Ned Boulting

Oct 28, 2024 | bikeradar.com | Ned Boulting

Ned Boulting has become a mainstay of ITV's Tour de France coverage since first reporting on the race in 2003. ITV's Tour coverage began two years earlier, having taken on the free-to-air rights from Channel 4, which in turn had broadcast cycling's biggest race into UK homes since the 1980s. The 2025 Tour de France will be ITV's last after Warner Bros. Discovery signed an exclusive deal with ASO, the Tour organiser, from 2026.

Oct 25, 2024 | marketscreener.com | Ned Boulting

The acquisition of Rowman & Littlefield, completed on 28 May 2024, contributed revenue of £7.2m in the period, in line with our expectations. The acquisition drove an increase in highlighted items to £4.5m (H1 2023/24: £3.7m), consisting of the amortisation of acquired intangible assets of £3.7m (H1 2023/24: £2.5m) and one-off legal and other professional fees relating to acquisitions, integration and restructuring costs of £0.8m (H1 2023/24: £1.2m).

Sep 1, 2024 | bikeradar.com | Ned Boulting

I still don’t really know if I like cycling. I hope that in saying this that I have enough credit with the editorial team at Cycling Plus (BikeRadar's sister publication), my long-standing employers to whom I am very grateful, not to be instantly dismissed for going woefully off message with this latest column. But, maybe it is an unacceptable breach of the code, and act of heresy, to admit to ambivalent feelings from time to time vis à vis pedalling a push-bike.

Jul 15, 2024 | cityam.com | Ned Boulting |Frank Dalleres

Monday 15 July 2024 2:13 pm Ned Boulting: Tour de France rivals are ordinary humans doing extraordinary things Vingegaard and Pogacar are Tour de France rivals but wildly different characters (Image: A.S.O./Charly Lopez) The Tour de France rivalry between the effervescent Tadej Pogacar and themore sanguine defending champion Jonas Vingegaard has already established itself as one of the greatest in the long history of this crazy, beautiful sport. When you are inside the moment, it is often...

Jul 8, 2024 | cityam.com | Ned Boulting |Frank Dalleres

Monday 08 July 2024 2:44 pm Ned Boulting: Girmay is a Tour de France star – just don’t expect floodgates to open Biniam Girmay is the only black rider on the 2024 Tour de France (Image: Charly Lopez/ASO) Biniam Girmay has been a trailblazer for African cyclists at the Tour de France but the barriers to more joining him remain in place, says Ned Boulting.