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Phil Liggett
Cycling commentator
Philip Alexander LiggettMBE (born 11 August 1943) is an Englishcommentator and journalist who covers professional cycling.
He currently commentates on the Tour de France and bike races for ITV and NBC Sports, and was previously associated with Australia's SBS.[1][2] He is a former amateur cyclist and received a professional contract in 1967; instead of turning professional, he saw a future in sports journalism after writing articles in cycling magazines about races in which he participated.[3]
Journalism
Liggett initially wrote for Cycling magazine, and moved on to do freelance work for The Guardian, the Daily Telegraph and The Observer. In 1997, he was appointed Cycle Sport magazine's international editor. He has also written books on cycle racing.[citation needed]
Liggett has reported on 17 Olympic Games and 52 Tours de France, generally alongside fellow veteran cycling commentators and former cyclists Paul Sherwen (UK) and Bob Roll (US). Liggett has covered other sports inclu
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For much of the English-speaking world, Phil Liggett along with his broadcast partner, the late Paul Sherwen, was the commentator who was as much a part of professional bike racing as the riders and team managers and Tour de France publicity caravan. Now Demand Films presents a documentary about the life and times of Phil Liggett, MBE, Dr. (Hon.) and rhinoceros enthusiast, playing at your local cinema (at least in Canada) on October 25.
The film, “Phil Liggett: The Voice of Cycling” looks at the impressively long career of the subject, framed through historical footage, his regaling of a local UK cycling club with entertaining stories (he is a superb raconteur), the charity he and his wife Trish support, his current broadcasting work, as well as life in South Africa and England.
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Phil Liggett will always remember the day Stephen Roche collapsed at his feet. The scene was La Plagne at the finish of Stage 21 of the 1987 Tour de France, and as the commentator stared down at Roche’s heaving chest and flickering eyes he knew that he was an eyewitness to the shocking physical aftermath of one of the great Tour rides. What Liggett didn’t know was that his breathless commentary moments earlier would also enter Tour legend. During the stage Roche had fallen 90 seconds behind his rival Pedro Delgado and his Tour dreams seemed in tatters. But while the television cameras had followed Laurent Fignon to his stage victory, Roche had – unbeknown to viewers or commentators – embarked on a courageous chase to finish only four seconds behind Delgado. Liggett was in shock: ‘Just who is that rider coming up behind – because that looks like Roche! That looks like Stephen Roche… it’s Stephen Roche, he’s come over the line! He almost caught Pedro Delgado, I don’t believe it!’ Roche would go on to win the Tour and secure a historic Triple Crown.
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