Cycling on NBC is the de facto name for broadcasts ofmultiple-stagebicycle races produced byNBC Sports,^[4] the sports division of theNBC^[5] television network. Thisincludesbroadcasts of theTour de France,^[6]Vuelta a España,UCI World Tour Championships,Tour of California,USA Pro Cycling Challenge,^[7] andLiège–Bastogne–Liège.

In 1985, NBC broadcast theCoors International Bicycle Classic^[8] as part of its anthology programSportsworld.^[9] Greg Lewis anchored NBC's coverage alongsideConnie Carpenter andAlexi Grewal.^[10]

From 1989 to 1990, NBC broadcast^[11] theTour de Trump,^[12] which was a North American cyclingstage race initially sponsored by businessman (and laterU.S. President)Donald Trump.

For the very first edition in 1989,Dick Enberg^[13] anchored^[14] the coverage alongsideGary Gerould and analyst Clif Halsey.^[15] Greg Lewis meanwhile, interviewed cyclists after the final stage. NBC would cover at least two weeks worth of action for two hours^[16] each on Sunday afternoons^[17] whileESPN otherwise, provided the bulk of the coverage.

The following year, NBC announced that it would commit to airing at least six hours^[18] worth of the Tour de Trump race. This time,John Tesh anchored NBC's coverage alongsidePhil Liggett.

Incidentally, the idea for the race was conceived by John Tesh, who had covered the1987 Tour de France forCBS and on his return suggested holding a race in the United States to the basketball commentator and entrepreneurBilly Packer. Packer originally planned to call the race the Tour de Jersey. He approached representatives of casinos inAtlantic City for sponsorship, and Donald Trump offered to be the race's primary sponsor and Packer's business partner in the venture. It was Packer who suggested the Tour de Trump name.

In 1999,NBCSN,^[19] then known as Outdoor Life Network (or OLN) acquired the U.S. broadcast rights to theTour de France for US$3 million. Coverage of theTour on OLN brought substantially greater viewership to the then fledgling channel, due in part to the then-growing popularity of American riderLance Armstrong. In2004, where Armstrong would aim for a record-breaking sixth straight Tour de France title, OLN would devote over 344 hours in July to coverage of theTour, along with documentaries and other original programming surrounding the event – which was promoted through a US$20 million advertising campaign.^[20]

Overall, while its coverage of the Tour de France helped OLN expand its carriage to over 60 million homes, rumors surrounding Armstrong's possible retirement from racing led to concerns over OLN's emphasis on him (to the point that some critics referred to OLN as standing for "Only Lance Network"),^[21] with critics questioning whether the network could sustain itself without the viewership that Lance Armstrong's presence had brought to its coverage.^[22]

Carriage of the Tour de France continued through OLN's retooling as a mainstream sports channel and rebranding as Versus.^[23] In 2011, Versus ownerComcast acquired a majority stake inNBC Universal, and merged its sports cable networks with that company'sNBC Sports division.^[24][25][26] NBC Sports would continue to carry the Tour on Versus, later rebranded as the NBC Sports Network (NBCSN).^[27] The2015 Tour de France saw its highest ratings on NBCSN since 2010, with average viewership increased to 365,000, and stage 8 having nearly a million viewers onNBC.^[28]

Beginning in 2016, NBC began to stream additional coverage via a subscription service, including replays, the commercial-free world feed, and othersecond screen content. This app expanded into the "Cycling Pass" service onNBC Sports Gold in 2017, which would also include coverage of theUCI Road World Championships,Colorado Classic, andVolta a Catalunya.^[29][30][31]

After the discontinuation of OLN's successorNBCSN at the end of 2021, linear television coverage of the Tour de France moved to other NBCUniversal cable networks such asUSA Network andCNBC. NBCUniversal's streaming servicePeacock would also carry all stages .^[32] On February 15, 2023, NBC Sports announced that it had renewed its media rights to broadcast the Tour de France through 2029. Beginning in 2024, cable simulcasts will be discontinued, with all stages becoming exclusive to Peacock, and occasional stages simulcast by NBC.^[32]

In 2015, CNBC aired portions of the 2015 UCI Road Cycling World Championships.^[33]

In 2020, CNBC aired Stage 14 and Stage 15 of theTour de France.^[34]

In 2022, CNBC aired stage 8 of theParis–Nice.^[35]

In 2022, CNBC aired portions of theWomen's Tour de France.^[36]

• Adam Blythe – He was an "on-site" reporter forNBC Sports' coverage of the2020 Tour de France,^[37] and fulfilled that role again for2021.^[38]
• Paul Burmeister^[39] – He has hosted^[40] NBC's studio coverage of theTour de France.
• Connie Carpenter
• Jenna Corrado^[41]
• Chris Horner – In 2019, Horner joined the team of broadcasterNBC for their coverage of theTour de France, acting as a commentator.^[42]
• Todd Gogulski – In 2009, he joined the NBC Universal Sports cycling TV commentary team with Steve Schlanger, with whom he covers theTour of the Basque Country, theGiro d'Italia, theVuelta a España, the World Road Championships,Milan–San Remo, and others. For 2011, he joined the VersusTour de France TV broadcasting team alongsideBob Roll,Phil Liggett,Paul Sherwen, and Liam McHugh.^[43]
• Alexi Grewal
• Todd Harris – Harris^[44] has acted as host for the network's coverage of theTour de France.
• Craig Hummer – In 2010, Hummer was host of the daily news segments for Universal Sports' Vancouver Olympic Games coverage.^[45] He was an announcer on theLas Vegas Super Sprint in 2014,^[46] and became the announcer forLa Course, a woman's race produced by Le Tour de France.^[47]
• Liam McHugh – In the summer of 2011, McHugh stepped into the role of host for NBC's live daily coverage of theTour de France.
• Greg Lewis
• Phil Liggett – Liggett has reported on over 15Olympic Games and 44Tours de France, generally alongside fellow veteran cycling commentators and former cyclistsPaul Sherwen (UK) andBob Roll (US). Because of his varied assignments, Liggett has worked for all of the AmericanBig Three networks:ABC,CBS, andNBC.^[48]
• Carolyn Manno^[49]
• Scott Moninger^[50]
• Steve Porino^[51]
• Bob Roll – He has been a member of the veteran cable television broadcasting team (along withPhil Liggett,MBE andPaul Sherwen) who served as road cycling expert-commentators for the NBC Sports Network cable network's coverage of theTour de France,Vuelta a España,Giro d'Italia,Paris–Roubaix,Tour of California, and other international cycling road races.
• Steve Schlanger
• Paul Sherwen – Up until the conclusion of the2016 Tour de France, Sherwen provided the commentary broadcast internationally for many television networks including Australia'sSBS Network^[52][53] and the United States'NBC Sports withPhil Liggett.
• John Tesh
• Al Trautwig – He co-anchored coverage of theTour de France from 2004 to 2007 on Versus (formerly OLN). Despite his years of experience as a broadcaster, he was sometimes criticized by cycling fans, for his occasionally uninformed commentary, and his tendency to compare the Tour to various mainstream sports he has covered.
• Christian Vande Velde – He has been a cycling analyst forNBC Sports since 2014.^[54]
• Jens Voigt – After his career, he worked as a TV presenter in Germany and in the USA.^[55] In the US he has been part of theNBC Sports coverage team which was initially led byPhil Liggett andPaul Sherwen, and was later led by Liggett andBob Roll with added commentary from Voigt, Steve Porino,Christian Vande Velde,Paul Burmeister andChris Horner.
• Laura Winter – She is theNBC reporter and commentator for theTour of California women's race.^[56]

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