How Cav Won the Green Jersey: Short Dispatches from the 2011 Tour de France
Mar 2012 · Random House
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This is not a 100,000-word, minute-by-minute, blow-by-blow account of the 2011 Tour de France.
This is not the story of Cadel Evans.
This is not the story of Alberto Contador, Andy Schleck, or Bradley Wiggins.
And it's not even the story of Mark Cavendish.
(Although he is in it quite a lot.)
This is the story of the lesser-known heroes; the Johnny Hoogerlands, the Thomas Voecklers, the hitchhikers, the maniac press drivers, Norbert Dentressangle and the greatest ever Tour de France*.
I was there. And this is what I saw. That is all.
In this 20,000-word digital short, ITV's Ned Boulting, author of How I Won the Yellow Jumper, takes an honest and idiosyncratic look at the unforgettable 2011 Tour de France, when Mark Cavendish won the Green Jersey.
*probably
This is not the story of Cadel Evans.
This is not the story of Alberto Contador, Andy Schleck, or Bradley Wiggins.
And it's not even the story of Mark Cavendish.
(Although he is in it quite a lot.)
This is the story of the lesser-known heroes; the Johnny Hoogerlands, the Thomas Voecklers, the hitchhikers, the maniac press drivers, Norbert Dentressangle and the greatest ever Tour de France*.
I was there. And this is what I saw. That is all.
In this 20,000-word digital short, ITV's Ned Boulting, author of How I Won the Yellow Jumper, takes an honest and idiosyncratic look at the unforgettable 2011 Tour de France, when Mark Cavendish won the Green Jersey.
*probably
Ratings and reviews
4.7
15 reviews
Steven Shufflebotham
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September 9, 2013
An honest portrayal from Ned who openly admitted to knowing nothing about the tour. I started watching at roughly the same time and found the book to be a light hearted account of everything that occurs on the other side of the camera. Whether your a cycling enthusiast god or a beginner reaching for the Lycra for the first time you'll be entertained from start to finish.
Richard Wade
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March 29, 2013
Great read, just as entertaining as he is on TV. Ned deserves some kind of award for his literary works! I met him once at the NEC cycle show, he's smaller than he seems on the TV.
A Google user
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August 21, 2017
Fab little book. If you like How I won the yellow jumper then this is for you.
About the author
Ned Boulting started his broadcasting career at Sky in 1997, working as a reporter alongside Jeff Stelling on the now legendary show Soccer Saturday. In 2006 he was given the Royal Television Society's Sports Reporter of the Year Award. He has presented threeTours of Britain for ITV, as well as the inaugural Tour Series, and contributed features and live reports on eight Tours de France. He is the author of the much-loved How I Won the Yellow Jumper.
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