How I Won the Yellow Jumper
Dispatches from the Tour de France
$44.90
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
15 June 2012
Summary
A funny and frank account of falling in love with the Tour de France by television’s quintessential roving reporter, Ned Boulting.
‘Paris, 4 July 2003: My first Tour de France. I had never seen a bike race. I had only vaguely heard of Lance Armstrong. I had no idea what I was doing there. Yet, that day I was broadcasting live on television. I fumbled my way through a few platitudes, before summing up with the words, “…Dave Millar just missing out on the Yellow Jumper.” Yes, the Yellow…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224083362 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0224083368 |
| Author: | Ned Boulting |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Yellow Jersey Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 2012 |
| Weight: | 672g |
| Dimensions: | 33mm x 129mm x 197mm |
| Series: | Yellow Jersey Cycling Classics |
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Critics Review
“Candid, insightful, and often hilarious … Anyone who likes France, cycling, media coverage of sport, obsessives and above all the magic that is the Tour de France will enjoy this book.”
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 départ – 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 *
Very funny * Reader’s Digest *
This is, I’d say, the most enjoyable book of its kind since Tim Moore’s French Revolutions, and is ideal for filling in the gaps between transmissions from this year’s race * Guardian Sports *
Quirky, warped, enthusiastic and funny – Chris Boardman
Tour history is blended with anecdotes revealing the personalities and quirks of professional cycling * Times Higher Educational Supplement *
Genuinely funny – Richard Williams
Ned Boulting
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.
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