2018 Tour de France broadcast schedule

By OlympicTalkJul 5, 2018, 11:35 AM EDT

NBC and NBCSN will air live coverage of all 21 stages of the Tour de France, while NBC Sports Gold will live stream every stage from start to finish with its “Cycling Pass.”

The Grand Tour runs from July 7-29. NBC Sports will have a record 365-plus hours of live, primetime and encore coverage.

Team Sky’s Chris Froome goes for his record-tying fifth Tour de France title and fourth in a row.

Froome, cleared of an abnormal drug-test case less than a week before the Tour, aims to match the career wins record held by Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain.

Froome currently holds all three Grand Tour titles, winning the Vuelta a Espana in September and the Giro d’Italia in June.

His challengers include Movistar’s Nairo Quintana (runner-up in 2013 and 2015) and 2014 Tour winner Vincenzo Nibali of Bahrain-Merida as well as two former Team Sky mates, Richie Porte and Mikel Landa.

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DAY	TIME (ET)	STAGE	NETWORK
Sat., July 7	4:40 a.m.	Stage 1: Noirmoutier-en-l’Île / Fontenay-le-Comte (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Sat., July 7	5 a.m.	Stage 1: Noirmoutier-en-l’Île / Fontenay-le-Comte (LIVE)	NBCSN
Sat., July 7	8 p.m.	Stage 1: Noirmoutier-en-l’Île / Fontenay-le-Comte	NBCSN
Sat., July 7	Midnight	Stage 1: Noirmoutier-en-l’Île / Fontenay-le-Comte	NBCSN
Sun., July 8	7 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Sun., July 8	7 a.m.	Stage 2: Mouilleron-Saint-Germain / La Roche-sur-Yon (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Sun., July 8	7:30 a.m.	Stage 2: Mouilleron-Saint-Germain / La Roche-sur-Yon (LIVE)	NBCSN
Sun., July 8	4:30 p.m.	Stage 2: Mouilleron-Saint-Germain / La Roche-sur-Yon	NBC
Sun., July 8	8 p.m.	Stage 2: Mouilleron-Saint-Germain / La Roche-sur-Yon	NBCSN
Sun., July 8	Midnight	Stage 2: Mouilleron-Saint-Germain / La Roche-sur-Yon	NBCSN
Mon., July 9	8 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Mon., July 9	9 a.m.	Stage 3: Cholet / Cholet (LIVE)	NBCSN, NBC Sports Gold
Mon., July 9	Noon	Stage 3: Cholet / Cholet	NBCSN
Mon., July 9	2:30 p.m.	Stage 3: Cholet / Cholet	NBCSN
Mon., July 9	8 p.m.	Stage 3: Cholet / Cholet	NBCSN
Mon., July 9	Midnight	Stage 3: Cholet / Cholet	NBCSN
Tues., July 10	6:50 a.m.	Stage 4: La Baule / Sarzeau (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Tues., July 10	7 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Tues., July 10	7:30 a.m.	Stage 4: La Baule / Sarzeau (LIVE)	NBCSN
Tues., July 10	12:30 p.m.	Stage 4: La Baule / Sarzeau	NBCSN
Tues., July 10	2:30 p.m.	Stage 4: La Baule / Sarzeau	NBCSN
Tues., July 10	8 p.m.	Stage 4: La Baule / Sarzeau	NBCSN
Tues., July 10	Midnight	Stage 4: La Baule / Sarzeau	NBCSN
Wed., July 11	6:10 a.m.	Stage 5: Lorient / Quimper (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Wed., July 11	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Wed., July 11	8 a.m.	Stage 5: Lorient / Quimper (LIVE)	NBCSN
Wed., July 11	Noon	Stage 5: Lorient / Quimper	NBCSN
Wed., July 11	2:30 p.m.	Stage 5: Lorient / Quimper	NBCSN
Wed., July 11	8 p.m.	Stage 5: Lorient / Quimper	NBCSN
Wed., July 11	Midnight	Stage 5: Lorient / Quimper	NBCSN
Thurs., July 12	6:50 a.m.	Stage 6: Brest / Mûr de Bretagne Guerlédan (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Thurs., July 12	7 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Thurs., July 12	7:30 a.m.	Stage 6: Brest / Mûr de Bretagne Guerlédan (LIVE)	NBCSN
Thurs., July 12	Noon	Stage 6: Brest / Mûr de Bretagne Guerlédan	NBCSN
