Jose Been on making the most of your opportunities
Jose Been tells Matt Stephens why it’s a great privilege to be a cycling commentator.
Sigma Sports Unplugged with Matt Stephens
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Show Notes
Matt Stephens learns how Jose Been is like you or me; she’s a cycling fan. But when her knowledge of the sport began to get noticed on social media, she was offered her first commentary gig by Eurosport then quickly became a household name in the Netherlands, commentating on almost every race broadcast. With a talent for fact retention, she often surprises herself with information buried deep in her brain and considers the job of a commentator to include 365 days a year of research. But being in the public eye brought some unwanted attention from online trolls, leading her to step back from the sport for a short while in 2019. When she returned, she began commentating in English and found that the warm reception gave her a second wind; making English-speaking cycling fans all the richer for it.
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