When an Australian tv channel sensationally dropped a story that Phil Liggett was retiring from cycling commentating… I figured I’d best investigate. Here’s the truth about Phil Liggett’s retirement plans.
I first met Phil at the 1990 Tour de France, then again more than a dozen years later after I started PezCycling News, and we’ve talked and interviewed several times in the years since then.
Once again, Phil graciously agreed to chat and clear up the mis-information about his “retirement” – (spoiler alert – he’s NOT retiring any time soon) – but before we got there, we took a fun trip down memory lane to the 1990 Tour de France, and a look back at how journalists covered the race in the days before the internet.
Chapters:
0:00 – Introduction
0:44 – First Meeting at Le Tour 1990
0:51 – The OG Pez – Phil Liggett Interview 2:00 – Remembering Communications from back in the Day – Pencils, pay phones, cassette recorders, sacks of coins, typewriters 3:00 – Flow of the Day at the 1990 Tour 5:15 – Working with Paul Sherwen – the ultimate partner 6:45 – Day in the Life of a Tour Journalist – c. 1990 8:50 – The Fake Retirement 10:28 – I’m NOT retiring! 11:55 – Closing comments
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