Thurs., July 12	2:30 p.m.	Stage 6: Brest / Mûr de Bretagne Guerlédan	NBCSN
Thurs., July 12	8 p.m.	Stage 6: Brest / Mûr de Bretagne Guerlédan	NBCSN
Thurs., July 12	Midnight	Stage 6: Brest / Mûr de Bretagne Guerlédan	NBCSN
Fri., July 13	5:50 a.m.	Stage 7: Fougères / Chartres (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Fri., July 13	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Fri., July 13	8 a.m.	Stage 7: Fougères / Chartres (LIVE)	NBCSN
Sat., July 14	5:20 a.m.	Stage 8: Dreux / Amiens Métropole (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Sat., July 14	7:30 a.m.	Stage 8: Dreux / Amiens Métropole (LIVE)	NBC
Sat., July 14	Midnight	Stage 8: Dreux / Amiens Métropole	NBCSN
Sun., July 15	6 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Sun., July 15	6:20 a.m.	Stage 9: Arras Citadelle / Roubaix (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Sun., July 15	6:30 a.m.	Stage 9: Arras Citadelle / Roubaix (LIVE)	NBCSN
Sun., July 15	8 p.m.	Stage 9: Arras Citadelle / Roubaix	NBCSN
Sun., July 15	Midnight	Stage 9: Arras Citadelle / Roubaix	NBCSN
Mon., July 16	8 a.m.	Stage 9: Arras Citadelle / Roubaix	NBCSN
Mon., July 16	8 p.m.	Stage 9: Arras Citadelle / Roubaix	NBCSN
Mon., July 16	Midnight	Stage 9: Arras Citadelle / Roubaix	NBCSN
Tues., July 17	4:30 a.m.	La Course by Le Tour de France	NBC Sports Gold
Tues., July 17	7 a.m.	Stage 10: Annecy / Le Grand-Bornand (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Tues., July 17	7 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Tues., July 17	7:30 a.m.	Stage 10: Annecy / Le Grand-Bornand (LIVE)	NBCSN
Tues., July 17	12:30 p.m.	Stage 10: Annecy / Le Grand-Bornand	NBCSN
Tues., July 17	2:30 p.m.	Stage 10: Annecy / Le Grand-Bornand	NBCSN
Tues., July 17	8 p.m.	Stage 10: Annecy / Le Grand-Bornand	NBCSN
Tues., July 17	Midnight	Stage 10: Annecy / Le Grand-Bornand	NBCSN
Wed., July 18	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Wed., July 18	7:50 a.m.	Stage 11: Albertville / La Rosière Espace San Bernardo (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Wed., July 18	8 a.m.	Stage 11: Albertville / La Rosière Espace San Bernardo (LIVE)	NBCSN
Wed., July 18	Noon	Stage 11: Albertville / La Rosière Espace San Bernardo	NBCSN
Wed., July 18	2:30 p.m.	Stage 11: Albertville / La Rosière Espace San Bernardo	NBCSN
Wed., July 18	8 p.m.	Stage 11: Albertville / La Rosière Espace San Bernardo	NBCSN
Wed., July 18	Midnight	Stage 11: Albertville / La Rosière Espace San Bernardo	NBCSN
Thurs., July 19	6 a.m.	Stage 12: Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs / Alpe d’Huez (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Thurs., July 19	6 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Thurs., July 19	6:30 a.m.	Stage 12: Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs / Alpe d’Huez (LIVE)	NBCSN
Thurs., July 19	12:30 p.m.	Stage 12: Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs / Alpe d’Huez	NBCSN
Thurs., July 19	2:30 p.m.	Stage 12: Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs / Alpe d’Huez	NBCSN
Thurs., July 19	6 p.m.	Stage 12: Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs / Alpe d’Huez	NBCSN
Thurs., July 19	1:30 a.m.	Stage 12: Bourg-Saint-Maurice Les Arcs / Alpe d’Huez	NBCSN
Fri., July 20	7:20 a.m.	Stage 13: Bourg d’Oisans / Valence (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Fri., July 20	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Fri., July 20	8 a.m.	Stage 13: Bourg d’Oisans / Valence (LIVE)	NBCSN
Sat., July 21	1:30 a.m.	Stage 13: Bourg d’Oisans / Valence	NBCSN
Sat., July 21	6 a.m.	La Course by Le Tour de France	NBCSN
