Ned Boulting started his broadcasting career at Sky in 1997, working as a reporter alongside Jeff Stelling on the now legendary show Soccer Saturday. In 2006 he was given the Royal Television Society's Sports Reporter of the Year Award. He has presented two Tours of Britain for ITV, as well as the inaugural Tour Series, and contributed features and live reports on eight Tours de France.

"Hugely enjoyable...The only real problem with this book is that it's making me wish away the start of the summer and fast-forward to 2 July and le grand depart" -- Helen Pidd Guardian "His journey from self confessed 'football hack winging it in a sport beyond his ken' to his initiation into the Tour's nuances and eccentric characters delivers an amusing, warm and easy read" London Cyclist "A candid, insightful and often hilarious account" -- Alastair Campbell "I thought Ned was an old hand at the Tour. Evidently he was clueless... Told with panache" -- David Millar "Hugely enjoyable... Brilliant" -- Ben East Metro

Ned Boulting started his broadcasting career at Sky in 1997, working as a reporter alongside Jeff Stelling on the now legendary show Soccer Saturday. In 2006 he was given the Royal Television Society's Sports Reporter of the Year Award. He has presented two Tours of Britain for ITV, as well as the inaugural Tour Series, and contributed features and live reports on eight Tours de France.

"Hugely enjoyable...The only real problem with this book is that it's making me wish away the start of the summer and fast-forward to 2 July and le grand depart" -- Helen Pidd Guardian "His journey from self confessed 'football hack winging it in a sport beyond his ken' to his initiation into the Tour's nuances and eccentric characters delivers an amusing, warm and easy read" London Cyclist "A candid, insightful and often hilarious account" -- Alastair Campbell "I thought Ned was an old hand at the Tour. Evidently he was clueless... Told with panache" -- David Millar "Hugely enjoyable... Brilliant" -- Ben East Metro

Ned Boulting started his broadcasting career at Sky in 1997, working as a reporter alongside Jeff Stelling on the now legendary show Soccer Saturday. In 2006 he was given the Royal Television Society's Sports Reporter of the Year Award. He has presented two Tours of Britain for ITV, as well as the inaugural Tour Series, and contributed features and live reports on eight Tours de France.

"Hugely enjoyable...The only real problem with this book is that it's making me wish away the start of the summer and fast-forward to 2 July and le grand depart" -- Helen Pidd Guardian "His journey from self confessed 'football hack winging it in a sport beyond his ken' to his initiation into the Tour's nuances and eccentric characters delivers an amusing, warm and easy read" London Cyclist "A candid, insightful and often hilarious account" -- Alastair Campbell "I thought Ned was an old hand at the Tour. Evidently he was clueless... Told with panache" -- David Millar "Hugely enjoyable... Brilliant" -- Ben East Metro