NBC Sports Group kicks off its 2017 cycling schedule with live coverage of the Santos Tour Down Under this Sunday, Jan. 15, at 3:45 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Gold. NBC Sports Group's cycling coverage includes 15 events throughout the year, highlighted by all 21 stages of Grand Tour races Tour de France and Vuelta a España. NBC Sports Gold's daily live coverage of the Santos Tour Down Under culminates on Saturday, Jan. 21, at 10 p.m. ET.
Universal HD will televise encore presentations of the Santos Tour Down Under beginning Sunday, Jan. 15, at 9 p.m. ET.
The Santos Tour Down Under visits some of South Australia's scenic beaches, wine regions and historic country towns before the finale on the streets of Adelaide. Highlighting the field are two-time Paris-Nice winner Richie Porte (BMC Racing Team) and 2015 Santos Tour Down Under champion Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team) of Australia; Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe) of Slovakia, who has seven Tour de France stage wins to his name; and Esteban Chaves (Orica-Scott) of Colombia, who won two stages of the 2015 Vuelta a España.
Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen will call the action for 2017 Santos Tour Down Under coverage on
NBC Sports Gold and Universal HD.
NBC Sports Gold --
NBC Sports Group's premium-subscription product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs -- will offer viewers exclusive, live, commercial-free, coverage of the Santos Tour Down Under.
In addition to live video streaming, viewers will have access to full stage video replays and highlights. The
NBC Sports Gold app is available on Apple iOS, Android, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Chromecast.
NBC Sports Gold's annual cycling package, features live coverage of all 21 stages of the Grand Tour races Tour de France and Vuelta a España, Monument Classics including Paris-Roubaix and Liége-Bastogne-Liége, and 10 additional races. Customers interested in
NBC Sports Gold for the Santos Tour Down Under and the remaining portion of the 2016-17 cycling season (January - June) can visit NBCSportsGold.com now to purchase for a discounted rate of $19.99.
NBC SPORTS APP: The
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NBC Sports Group's live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs -- will stream coverage via "TV Everywhere," giving consumers additional value for their subscription service, and making high quality content available to MVPD customers both in and out of the home and on multiple platforms. The
NBC Sports app is available on Apple iOS, Android and select Samsung devices, as well as on Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, Chromecast, Comcast's X1, Roku, Win10, and Xbox.
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