Who is ITV Racing’s Francesca Cumani’s ex-boyfriend and co-star Oli Bell?

OLI Bell is simply a sports presenter and broadcaster, champion known for his enactment covering equine racing connected ITV.

Here we instrumentality a look look astatine his background and career, arsenic good arsenic his narration with Francesca Cumani.

Who is Oli Bell?

Oli Bell was calved connected April 28, 1987, successful Glastonbury, England.

He has established himself arsenic 1 of the brightest faces successful equine racing coverage.

Oli joined the ITV Sport squad successful January 2017, going connected to go 1 of the channel's apical equine racing presenters.

He fronts the Saturday greeting mag The Opening Show and serves arsenic a alleviation presenter and newsman for different racing coverage.

One of the astir iconic moments successful his vocation to day came erstwhile the precocious Queen jokingly called him a "lunatic" erstwhile the brace crossed paths astatine Royal Ascot successful 2017.

Oli was flooded with joyousness erstwhile his uncle scored a victor with Big Orange.

Completely forgetting his reporting duties, helium sprinted aft the equine aft it passed the finishing enactment to observe victory, dropping his mic successful the process.

The adjacent day, Oli was successful the paddock interviewing the trainers earlier each race, erstwhile helium got a pat connected the enarthrosis from the Queen's racing advisor John Warren, who told him determination was idiosyncratic who would similar to conscionable him.

Minutes later, Oli saw Queen Elizabeth II walking towards him and the 2 were introduced.

"You're the lunatic that ran connected the way yesterday," she said him, to which Oli replied: "Yes I am."

Oli said of the hilarious incident: "It was similar having a dream. It was conscionable wholly bonkers."

Previous jobs

Oli's vocation successful broadcasting began astatine a young age.

He secured the meal amusement slot astatine his school's section radio presumption erstwhile helium was 15.

By 16, helium was moving arsenic a unrecorded vigor newsman astatine apical sporting events including the Burghley Horse Trials, British Touring Car Championships and the Land Rover G4 Challenge.

His large interruption successful equine racing sum erstwhile helium joined Racing UK (now Racing TV) astatine the property of 18 arsenic an editorial assistant.

He worked his mode up done the ranks, gaining acquisition and honing his skills.

Oli took a occupation with Sky Racing World successful Australia astatine the property of 22.

Upon returning to the UK, helium joined ITV Racing successful 2017, wherever helium has go 1 of their cardinal presenters.

He fronts the Saturday greeting mag The Opening Show and serves arsenic a alleviation presenter and newsman for different racing coverage.

Oli's dada Rupert

Rupert Bell — Oli's dada — is besides a well-known sports commentator.

He has been a salient fig successful racing media for respective decades, moving chiefly successful radio.

Rupert has been a regular dependable connected talkSPORT and has covered large racing events for BBC Radio.

His vocation has besides included enactment for Sky Sports and assorted different media outlets. 

This household transportation to the horse racing satellite has often led to misconceptions astir Oli's vocation path.

Many presume that his father's power opened doors for him successful the industry.

However, Oli has been keen to close this assumption, emphasising that his narration with his begetter really developed much done his enactment successful racing than vice versa.

Where helium grew up

Oli wasn't immersed successful the satellite of equine racing from a young age.

He grew up distant from the horses and racing situation associated with his father's broadside of the family.

He was raised by his parent successful Somerset.

Relationship with Francesca Cumani

Oli was antecedently successful a narration with his ITV Racing co-presenter Francesca Cumani — a erstwhile amateur jockey and girl of trainer Luca Cumani,

She besides works arsenic a presenter for ITV Racing, having joined the transmission successful 2016.

The mates began dating successful 2018 aft Francesca divided from her Australian polo subordinate hubby Rob Archibald.

Ahead of the 2020 Cheltenham Festival, Oli and Francesca called clip connected their romance.

Despite the breakup, they person continued to enactment unneurotic connected ITV Racing, maintaining a affable and nonrecreational on-screen relationship.