1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession

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Or how about the first woman of the Hour, Mlle de Saint-Sauveur? Several people have tried to find out more about her but all we’ve been able to learn at this stage comes from a couple of races before her Hour record and a couple of races after. We don’t even know her first name. Fourth stage map from the Pathé news film of the fourth stage of the 1923 Tour de France which inspired the new book by Ned Boulting.

Other Pathé newsreels from this era exist and you can see many of the same people in them, including the likes of Henri Desgrange, Ottavio Bottecchia and Henri Pélissier. You’ve probably seen some if you’ve ever watched any of the French TV programmes celebrating the Tour’s history. But this one is a fresh discovery. This is such a poignant book. Ned Boulting is conjuring ghosts. I don't know of many things more thrilling than this. A wonderfully imaginative and evocative work - Philippe Auclair. Cycling is full of half-remembered forgotten heroes. Take my good friend Teddy Hale, the Irishman who wasn’t. I and others have tried to research and write about his story, have buried ourselves in the archives and spoken to his descendants and still we know little about this Englishman who won the 1896 Madison Square Garden International Six Day Race while pretending to be an Irishman. Wherever Boulting looks, death is to be found. It’s almost like he’s living out a Fast Show sketch. a b Marquand, Rupert (11 August 2013). "Winning over the cycling audience". Bedfordshire on Sunday.Weaknesses: Boulting doesn’t even attempt to offer an argument for why his piece of Pathé history is important Ned Boulting’s history of Not The 1923 Tour, in 940 grisly deaths fmk

Faced with a cultural assumption and competing probable and improbable outcomes – Griffon jersey, saying the photo is either 1923 or 1924, and possible wedding ring, meaning the photo would have to be after 1925 when he should be wearing a different jersey – which razor do you think Mr Occam would suggest you choose to shave with? Boulting may reach for the one designed by Heath-Robinson but you should be going for the single-bladed Bic disposable. Since April 2020 Boulting has co-presented the podcast Streets Ahead with Adam Tranter and Laura Laker. The podcast involves discussions of active travel infrastructure and often includes interviewing guests.Boulting, Ned (31 January 2020). "Tonight I will be commentating on darts for the first time in my life. I've reported on it for a decade, and I've even written a book all about it. I love the darts. But I am more nervous than I can ever remember being since I started out in TV. Go easy on me, folks. 7pm @itv4". @nedboulting . Retrieved 31 January 2020.

Now with the ability to examine the film minutely, the author displays impressive research skills as he launches into what is a truly obsessive pursuit. In a world so narrowed by the pandemic, his desk becomes the nerve centre of this project as he goes through the film second-by-second. How I Won the Yellow Jumper: Dispatches from the Tour de France ( Yellow Jersey Press, 2011) ISBN 978-0224083362 [11]Boulting made his darts commentary debut at the 2020 Masters after being a long term pundit for ITV Sport PDC events. [10]