Phil Liggett Retires? Here's the Truth!
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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