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The Accidental Tour-ist
- Author
- Ned Boulting
- Narrator
- Ned Boulting
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 19 June 2025
- Run Time
- 8 hours 30 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
FROM THE WINNER OF THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR: 1923
Shortlisted for the Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Audiobook of the Year, 2026
'A fascinating and inspiring book … An excellent read' – Phill Liggett MBE
Embark on a whirlwind (and worldwide) tour of cycling stories from one of the nation’s favourite commentators.
Join Ned Boulting once more as he brings his cycling stories up to the present day – full of recollections of chaotic, memorable and sometimes surreal encounters with all the key riders. While the Tour de France takes centre stage, his horizons expand far beyond its confines to take in races across Europe as well as to fascinating locations in the Middle East, China and Malaysia.
There are behind-the-scenes chapters on life at the Giro d'Italia; the growth of women's racing; forays into podcasting; replacing the great Phil Liggett as ITV's main commentator; the Flemish classics; and the life and times of Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish.
Ride along as Ned travels around the UK with a stage show about the Tour de France, and on the many days that he and David Millar have spent quixotically riding folding bikes up and down enormous mountains.
Critics Review
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A very unique, insightful, mostly amusing and often hilarious perspective from a point of view that very few see and even fewer have the capacity to divulge to us all
Cadel Evans
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A fascinating and inspiring book ... An excellent read
Phil Liggett MBE
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The insight of a reporter and the passion of a fan, but still clear-eyed enough to take joy in pro-racing’s absurdities and contradictions
Michael Hutchinson, author of Faster
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A joyride of a journey
David Millar
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Elegiac
Alexei Sayle
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A mature, reflective affair... [Ned] is one of the most prolific writers of books in the cycling business
BikeRadar
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An elegy for not just the career [Ned's] fashioned from cycling, but also the way we view sport, its personalities and their often short-lived careers.
The Observer
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Memorable
Cyclist Magazine
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Exciting
The Bookseller
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It invites us to gear up for the ride of our lives
The Sunday Post
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Mature, reflective… impeccably timed
Cycling Plus
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Details
- Author
- Ned Boulting
- Narrator
- Ned Boulting
- Duration
- 8 hours 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 June 2025
- ISBN
- 9781399419833
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Cycling: general and touring, Autobiography: sport
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents The Accidental Tour-ist: (Final) Dispatches from the Road, written and read by Ned BoultingFROM THE WINNER OF THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR: 1923Shortlisted for the Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Audiobook of the Year, 2026'A fascinating and inspiring book … An excellent read' – Phill Liggett MBEEmbark on a whirlwind (and worldwide) tour of cycling stories from one of the nation’s favourite commentators.Join Ned Boulting once more as he brings his cycling stories up to the present day – full of recollections of chaotic, memorable and sometimes surreal encounters with all the key riders. While the Tour de France takes centre stage, his horizons expand far beyond its confines to take in races across Europe as well as to fascinating locations in the Middle East, China and Malaysia.There are behind-the-scenes chapters on life at the Giro d'Italia; the growth of women's racing; forays into podcasting; replacing the great Phil Liggett as ITV's main commentator; the Flemish classics; and the life and times of Chris Froome and Mark Cavendish.Ride along as Ned travels around the UK with a stage show about the Tour de France, and on the many days that he and David Millar have spent quixotically riding folding bikes up and down enormous mountains.
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