101 DAMNATIONS

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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 Societys Sports Reporter of the Year Award. In addition to his work as a football reporter for ITV he has now presented seven Tours of Britain the Vuelta Espaa the Tour of California as well as the Tour Series and the inaugural Womens Tour. He has contributed features and live reports on twelve Tours de France. He is the author of the muchloved books How I Won the Yellow Jumper and On the Road Bike.Join Ned Boulting as he reports on his dozenth Tour de France an event in which blokes do amazing things on bikes and were oft told the biggest annual sporting event in the world.101 Damnations is a chance to relive the 2014 race stage for stage fall after fall tantrum by tantrum: just the good bits mind without all the aerial shots of castles. Or sunflowers. (Though it does wax lyrical about some stunning Alpine scenery . . . and with the race starting in Yorkshire even some stunning scenery not far from Bradford).From Leeds to Paris (how often do you say that?) Ned details the minutiae of his encounters with the likes of Vincenzo Nibali David Millar Chris Froome Chris Boardman (or śBroadman as some would have it) Marcel Kittel Mrs Cavendish (Marks wife) Peter Sagan and the rest. Their endeavours achievements humour and occasional rancour sit alongside his own decadelong quest for the ideal endofrace Tshirt.Ned weaves together the interesting amusing and unheralded threads of the race itself and reflects on his own perennial struggle to get round get on and get by. 101 Damnations encapsulates all that is incredible and incredibly ordinary about the greatest race on earth.Boultings behindthescenes tales provide a unique experience that wont be found elsewhereThis is easily Ned Boultings finest work to datethere is a maturity of writing here that raises the author several levels above that of (mere) punditYou cant hide Boultings genuine almost innocent enthusiasm for the sport and the Tour de FranceIf youre a cycling fan looking to stay in touch with the summer as daylight dims 101 Damnations will keep the madness and majesty of the Tour de France close101 Damnations encapsulates all that is incredible and incredibly ordinary about the greatest race on earth

Data Publikacji: 2015-05-07
Wymiary: 198 mm 129 mm 19 mm 213 gr