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WINNER OF THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR
A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: SPORT
NOMINATED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

''An absorbing mix of historical sleuthing and travel writing''
The Telegraph

''[a] fascinating and often touching book Wonderful''
The Times

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. All he knew was it was film from the Tour de France, a long time ago. Once restored it became clear it was a short sequence of shots from stage 4 of the 1923 Tour de France. No longer than 2.5 minutes long, it featured half a dozen sequences, including a lone rider crossing a bridge.

Ned set about learning everything he could about the sequence studying each frame, face and building until he had squeezed the meaning from i

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    Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
    Publication Date: 7/4/2024
    ISBN13: 9781399401586, 978-1399401586
    ISBN10: 1399401580

    Non Fiction , Sport

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    WINNER OF THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR
    A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: SPORT
    NOMINATED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

    ''An absorbing mix of historical sleuthing and travel writing''
    The Telegraph

    ''[a] fascinating and often touching book Wonderful''
    The Times

    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. All he knew was it was film from the Tour de France, a long time ago. Once restored it became clear it was a short sequence of shots from stage 4 of the 1923 Tour de France. No longer than 2.5 minutes long, it featured half a dozen sequences, including a lone rider crossing a bridge.

    Ned set about learning everything he could about the sequence studying each frame, face and building until he had squeezed the meaning from i

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