Phil Liggett

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Phil Ligget as speaker at the 2010 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic in Geelong, Australia

Philip Alexander "Phil" Liggett , MBE (born August 11, 1943 in Bebington ) is an English sports journalist and commentator as well as a former cyclist .

Journalistic career

Phil Liggett was an amateur cyclist and already had a professional contract under his belt when he decided to become a journalist. He began his career with cycling magazine Cycling and freelanced for The Guardian , The Daily Telegraph and The Observer . In 1997 he became the international editor of Cycle Sport . He also writes books.

Liggett also works as a television commentator. By 2012 he reported on 13 Olympic Games and - together with Paul Sherwen - 40 events of the Tour de France . He also comments on other sports such as triathlon and ski jumping . He works in the UK for ITV , for US broadcasters such as ABC , CBS and NBC, and for Australian broadcasters. 2014 he commented, together with the Dutch journalist José terminating the live stream of the International Cycling Union International Cycling Union (UCI) of the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in Spain Ponferrada .

Phil Liggett is known for his colorful expression with literary allusions. In 2005 a collection of his Liggettisms was published in a book.

Engagement in cycling

From 1972 to 1993 Liggett was the sporting director of the Milk Race . Through his involvement in organizing cycling races, he became Vice-President of the Association Internationale Organisateurs des Courses Cycliste . In 1973, at the age of 30, he became the youngest UCI commissioner to date . He was also President of the Cyclists' Touring Club (CTC).

Liggett and Armstrong

Liggett was a supporter of Lance Armstrong for years and was committed to his Livestrong Foundation . In October 2012, however, he said he found it unlikely that Armstrong should never have doped. He said he was disappointed that Armstrong lied to him when he questioned him about doping in 2003. He was interviewed for the Australian film The World According to Lance .

various

Phil Liggett lives in Hertfordshire but also has a house and a farm in South Africa . He was named an MBE in 2005 and inducted into the British Cycling Hall of Fame in 2009 .

Works

  • Ed .: The complete book of performance cycling . London Collins Willow. 1994.
  • With Anthony Bell: The fastest man on 2 wheels. In pursuit of Chris Boardman . London. Boxtree in association with Cycling Weekly, 1994.
  • Foreword in: Mr Tom. The true story of Tom Simpson Norwich. Mousehold Press in association with Sport & Publicity, London, 2000.
  • With James Raia and Sammarye: Tour de France for dummies . Hoboken, NJ; [Great Britain] Wiley, 2005.
  • 1988 Tour de France . London. Harrap, published in association with Channel Four Television Company, 1988.

Web links

Commons : Phil Liggett  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Phil Liggett: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle . Amazon.com. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  2. ↑ Outdoors Inc . Outdoors Inc .. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ LIVE Men Elite Road Race - 2014 Road World Championships, Ponferrada, Spain. UCI Channel on youtube, accessed September 29, 2014 .
  4. ^ Doug Donaldson (ed.), Phil Ligett: Dancing on the Pedals: The Found Poetry of Phil Liggett, the Voice of Cycling . Breakaway Books 2005. ISBN 1891369555
  5. ↑ An Evening with Phil Liggett on bicyclepaper.com (English) ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bicyclepaper.com
  6. Jump up ↑ Richard Pestes: Phil Liggett: The Pez-Clusive Interview . PezCyclingNews.com. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  7. ↑ Shane Stokes: Liggett admits he now finds it very difficult not to believe Armstrong took drugs . In: Velo Nation , Velo Nation LLC, October 15, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2012. 
  8. ^ Phil Liggett interview . In: ABC News , ABC, October 18, 2012. Retrieved October 21, 2012. 
  9. ^ London Gazette  (Supplement). No. 57665, HMSO, London, 11 June 2005, p. B18 ( PDF , English).
  10. ↑ MBE announcement from CTC website . Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  11. ↑ Report: 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner & Annual Awards . British Cycling. 21. Reb 2010. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Liggett, Phil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Liggett, Philip Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English sports journalist and commentator and former cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Bebington