Sat., July 21	6:50 a.m.	Stage 14: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux / Mende (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Sat., July 21	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Sat., July 21	8 a.m.	Stage 14: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux / Mende (LIVE)	NBCSN
Sun., July 22	7 a.m.	Stage 15: Millau / Carcassonne (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Sun., July 22	7 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Sun., July 22	7:30 a.m.	Stage 15: Millau / Carcassonne (LIVE)	NBCSN
Sun., July 22	10:30 p.m.	Stage 15: Millau / Carcassonne	NBCSN
Mon., July 23	8:30 a.m.	Rest Day Coverage	NBCSN
Mon., July 23	12:30 p.m.	Rest Day Coverage	NBCSN
Mon., July 23	8 p.m.	Rest Day Coverage	NBCSN
Mon., July 23	Midnight	Rest Day Coverage	NBCSN
Tues., July 24	5:20 a.m.	Stage 16: Carcassonne / Bagnères-de-Luchon (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Tues., July 24	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Tues., July 24	8 a.m.	Stage 16: Carcassonne / Bagnères-de-Luchon (LIVE)	NBCSN
Tues., July 24	Noon	Stage 16: Carcassonne / Bagnères-de-Luchon	NBCSN
Tues., July 24	2:30 p.m.	Stage 16: Carcassonne / Bagnères-de-Luchon	NBCSN
Tues., July 24	8 p.m.	Stage 16: Carcassonne / Bagnères-de-Luchon	NBCSN
Tues., July 24	Midnight	Stage 16: Carcassonne / Bagnères-de-Luchon	NBCSN
Wed., July 25	8:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Wed., July 25	8:50 a.m.	Stage 17: Bagnères-de-Luchon / Saint-Lary-Soulan (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Wed., July 25	9:30 a.m.	Stage 17: Bagnères-de-Luchon / Saint-Lary-Soulan (LIVE)	NBCSN
Wed., July 25	Noon	Stage 17: Bagnères-de-Luchon / Saint-Lary-Soulan	NBCSN
Wed., July 25	2:30 p.m.	Stage 17: Bagnères-de-Luchon / Saint-Lary-Soulan	NBCSN
Wed., July 25	8 p.m.	Stage 17: Bagnères-de-Luchon / Saint-Lary-Soulan	NBCSN
Thurs., July 26	7:30 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Thurs., July 26	7:40 a.m.	Stage 18: Trie-sur-Baïse / Pau (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Thurs., July 26	8 a.m.	Stage 18: Trie-sur-Baïse / Pau (LIVE)	NBCSN
Thurs., July 26	12:30 p.m.	Stage 18: Trie-sur-Baïse / Pau	NBCSN
Thurs., July 26	2:30 p.m.	Stage 18: Trie-sur-Baïse / Pau	NBCSN
Thurs., July 26	8 p.m.	Stage 18: Trie-sur-Baïse / Pau	NBCSN
Fri., July 27	5:50 a.m.	Stage 19: Lourdes / Laruns (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Fri., July 27	7 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Fri., July 27	7:30 a.m.	Stage 19: Lourdes / Laruns (LIVE)	NBCSN
Fri., July 27	12:30 p.m.	Stage 19: Lourdes / Laruns	NBCSN
Fri., July 27	2:30 p.m.	Stage 19: Lourdes / Laruns	NBCSN
Fri., July 27	8 p.m.	Stage 19: Lourdes / Laruns	NBCSN
Sat., July 28	5:50 a.m.	Stage 20: Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle / Espelette (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Sat., July 28	7 a.m.	Tour de France Pre-Race Show	NBCSN
Sat., July 28	7:30 a.m.	Stage 20: Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle / Espelette (LIVE)	NBCSN
Sat., July 28	3 p.m.	Stage 20: Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle / Espelette	NBC
Sat., July 28	8 p.m.	Stage 20: Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle / Espelette	NBCSN
Sun., July 29	6:30 a.m.	Stage 20: Saint-Pée-sur-Nivelle / Espelette	NBCSN
Sun., July 29	9:30 a.m.	Stage 21: Houilles / Paris Champs-Élysées (LIVE)	NBCSN
Sun., July 29	10 a.m.	Stage 21: Houilles / Paris Champs-Élysées (LIVE)	NBC Sports Gold
Sun., July 29	9 p.m.	Stage 21: Houilles / Paris Champs-Élysées	NBCSN
Fri., Aug. 10	2 a.m.	Tour de France a la Voile	NBCSN

