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“No one I know likes to be asked to make predictions” – Ned Boulting
No one I know likes to be asked to make predictions. You can either say the thing that will happen but does not sound exciting or interesting, nor reveal...
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Reflecting on a decade in Cycling- Kit Nicholson
Any Top 10 list is bound to vary from one day to the next, and when we’ve so much to choose from – ten years of international bike racing...
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Four worst cycling themed gifts to be under the tree this year
Christmas – the most wonderful time of the year. Except of course for the part where you have to smile as you open up presents that don’t quite hit...
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The 5 things I learnt compiling The Road Book 2019- Cillian Kelly
1. I know nothing about cycling Every race has hundreds of stories. There are about 200 people racing in each one of them and their whole day is made...
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The Road Book 2019: The Ultimate Companion this Christmas
With Christmas only a few sleeps away, The Road Book 2019 is themust-have gift for discerning cyclists and road racing fanatics. Read on to discover some of the stellar reviews...
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The Telegraph Extract: How Julian Alaphilippe’s Tour de France heroics gave the French belief again
Featured in The Telegraph, The Road Book 2019 contributor Philippe Auclair gives fascinating detail to the unique circumstances of Alaphilippe’s upbringing, what it is about him which compels him to...
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The Silent Commentator Inside My Head- Kit Nicholson
Back in January I was thrilled to be asked by Ned to contribute 21 race reports to the Road Book 2019. I was able to choose a range of races...
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Never Strays Far: THE ROAD BOOK #8
Steve Cummings has something to say. Steve Cummings talks to Ned about a difficult decision, and looks back on a prestigious career.
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“Emotion”- Russ Ellis
When the team at The Road Book got in touch earlier this year to discuss providing the images for the 2019 edition, I was thrilled. The 2018 edition had struck...
Read moreNever Strays Far: THE ROAD BOOK #7
The Editor’s Cut. A scripted review, lifted from the pages of The Road Book of a glorious year. With David otherwise detained, Ned reads from his Editor’s Introduction...
Read moreNever Strays Far: THE ROAD BOOK #6
A big bike race announces the route for 2020. It’s going to be held in France, seemingly. And it finishes on the Plank. Plus there is Darts with Lionel Birnie....
Read moreNever Strays Far: THE ROAD BOOK #5
David and Ned continue their Italian voyage from the comfort of Spain and Lewisham, while Yoann Bagot, one day into retirement, talks about the awe he feels at the size...
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