Ein Guthaben pro Monat, einlösbar für einen beliebigen Titel, den du herunterladen und auch nach deiner Kündigung behalten kannst. There are so many little facts and situations that I would never have known about and yet now I want to explore more. The film was so fragile that it couldn't be watched until Ned could find someone who could copy it without destroying the old nitrate film. A fascinating deep-dive into down a rabbit hole that does a good job of taking you on a journey to Tours around the World War I era. Witty, discursive, and tons of fun, Ned Boulting has the Tour de France under his skin, and you will too by the time you've read this ― Al Murray.

A random auction purchase, combined with the stresses of COVID isolation, and we are taken back to midsummer 1923. A great example of what constitutes the best longform writing about sport - The New European You may also be interested in. In fact, it closed on its opening night, and it would be a long time before it was performed again, except by puppeteers.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? Here, the alienated translator from The Cat and the City finds a book on the subway, leading her on a quest not just to understand the traumas and relationships between a strict old woman and her grandson in rural Japan – but the motivations of the book’s author, too. Yes it's about cycling - more to the point Le Tour and a rider in the 1923 edition - but it's so much more.

It starts about 150 kilometres and six hours into the stage, still another 260 or so kilometres and more than nine hours of racing to go. There are a lot of diversions and tangents and yet it all fits together, some links more tenuous than others. utterly captivating…an amazing concept and a truly fascinating adventure into cycling, history and people… a truly addictive read. There’s also a healthy dose of genealogy that would make for a great spin-off of the Who Do You Think You Are?

From the off he’s told us he knew little of the history of the Tour in this era, how he had only vaguely heard of Henri Pélissier, who won the 1923 race. The other photograph, that one actually was taken in the Parc des Princes, where the Petit Tour de France was being held, a post-Tour track-meet Desgrange organised annually and which forms an early step on the road to today’s post-Tour critérium circuit. and appears to have been taken in the Parc des Princes was actually taken in Luxembourg (the Vélodrome du Bel Air, a quick jaunt elsewhere tells us), at the end of the first stage of the Critérium des Aiglons. In the autumn of 2020, Ned Boulting (ITV head cycling commentator and Tour de France obsessive) bought a length of Pathé news film from a London auction house. The isolating circumstances in which Boulting acquired the film were the catalyst, rather than the drama of the film itself.

He moved to ITV Sport in 2001, and has covered a range of football events including the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and the FA Cup over a period of fifteen years. It was a joy to read, dipping in and out as Ned pursued his determination to learn more about his obscure protagonist. It sent Boulting down an intriguing rabbit hole as he explored the characters, places and contexts of 1923’s 412km stage 4.Added to this was, by 1923, an air of defiance to the immediate post-War Tours, cycling through the devastated landscape in which the guns had finally fallen silent. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. A quite fascinating account of the laborious investigation of the detail surrounding an obscure forgotten cyclist deserving of his place from obscurity to at least some recognition of his accomplishments.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. In fact, as he begins to identify certain figures on the film, he discovers that one of them was behind a mutiny, one year later, against the conditions. The juxtaposition of the two worlds a century apart, and the tying together of assorted historical loose threads makes for an entertaining read, not just for cycling enthusiasts.Wenn du das Abo nicht fortsetzen möchtest, kannst du es vor Ende des Testzeitraums jederzeit kündigen. But at this stage I’m so used to the blind leading the blind in books like this that I didn’t really consider how limiting this might be.