Phil Liggett and his mate

[Ghost Donkey]

For the first time ever I am considering finding out the cheapest way of getting Eurosport on my TV - I cannot get live online feed due to shockingly poor broadband speeds - just so I do not have to listen to the simpering cockwombles.

Going off topic I'm pretty certain you can still point a satellite dish at the right tin can above the equator and get "European" as opposed to "British" eurosport on an unencrypted satellite feed.tu're interested. It would mean forking out a bit initially for the kit. Probably best to lurk around a satellite forum/resource for this info

 

[BJH]

Well where is Phil then ???

As an expert he said these allegations were all lies, so now the admission is out there is he going to retire on the basis that he is clearly out of touch and not the expert he's being paid to be

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Well where is Phil then ???

As an expert he said these allegations were all lies, so now the admission is out there is he going to retire on the basis that he is clearly out of touch and not the expert he's being paid to be

From the Telegraph (looks like AC's his only friend)
Phil Liggett, Commentator and journalist
Liggett defended Armstrong for years over the doping claims. He was a regular speaker at charity functions organised by Armstrong, including events for his cancer charity Livestrong. In August he referred to the USADA's life ban on Armstrong as a "political conspiracy". He called the USADA a "nefarious local drugs agency". Earlier this week Liggett conceded that he felt duped after defending Armstrong's claims for so long although maintained he was still a "great athlete". He told a radio station:
"I can't deny the pleasure he has brought many people including me and my commentary team from what we have seen from him in the past. But at the end of the day he has cheated his way through and he has taken a lot of people into his confidence and he has really let them down quite badly. He's still a great athlete. The drugs he has taken were to beat the very, very best at the very top and you could argue that those athletes he beat, many of them have already served time for taking drugs as well."

 

[johnr]

I got an article about PL on my Sky team news ap. I can't find an on-line version of it. In it the great man comments on the first interview that there are 'more revelations to come'. That's all folks.

He's not the self-styled voice of cycling for nothing.

 

[thom]

Phil speaks - he's still in the dark

 

[Crackle]

Is that the same incoherent Liggett who was defending him. Ooof, bit of a turnaround. He looked fairly defensive though and was lucky not to get asked some much harder questions. Perhaps he's realized his own credibility is at stake.

 

[rich p]

He was clearer in his condemnation than I expected, in fairness.

 

[BJH]

Self serving change of heart while still offering justification that others were also at it, so that makes it ok

Yes Phil, forget all that nonsense in Spain (or the US hey !) this is real cycling !!

 

[rich p]

Bloody nora, I've just watched the first intermediate sprint won by Gerrans, with a camera pointing straight at him in perfect visibilty, misidentified as Goss and then O'Grady. Plus ca change...

 

[kedab]

aye, i found some highlights on the 'net and was a little dismayed to hear his familiar tones. i don't think i'd have any issues with the old man if he'd kept his day job separate from L.A but to become a paid up member of his clan and then to defend him to the hilt (and make some absurd accusations while doing so), means that he's lost all credibility and i think that, 'the voice of cycling', needs to be rested..

 

[Noodley]

Oh well, that's gona be a summer of me not watching any Tour coverage if that crinkly old nobber is still waffling over the pictures...I am due to be at the next Revolution track event in Glasgow so I may seek out the ITV crew and pester them to sack him. Or set him afloat on a wooden raft with no water.

 

[beastie]

Or set him afloat on a wooden raft with no water.

Zoolander hat on - But Noodles, how are you going to float the raft if there is no water??

 

[Noodley]

Zoolander hat on - But Noodles, how are you going to float the raft if there is no water??

He'll float on his inflated ego.

 

[endoman]

can't stand him, not hard to get facts right, he doesn't. Harmon and Smith from Eurosport miles better, it was nice to hear Robbie McEwen give a more modern view though.

 

[johnr]

Oh well, that's gona be a summer of me not watching any Tour coverage if that crinkly old nobber is still waffling over the pictures...I am due to be at the next Revolution track event in Glasgow so I may seek out the ITV crew and pester them to sack him. Or set him afloat on a wooden raft with no water.

Ask them what Liggett's response was when they confronted him with his allegations that (a) he had evidence that USADA was bribing people to dob Pharmstrong in, and (b) his unnamed medical source claiming it was impossible for LPh to take the amount of drugs alleged and live.

If they haven't bothered, then you're wasting your time.