Ned Boulting was a football reporter who knew next to nothing about cycling when ITV first sent him to cover the Tour de France in 2003. “I had absolutely no idea,” he says. “I couldn’t tell you the ...

Ned Boulting is standing in the rain at Stockport train station when I call, having just missed his connection. He jokes that it feels rather apt given the gloomy news which broke in cycling last week ...

The Tour de France has seen 111 races since 1903 - but has a small connection with an English coastal town The Tour de France's links with England may not be immediately obvious, but one English ...

Ned Boulting was working as a football reporter when ITV acquired the rights to the Tour de France back in 2002. He knew little about it, by his own admission, but it wasn’t long before he found ...

The Tour de France's links with England may not be immediately obvious, but one English coastal town played a small role in its creation. Sports journalist Victor Breyer, who was born in Southwold, ...