Ryan Crouser breaks world record in shot put at Los Angeles Grand Prix

By OlympicTalkMay 27, 2023, 5:56 PM EDT

Two-time Olympic champion Ryan Crouser registered one of the greatest performances in track and field history, breaking his world record and throwing three of the six farthest shot puts of all time at the Los Angeles Grand Prix on Saturday.

Crouser unleashed throws of 23.56 meters, 23.31 and 23.23 at UCLA’s Drake Stadium. His previous world record from the Tokyo Olympic Trials was 23.37. He now owns the top four throws in history, and the 23.23 is tied for the fifth-best throw in history.

“The best thing is I’m still on high volume [training], heavy throws in the ring and heavy weights in the weight room, so we’re just starting to work in some speed,” the 6-foot-7 Crouser, who is perfecting a new technique coined the “Crouser slide,” told Lewis Johnson on NBC.

Sha’Carri Richardson won her 100m heat in 10.90 seconds into a slight headwind, then did not start the final about 90 minutes later due to cramping, Johnson said. Richardson is ranked No. 1 in the world in the 100m in 2023 (10.76) and No. 2 in the 200m (22.07).

Jamaican Ackeem Blake won the men’s 100m in a personal best 9.89 seconds. He now ranks third in the world this year behind Kenyan Ferdinand Omanyala and American Fred Kerley, who meet in the Diamond League in Rabat, Morocco on Sunday (2-4 p.m. ET, CNBC, NBCSports.com/live, the NBC Sports app and Peacock).

The next major meet is the USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships in early July, when the top three in most individual events qualify for August’s world championships.

Richardson will bid to make her first global championships team, two years after having her Olympic Trials win stripped for testing positive for marijuana and one year after being eliminated in the first round of the 100m at USATF Outdoors.

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Also Saturday, Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn of Puerto Rico won the 100m hurdles in 12.31, the fastest time ever this early in a year. Nigerian Tobi Amusan, who at last July’s worlds lowered the world record to 12.12, was eighth in the eight-woman field in 12.69.

Maggie Ewen upset world champion Chase Ealey in the shot put by throwing 20.45 meters, upping her personal best by more than three feet. Ewen went from 12th-best in American history to third behind 2016 Olympic champion Michelle Carter and Ealey.

Marileidy Paulino of the Dominican Republic ran the fastest women’s 400m since the Tokyo Olympics, clocking 48.98 seconds. Paulino is the Olympic and world silver medalist. Olympic and world champion Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas is on a maternity break.

