NED BOULTING TALKS TOUR DE FRANCE, ITV4 AND TNT SPORTS › Cyclist Magazine Podcast

This week on the Cyclist Magazine Podcast, Robyn and Will are joined by Ned Boulting. Having started out covering football on Sky Sports, Ned joined the ITV Sports team in 2001 and soon became a reporter for their Tour de France coverage – though that hasn’t stopped him popping up on Olympics coverage, and one of his favourite unsung sports, darts. Today, alongside co-host David Millar, Ned is the voice of the Tour for countless millions of viewers, although sadly this season will be his last (which we chat about later).

With the curtain set to fall on ITV4’s free-to-air Tour de France coverage this summer, Ned talks to us about finding out about the news, and his personal highlights throughout the years as commentator, reporter and presenter.

Ned also talks about the seismic shift in women’s cycling; the riders to watch at this year’s Tour de France 2025; the Tour stages that viewers cannot afford to miss; and his emotions as he contemplates putting down the mic for the last time on the Champs-Élysées.

0:00 A message from Laka
1:30 Introduction
2:50 Welcome ITV4's Ned Boulting
4:20 The Accidental Tour-ist and the rise of women's cycling
11:33 The end of ITV's coverage of pro cycling
18:40 Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard at the 2025 Tour de France
26:20 What about Primož Roglič?
30:05 French and German hopes in future Tours
36:15 Discussing the British golden generation
43:22 The sprinting field and breakaways at the 2025 Tour de France
52:40 A switch-up in Paris
1:00:08 Ned's Tour highlights
1:07:28 Mourning the loss of free-to-air coverage
1:11:39 Discussing Ned Boulting and ITV4's Tour coverage

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