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THE ROAD BOOK #23: From Siena to SanRemo and beyond. Ned and David post-lockdown re-boot racing
Ned’s passion for racing remains undiminished, his constant surprise at the mediocrity of a bike racing hotel is surprising. Meanwhile David sits at his desk somewhere near Girona. The...
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To Fabio – Ned Boulting
I write this as I sit and wait for a pizza to be brought to my table. I am in a suburb of Turin, where I have just finished commentating...
Read moreTHE ROAD BOOK #22: From Siena With Love. Cycling restarts.
Ned’s broken free and finds himself in Italy. David’s been watching the telly. And finally we get to talk about racing again: Van Vleuten, Van Aert, Remco, Froome. All that...
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Burnt Siena – Ned Boulting
After four long months in which, like so many of us, I have scarcely left the house, or at least the streets immediately surrounding it, I have just flown...
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The Not So Dark Arts Of Commentary – Ned Boulting
I’m occasionally puzzled by the amount of interest expressed in the mechanics of TV commentary on road racing. To me, it’s just my day job; one that I have...
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Audiobook Giveaway- Ned Boulting’s Vélosaurus
Missing Le Tour? Sign up to The Road Book Society Below to receive your free audiobook! The language of cycling is vibrant, sophisticated, often impenetrable and extremely French. Find yourself confused,...
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‘Just a Cycling Minute’ in aid of NSPCC
Donate Just £1 for ‘Just a Cycling Minute’ CLICK THE VIRGIN MONEY LINK BELOW NOW 4 donations of £1 can help a trained volunteer counsellor to answer a child’s...
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Dr Marlon Moncrieffe: British Cycling’s Deep Breath
#BlackBritishLivesMatterinCycling BY DR MARLON MONCRIEFFE George Floyd’s cry of “I can’t breathe” in the midst of his suffocation and subsequent murder by a white policeman is symbolic of rupture...
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Ned Boulting: 7 Reasons your dad will love to receive The Road Book for Father’s Day
Photographs: Offside/L’Equipe (Rouleur) Fathers Day was never a thing in my house, when I was a kid, which is a good job, because it would have been just another...
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Remembering Monseré- Ned Boulting
If you are a regular reader of Cycling Plus, you may have noticed that last month I wrote a dismissive column about e-Racing. This month I accepted a job...
Read moreTHE ROAD BOOK #21: David and Ned come of age and talk bookshelves
A thorough examination of Chris Froome’s latest transfer gossip, plus Daniel Mangeas and enough literature to last a lockdown or two, as David and Ned delve into their bookshelves.
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So Long, Marianne? Vos Roars Back- Marianne Vos
Extract from The Road Book 2018. It was the re-emergence of the great Marianne Vos as a winning machine that characterised the late summer, with wins at the BeNe Ladies Tour...
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