{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/618e52740da782001471efbe/66fd95314f98175c75309be5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"115. Ned Boulting: The 2011 Tour de France, and other stories","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/618e52740da782001471efbe/1727888047361-f6579ced-09cf-444e-8728-142f881b475a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This week James and Will are joined by Ned Boulting: commentator, pundit, author, stage performer, part-time comic and all-round superb raconteur. Ned talks about the 2011 season (the star of his new <em>The</em> <em>Road Book 2011 </em>almanac), from a knife-edge Tour de France with Cadel Evans snatching a last gasp victory, to a Vuelta a España that announced a rising star in the shape of Chris Froome. Conversation then turns to this year's Tour, from Cav's history-making win no.35 to the imperial form of Tadej Pogačar. All that plus Primož Roglič the unsung hero; Alberto Contador, the man who flew too close to the clenbuterol; Dave Brailsford, Ineos and United; and Ned's new touring one-man stage show, <em>Ned's Marginal Mystery Tour </em>– all about his love affair with an unearthed newsreel from the 1923 Tour de France.</p><p><br></p><p>Chat with Ned begins at 8.34</p><p><br></p><p>----</p><p><em>The Road Book 2011</em> is out now, with essays from Chris Froome, Emma Pooley, Cadel Evans, Ned Boulting and many more. Edited by Andy McGrath. Order your copy <a href=\"https://theroadbook.co.uk/collections/2011-cycling-book?srsltid=AfmBOopfBib0Xo1z3Mwml3DuXd4pl_VwHlmeo5ouJh5XmLjbUjfeJAPq\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Ned's Marginal Mystery Tour is touring nationwide from 22nd October to 20th November. Get tickets <a href=\"https://www.nedboulting.com/live\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>----</p><p>Did you know&nbsp;<em>Cyclist</em>&nbsp;is also stunning monthly print magazine? Subscribe now at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://store.cyclist.co.uk/cycpod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">store.cyclist.co.uk/cycpod</a> and get every issue for less than in the shops, delivered straight to your door. And it's also a rather lovely website about everything road cycling and gravel. Check us out at <a href=\"https://www.cyclist.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">cyclist.co.uk </a></p>","author_name":"Cyclist Magazine"}