This book cracks along at a bracing pace. . . Holmes is a real-life Cinderella.

In this fine book, as bright as the lady herself, her motivation, her work ethic, her pride, hopes, dreams and disasters are laid bare. This year's must-have story of a national heroine.

Readers will enjoy the access into her childhood and her years in the Army

I thought Ned was an old hand at the Tour. Evidently he was clueless... Told with panache

Hugely enjoyable... Brilliant

Very funny

This is, I'd say, the most enjoyable book of its kind since Tim Moore's French Revolutions, and is ideal for filling in the gaps between transmissions from this year's race

Quirky, warped, enthusiastic and funny

Tour history is blended with anecdotes revealing the personalities and quirks of professional cycling

Genuinely funny

Made me chuckle

Hilarious behind-the-scenes anecdotes

An irreverent and funny take on cycling’s biggest race from a man who has seen it up close every year since 2003

I found his behind-the-scenes look at the famous race both highly amusing and telling in equal measure

Cycling at its best is fiercely cosmopolitan and internationalist, Boulting provides the kind of commentary the sport deserves, and will need if it is to fulfil its undoubted potential to reach out and grow