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The late show

Ned is the main commentator for ITV’s Tour de France coverage and editor of The Road Book. He also tours his own one-man show

Stage six of the Giro d’Italia was one of the longest days of my life. It wasn’t simply that my hotel room overlooked the car park in which both AG2R Citroën and Jumbo Visma had parked their flotilla of team vehicles, though that was challenging enough given that

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