English broadcaster Phil Liggett today starts covering his 50th Tour de France. Now working for NBC Sports, Liggett has long been known as the 'voice of cycling.'
Liggett was an assistant to British TV commentator David Saunders at that event. He also filed copy to the British cycling magazine“I went to live in Belgium and I progressed enough to get a contract offer as a pro, but I moved across to journalism instead—it seemed more secure.”
“Even though I’ve got a contract with NBC, it’s still my decision on when to hang up the microphone. I’ll be 80 next year; I don’t feel it.”... [+] This is the Tour's 109th annual edition—Pogačar’s victories in 2020 and 2021 saw him win three different classifications, awarded with different colored jerseys during each Tour, a dominance not seen since the 1970s and the all-round dominance of the Tour by the Belgian rider Eddy Eddy Merckx, winner of five editions of the race.
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