Phil Liggett, Daniel Lloyd, Jeremy Whittle and Richard Moore star at London café
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Cervélo TestTeam's Daniel Lloyd and Phil Liggett were part of the panel discussion.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
The panel discussion group of Daniel Lloyd, Phil Liggett, Jeremy Whittle and Richard Moore keep the audience entertained.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
The legendary announcer Phil Liggett.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Look Mum No Hands! is London’s first and foremost cycling-themed bar and café.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Jeremy Whittle and Richard Moore.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Cervélo TestTeam's Daniel Lloyd (Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Phil Liggett shares a laugh with Jeremy Whittle.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
One of several jerseys which were prizes at the pre-Tour de France panel discussion.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Someone would soon receive an autographed CSC team jersey.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Daniel Friebe and Daniel Benson offer up a Saeco team jersey.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
The evening's four panelists along with editors of Procycling and Cyclingnews.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
British pro Daniel Lloyd of Cervélo TestTeam(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Jeremy Whittle and Richard Moore.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Phil Liggett was part of the four-person panel discussion about the Tour de France.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Phil Liggett and Jeremy Whittle.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Richard Moore authored the book In Search of Robert Millar.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
"How about a beer?"(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
The audience awaits the start of the panel discussion at London's Look Mum No Hands! cafe.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Some of the memorabilia on offer for the prize drawing.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
It's only fitting that Look Mum No Hands! would sport their own cycling cap.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Procycling's Daniel Friebe and Cyclingnews' Daniel Benson.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Procycling's Daniel Friebe and Phil Liggett.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
The evening's panel: Daniel Lloyd, Phil Liggett, Jeremy Whittle and Richard Moore.(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
British pro Daniel Lloyd(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
Jeremy Whittle(Image credit: Gerry McManus)
June 21st saw Cyclingnews and Procycling premiere a new medium - the live podcast cum panel discussion cum altogether brilliant evening we and 120 readers enjoyed at the Look Mum No Hands! café bar in Old Street, London.
The idea was simple: take four experts - in this case acclaimed cycling authors Richard Moore and Jeremy Whittle, Cervélo TestTeam stalwart Daniel Lloyd and Phil "Voice of Cycling" Liggett - give them a stage and a couple of glasses of Merlot and let them dissect the forthcoming Tour de France for the enjoyment of a live audience.
In an hour and a half of riveting and often unprintable discussion, the topics covered included Lance Armstrong's creaking limbs, Mark Cavendish's struggles so far this year, plus the question "exactly how bizarre is Cadel Evans?". The wine flowed, the banter too, and after a prize draw in which one Procycling reader, Stuart Moss, walked away with a LeMond gforce Fitness trainer worth over $2000, all were in agreement that the event should be the first of many.
If all four panelists were suave and superb, our venue was also a major hit. Opened just this spring, Look Mum No Hands! is London's first, permanent cycling-themed bar and café, and has already established itself as something of a two-wheeled institution. The Cassoulet de Toulouse whipped up specially for our soirée was, alas, considerably tastier than anything we were likely to eat on Tour.
To all those who attended, and the panelists, please accept our sincere thanks. We think you'll agree that it was a triumphant event - and one we hope to repeat soon.
Check out the gallery of photos from the evening's events.
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Daniel Benson was the Editor in Chief at Cyclingnews.com between 2008 and 2022. Based in the UK, he joined the Cyclingnews team in 2008 as the site's first UK-based Managing Editor. In that time, he reported on over a dozen editions of the Tour de France, several World Championships, the Tour Down Under, Spring Classics, and the London 2012 Olympic Games. With the help of the excellent editorial team, he ran the coverage on Cyclingnews and has interviewed leading figures in the sport including UCI Presidents and Tour de France winners.
