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Journalist
After trying to different sports, Thibault turns to a career as an amateur footballer. When making a choice between becoming a professional footballer and journalist, the qualities have tipped the scales on one side. Here he is now within the editorial staff of 10 Sport, after a diploma obtained at the International Communication Institute in Paris.
While we know Marion Rousse today as a consultant and presenter on France Télévisions as well as director of the Tour de France women, she was a cycling champion before. Indeed, before talking about his sport, Julian Alaphilippe’s partner practiced him at the highest level. However, a career that quickly stopped … for questions of money.
-We may tend to forget it, but Marion Rousse’s first career was that of a professional cyclist. Having started very early on a bike, she then climbed the ladder to reach the highest level of her sport. The companion of Julian Alaphilippe can even boast of a title of champion of France, acquired in 2012. But now Marion Rousse Will not have stayed very long in the peloton. Having already justified the cessation of her career for economic reasons, she added a layer on this subject.
“Why do I stop my career?” Because there were no means ”
Indeed, guest of the podcast Dream Team, Marion Rousse repeated what led him to say Stop as a professional cyclist. “” Why do I stop my career? Because there were no means. Why was there no means? We were invisible. The evolution of female cycling is incredible, I am happy. It is as if we had no social status we cycling women in my time. You said you were cycling, yeah ok but we didn’t see you on TV, there was no transmitted race. So you didn’t exist. You were not paid because there were no sponsors since we were not talking about us in the media. It is the snake that bites its tail. We were not talking about us either on the internet. We were doing beautiful races however, even in the French team “She explained.
“Fraustrating to see men live on it, live well even and you had to go and trime”
Marion Rousse Then added: ” I still had to taffle in the afternoon. In the morning I was going to train, in the afternoon I was going to work to make money. What was I doing? I was lucky, I had a CIP between the French team and the town hall of Etampes, I was in the city’s event service. I went there every afternoon. It is still frustrating to see men live on it, live well even and you had to go and take a trime. Very quickly I stopped my career because the opportunity to become a consultant arose and it allowed to finally live my passion ».