Rio Olympic bronze medalist Clayton Murphy won the 800m in 1:44.75, beating a field that included most of the top Americans in the event. Notably absent was 2019 World champion Donovan Brazier, who hasn’t raced since July 20 of last year amid foot problems.

CJ Allen won the 400m hurdles in a personal best 47.91, consolidating his argument as the second-best American in the event behind Olympic and world silver medalist Rai Benjamin, who withdrew from the meet earlier this week.

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Primoz Roglic set to win Giro d’Italia over Geraint Thomas

Associated PressMay 27, 2023, 4:13 PM EDT

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Primož Roglič all but secured the Giro d’Italia title on Saturday by overtaking leader Geraint Thomas on the penultimate stage despite having a mechanical problem on the mountain time trial.

Roglič started the stage 26 seconds behind Thomas — who was trying to become the oldest Giro champion in history — but finished the route 40 seconds quicker than the British cyclist after the demanding climb of the Monte Lussari.

That saw Roglič move into the leader’s pink jersey, 14 seconds ahead of Thomas going into the race’s mainly ceremonial final stage.

Roglič was cheered on all the way by thousands of fans from just across the border to his native Slovenia. They packed the slopes of the brutal ascent up Monte Lussari, which had an elevation of more than 3,000 feet and gradients of up to 22%.

The 33-year-old Roglič celebrated at the end with his wife and son, who was wearing a replica of the pink jersey.

“Just something amazing, eh? It’s not at the end about the win itself, but about the people, and the energy here, so incredible, really moments to live and to remember,” said Roglič, who had tears in his eyes during the post-stage television interview, which he did with his son in his arms.

It will be a fourth Grand Tour victory for Roglič, who won the Spanish Vuelta three years in a row from 2019-2021

Roglič also almost won the Tour de France in 2020, when he was leading going into another mountain time trial on the penultimate stage. But that time it was Roglič who lost time and the race to compatriot Tadej Pogačar in one of the most memorable upsets in a Grand Tour in recent years.

It appeared as if the Jumbo-Visma cyclist’s hopes were evaporating again when he rode over a pothole about halfway through the brutal climb up Monte Lussari and his chain came off, meaning he had to quickly change bicycles.

His teammates and staff had their hands over their heads in disbelief.

Despite that setback, Roglič — who had been 16 seconds ahead of Thomas at the previous intermediate time check — went on to increase his advantage.

“I dropped the chain, I mean it’s part of it,” he said. “But I got started again and I just went … I had the legs, the people gave me extra (energy).”

The 33-year-old Roglič won the stage ahead of Thomas. Joao Almeida was third, 42 seconds slower.

For Thomas, his bad luck at the Giro continued. In 2017, he was involved in a crash caused by a police motorbike, and three years later he fractured his hip after a drinks bottle became lodged under his wheel – being forced to abandon both times.

Thomas turned 37 on Thursday. The Ineos Grenadiers cyclist had seemed poised to become the oldest Giro winner in history — beating the record of Fiorenzo Magni, who was 34 when he won in 1955.

“I could feel my legs going about a kilometer and a half from the top. I just didn’t feel I had that real grunt,” Thomas said. “I guess it’s nice to lose by that much rather than a second or two, because that would be worse I think.

“At least he smashed me and to be honest Primoz deserves that. He had a mechanical as well, still put 40 seconds into me so chapeau to him. If you’d told me this back in (February), March, I would have bit your hand off but now I’m devastated.”

Thomas and Roglič exchanged fist bumps as they waited their turn to ride down the ramp at the start of the 11.6-mile time trial.

The Giro will finish in Rome on Sunday, with 10 laps of a seven-mile circuit through the streets of the capital, taking in many of its historic sites.

“One more day to go, one more focus, because I think the lap is quite hard, technical. So it’s not over til it’s finished,” Roglič said. “But looks good, voila.”

The route will pass by places such as the Altare della Patria, the Capitoline Hill, the Circus Maximus and finish at the Imperial Forums, in the shadow of the Colosseum.

The Tour de France starts July 1, airing on NBC Sports and Peacock.

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