NBC Sports Group Kicks Off Tour de France Coverage Tonight
By: TV News Desk Jul. 15, 2016
NBC Sports Group's more than 250 hours of live, primetime, and encore coverage of the 103rd Tour de France continues tonight at 8 p.m. ET with Tour Primetime on NBCSN. Tour Primetime airs each weeknight during the Tour de France and features a look at the day's most compelling action with new analysis, interviews, and updates.
Tonight's Tour Primetime will feature coverage of Stage 13, a time trial from Bourg-Saint-Andéol to La Caverne du Pont-d'Arc, and interviews with yellow jersey holder Chris Froome (Team Sky), Stage 13 winner Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant-Alpecin), and Adam Yates (ORICA-BikeExchange). Although race leader Froome finished second in today's stage with a time of 51 minutes and 18 seconds, he extended his overall lead in the Tour to 1 minute and 47 seconds.
Live Tour de France coverage continues tomorrow, Saturday, July 16, with the Tour de France Pre-Race Show at 7:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN. Coverage of Stage 14 from Montélimar to Villars-les-Dombes will air immediately following at 8 a.m. ET on NBCSN. In addition, a recap of Stage 14 will air Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
Live weekend coverage continues this Sunday, July 17, at 6:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN with the Tour de France Pre-Race Show, followed by Stage 15 from Bourg-en-Bresse to Culoz at 7 a.m. ET.
On Monday, July 18, NBCSN presents the Tour de France Pre-Race Show at 7:30 a.m. ET followed by Stage 16 from Moirans-en-Montagne to Bern.
| Date | Time (ET) | Program | Network |
| Fri., July 15 | 8 p.m. | Tour Primetime | NBCSN |
| Fri., July 15 | Midnight | Stage 13: Bourg-Saint-Andéol to La Caverne du Pont-d'Arc (Encore) | NBCSN |
| Sat., July 16 | 7:30 a.m. | Tour de France Pre-Race Show | NBCSN |
| Sat., July 16 | 8 a.m. | Stage 14: Montélimar to Villars-les-Dombes (LIVE) | NBCSN |
| Sat., July 16 | 2:30 p.m. | Stage 14: Montélimar to Villars-les-Dombes (Recap Show) | NBC |
| Sat., July 16 | 8 p.m. | Stage 14: Montélimar to Villars-les-Dombes (Encore) | NBCSN |
| Sat., July 16 | Midnight | Stage 14: Montélimar to Villars-les-Dombes (Encore) | NBCSN |
| Sun., July 17 | 6:30 a.m. | Tour de France Pre-Race Show | NBCSN |
| Sun., July 17 | 7 a.m. | Stage 15: Bourg-en-Bresse to Culoz (LIVE) | NBCSN |
| Sun., July 17 | Midnight | Stage 15: Bourg-en-Bresse to Culoz (Encore) | NBCSN |
| Mon., July 18 | 7:30 a.m. | Tour de France Pre-Race Show | NBCSN |
| Mon., July 18 | 8 a.m. | Stage 16: Moirans-en-Montagne to Bern (LIVE) | NBCSN |
| Mon., July 18 | 12:30 p.m. | Stage 16: Moirans-en-Montagne to Bern (Encore) | NBCSN |
In their 31st year working together, Phil Liggett (play-by-play) and Paul Sherwen (analyst) call all live racing for NBC Sports Group's coverage of the Tour de France. Liggett and Sherwen are joined in France by analysts and former professional cyclists Christian Vande Velde and Jens Voigt. Todd Harris hosts daily pre-race and primetime studio coverage, along with analyst Bob Roll. Steve Schlanger, Jenna Corrado and Steve Porino ('Inside-the-Race') serve as reporters.
The "Tour Pass" provides a daily overview of Tour de France coverage, plus information and highlights. It will be published weekdays during the Tour to preview the nightly Tour Primetime show on NBCSN. On Fridays, a weekend edition of the "Tour Pass" will be available.
For more information on NBC Sports Group's overall Tour de France coverage, click here.
DIGITAL COVERAGE
In addition to live linear coverage of the Tour de France, NBC Sports Group will once again provide extensive digital coverage of all 21 stages of the race.
NBC SPORTS GOLD: NBC Sports Group's new premium-subscription product for desktops, mobile devices, tablets, and connected TVs, will offer viewers live, commercial-free, coverage of every stage of the 2016 Tour de France. Featuring 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 more than 10 additional races, NBC Sports Gold's cycling package is available for purchase for $29.99 by visiting NBCSportsGold.com.
BROKEN SPOKES - BEHIND THE TOUR WITH STEVE SCHLANGER: Throughout the Tour, NBCSports.com will feature daily, online-only, video features entitled Broken Spokes: Behind the Tour with Steve Schlanger. NBC Sports Group veteran reporter Schlanger will take viewers behind-the-scenes to learn what it takes to cover the grueling, 21-stage race, while also highlighting the beauty of the French countryside, the passionate fans, and the knee-deep mountain mud. Click here for the latest Broken Spokesvideo, in which Voigt details what kind of music used to get him pumped up for a race.
EVER WONDER?: In the latest Ever Wonder? video, Voigt shows what kind of foods and liquids cyclists eat in the middle of stages during the Tour de France. Click here to view the video.
Image: Tom Dumoulin - 103rd Tour de France, NBC Sports Group.
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