, she touched on such subjects as climbing the legendary French peak Mont Ventoux with her 80-year-old father, the spoon that taught her about selflessness in art, the fake skater personas Darvid and Mikhail she invented with her teenage best friend, How she recently ended up spending a short vacation in a garden shed, the time she stayed up all night on MDMA at the end of the road festival, and much, much more.
Nick DawsonHOST
So, let's get started.
Nick DawsonHOST
What's the most recent or the greatest adventure you've been on?
Clara MannGUEST
He and I climbed a mountain together.
Clara MannGUEST
So this was about three or four years ago.
Clara MannGUEST
And it's a mountain in the south of France called Mont Ventoux.
Clara MannGUEST
And my dad is a retired academic.
Dan LloydHOST
It's a fact to start with, but it would be nice to go to one of the two mountain ranges.
Dan LloydHOST
This year's climb of Mont Ventoux was pretty epic, obviously, and it also meant we had a proper GC battle right to the end of the race, whilst the finish on Alpe d'Huez a few years back is something that will forever be etched into the history books.
Dan LloydHOST
Not having an iconic mountain doesn't mean it won't be a good race, of course, but it does take a little away from the prestige and the anticipation beforehand, in my opinion at least.
Dan LloydHOST
The other thing that people are pointing to is the fact that when the men finished their stage on the Puy-de-Dôme a few years back, fans were not allowed on the final few kilometers, that due to it being a UNESCO World Heritage natural site.
Ned BoultingHOST
I've gone and I was there.
Ned BoultingHOST
I have gone for the Mont Ventoux stage of the Women's Tour de France.
Ned BoultingHOST
Me and Lizzie were on the mountain that day.
Ned BoultingHOST
We drove up to Chalet Renard, parked up there and we did a ride.
James StarttHOST
And, you know, often the stage start from Montpellier goes to... different destinations.
James StarttHOST
But one of the classic ones is up the Mont Ventoux, which obviously in Gamba, we know very well because of our own Eros pulley.
James StarttHOST
And that was the stage that he won from Montpellier over the Mont Ventoux to Carpentras in 1994.
James StarttHOST
And we recently kind of revisited that one.
James StarttHOST
But this year's stage that leaves from Montpellier will go to Monde.
Patrick BroeHOST
It's been fantastic.
Patrick BroeHOST
And this year on the Mont Ventoux, I think it wasn't multi-mountain, but it was hard stage.
Patrick BroeHOST
That was incredible.
Benji NaesenHOST
In the words of Patrick Bro, I think the Giro is pissing in the mouth of ASO when it comes to stage design for their women's Grand Tour.
Caley FretzHOST
It's not
Dane CashHOST
as good as Ventoux because Ventoux
Caley FretzHOST
will have the crowds and everything else.
Caley FretzHOST
And like, I don't even think you can ride it ahead of time.
Caley FretzHOST
It's not
Dane CashHOST
as good as Ventoux because Ventoux
Caley FretzHOST
will have the crowds and everything else.
Caley FretzHOST
And like, I don't even think you can ride it ahead of time.
speaker_1HOST
She leads the individual ranking and FDJ United Suez leads the team ranking.
speaker_0HOST
And she did it with a tour crash and a rubbish day on Ventoux.
speaker_0HOST
Pogacar had a perfect half season and then stopped.
speaker_0HOST
She had a messy full season and still broke the record.
speaker_0HOST
them.
speaker_0HOST
Which is harder.
speaker_0HOST
Anyone who's watched her tours knows how much that Ventoux day stung.
speaker_1HOST
And speaking of FDJ United sewers, because they've had a big week off the road as well.
Georgia BullardHOST
I would agree.
Georgia BullardHOST
And although there's no sort of big famous, there's no, you know, Mont Ventoux, there's no Alpe d'Huez is in there.
Georgia BullardHOST
This is a real Tour de France historical.
Georgia BullardHOST
I couldn't
Lionel BirnieHOST
But it's quite lightweight, isn't it? It doesn't feel like...
Lionel BirnieHOST
But then maybe we've had, over recent years, the double Alpe d'Huez, Mont Ventoux, Puy-de-Dôme.
Lionel BirnieHOST
And so on.
Lionel BirnieHOST
So it's kind of pivoting away from the real giants of the Tour de France.
26 MINS LATER
Lionel BirnieHOST
And they've done well here with the route.
Lionel BirnieHOST
I mean, every edition of the Tour de France Femme has had a real set-piece mountain finish.
Lionel BirnieHOST
La Planche de Belphie in the first year, Col du Tourmalet, Alpe d'Huez, Col de la Madeleine, Mont Ventoux this year, and now Le Puy-de-Dame.
Daniel FriebeHOST
Well, Lionel, that's enough, I think, from us.
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