Ned Boulting

Ned Boulting (born 11 July 1969)^[1] is a British sports journalist and television presenter best known for his coverage of football and cycling.

Early life and education

Boulting was born in Andover, Hampshire^[1] but moved to Bedford as a child. He attended Bedford School, where he studied for A-levels in French, German and English, before reading modern languages at Jesus College, Cambridge.^[2]

Career

After several "completely directionless" years,^[2] his television career began in 1997 when he joined Sky Sports' Soccer Saturday alongside Jeff Stelling. He joined ITV Sports in 2001, and has covered a range of football events including the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League and the FA Cup. He became a reporter for ITV's Tour de France coverage in 2003 and has reported at every Tour since, as well as on other cycling events including the Tour of Britain and the Vuelta a España. He also covered the London 2012 Summer Paralympics for Channel 4.^[1] He was awarded the Royal Television Society's Sports News Reporter of the Year Award in 2006.^[3]

Boulting produced and directed Dutch Master – A tribute to Dennis Bergkamp for Sky Sports in 1998, and Steven Gerrard – A Year in My Life for Sky 1 in 2006.^[1]

Books

• How I Won the Yellow Jumper: Dispatches from the Tour de France (Yellow Jersey Press, 2011) ISBN 978-0224083362^[4]
• On The Road Bike: The Search For A Nation’s Cycling Soul (Yellow Jersey Press, 2013) ISBN 978-0224083362^[5]
• 101 Damnations: Dispatches from the 101st Tour de France (Yellow Jersey Press, 2014) ISBN 978-0224099936

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