1923 - The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession

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

The story of an obsession. When cycling commentator Ned Boulting bought a length of Path-ews film featuring a stage of the Tour de France from 1923 he set about learning everything he could about it - taking him on an intriguing journey that encompasses travelogue, history and detective story.

In the autumn of 2020 Ned Boulting (ITV head cycling commentator and Tour de France obsessive) bought a length of Path-ews 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