(procycling.no): En samlet sykkelverden er i sorg etter den sørgelige nyheten om bortgangen til TV-kommentator og eks-proff Paul Sherwen. Sherwen døde i Kampala i Uganda 62 år gammel.
Briten Sherwen var en velkjent TV-personlighet og kommenterte hele 33 utgaver av Tour de France sammen med sin nære venn Phil Liggett.
På sosiale medier det siste døgnet har både venner, kollegaer og fans delt sine hyllester til mannen kalt «stemmen av Tour de France».
Sherwen syklet profesjonelt fra 1978 til 1987 og deltok i sju Tour de France og ble to ganger britisk mester.
Etter endt karriere kommenterte han Tour de France for den britiske kanalen Channel 4, før han gikk videre til amerikanske NBC og senere SBS i Australia.
I have scrolled through Tweets non-stop for 45mins and then went back to the top and found 600 new ones. @PaulSherwen would have been so proud to know how much you thought him. Thank you all. Riders, friends, fans, federation, media for your expressions of love
— Phil Liggett (@PhilLiggett) 3. desember 2018
1. Found out last night @PaulSherwen died. Didn’t want to believe the Twitter so waited till this morning, seeing @PhilLiggett confirm it meant it was real, I’m sorry Phil, I know you guys were like family to each other. Bear with me, bit of a thread here…
— David Millar (@millarmind) 3. desember 2018
All the Tour de France organisation is deeply saddened by the passing of @PaulSherwen . He has been a great rider and an iconic voice of Le Tour over many years. All our thoughts go to his family, friends and colleagues. pic.twitter.com/sZcH5hWjv9
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) 3. desember 2018
Completely shocked and saddened to hear of Paul Sherwen’s passing. Met Paul in 1992 when he worked as our press officer for Team Motorola. He was always a class act and a great friend. My deepest condolences go out to his family. RIP Climber.
— Lance Armstrong (@lancearmstrong) 2. desember 2018
We’d like to extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Paul Sherwen.
His was a voice that brought the joys of our sport to life for millions of fans around the world and he will be deeply missed.
RIP
— Team Dimension Data (@TeamDiData) 2. desember 2018