The Accidental Tour-Ist: Dispatches from the Road

FROM THE WINNER OF THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR: 1923

’A fascinating and inspiring book ... An excellent read’ - Phil Liggett MBE

In the follow up to the bestselling How I Won the Yellow Jumper and the award-winning 1923, this is a lap of honour for everything that Ned has been lucky enough to have experienced during his commentating career.

Join Ned once more as he brings his cycling stories up to the present day - full of recollections of chaotic, memorable and sometimes surreal encounters with all the key riders. While the Tour de France takes centre stage, his horizons expand far beyond its confines to take in races across Europe as well as to fascinating locations in the Middle East, China and Malaysia.

There are behind-the-scenes chapters on life at the Giro d’Italia; the growth of women’s racing; forays into podcasting; replacing the great Phil Liggett as ITV’s main commentator; the Flemish classics; and the life and times of Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish.

Ride along as Ned travels around the UK with a stage show about the Tour de France, and on the many days that he and David Millar have spent quixotically riding folding bikes up and down enormous mountains.

Ned Boulting is the UK’s best known voice of cycling - he commentates on the Tour de France for ITV, and all other major cycling races. Ned is the author of five books, including the bestselling 1923, How I Won the Yellow Jumper and On the Road Bike. He lives in London with his wife and two children. @nedboulting