Hugh Porter leaving his BBC commentator role
Hugh Porter today reveals his sadness after his shock departure as the BBC's voice of cycling for the last 30 years.
The 73-year-old, who was born and brought up in Wolverhampton and lives in Tettenhall, is synonymous with the rush of cycling gold medals at London 2012 led by Sir Chris Hoy, Sir Bradley Wiggins and Victoria Pendleton.
But the BBC have decided that his role would be filled by someone else and told viewers he "had moved on to pastures new".
But Porter, a former world cycling champion in his own right, said: "I'm certainly not ready to give it up yet. I'm not naive, I know that things change, of course they do, but it would have been nice to have bowed out with the BBC on agreed terms.
"No-one can go on for ever, of course they can't. But I still feel that I've got a lot to offer. This is my sport and no-one is more passionate about it."
Hugh's sadness at exit from the BBC - Read his interview with Tim Walters in today's Express & Star
