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NBC Sports Gold launches 2019-20 Cycling Pass for Tour de France, more

By OlympicTalkMay 29, 2019, 6:38 PM EDT

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NBC Sports Gold will live stream every 2019 Tour de France stage, commercial-free and from start to finish, with its “Cycling Pass” that also offers live streaming coverage of 18 total events from July through April 2020.

The Tour runs from July 6-28. “Cycling Pass” subscribers will have access to full stage video replays, a live GPS tracking map of riders, highlights and more.

The “Cycling Pass” also includes the last Grand Tour of the season, the Vuelta a España in August and September, and the world road cycling championships in late September.

Then in 2020, spring classics including Paris–Roubaix and Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

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NBC Sports Gold “Cycling Pass” events

Tour de France – July 6-28, 2019
Arctic Race of Norway – August 23, 2019*
UCI Mountain Bike World Championships – August 28-September 1
Vuelta a Espana – August 24 – September 15, 2019
Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta – September 19, 2019
UCI Road World Championships – September 22-29, 2019
Paris-Tours – October 6, 2019
Tour of Croatia – October 9, 2019*
Saitama Criterium – November 13, 2019*
China Criterium – November 13, 2019*
Tour of Hainan – November 13, 2019*
Santos Tour Down Under – January 13-19, 2020
UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – February 1-2, 2019
Tour of Oman – February 21, 2020*
Paris-Nice – March 1-8, 2020
Paris-Roubaix – April 6, 2020
La Fleche Wallonne – April 15, 2020
Liege-Bastogne-Liege – April 19, 2020
Tour of Turkey – April 23, 2020*
UCI Track Cycling World Cup – TBD
UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup – TBD

Justin Schoenefeld gets U.S.’ first men’s aerials World Cup win in 4 years

U.S. Ski & Snowboard

By OlympicTalkFeb 22, 2020, 2:01 PM EST

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Justin Schoenefeld ended a four-year U.S. men’s aerials drought with his first World Cup win Saturday in Belarus.

Schoenfeld, 21, hit a double full-full-full in the super final to beat a field that included world champion Maxim Burov of Russia. Burov was fourth, one spot behind another American, Chris Lillis. Full results are here.

“I’m pretty speechless right now,” Schoenefeld said, according to U.S. Ski & Snowboard. “I’m just shocked. It just all came so quick, all of a sudden the two finals were over, and I was on top of the podium. I probably landed two of my training jumps yesterday, but I managed to land all of my comp jumps down to my feet.”

Schoenefeld’s best previous World Cup finish was fourth, in Belarus last season.

Lillis earned the U.S.’ last World Cup men’s aerials victory on Feb. 20, 2016, also in Belarus. The four-year gap between wins marked the longest for the U.S. men since aerials was added as an Olympic medal sport in 1994.

Schoenefeld also became the first American of either gender to win a World Cup aerials event in two years, since Kiley McKinnon on Jan. 6, 2018. That gap was the longest for the U.S. since 2005.

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Kaillie Humphries wins bobsled world title in first season for U.S.

By OlympicTalkFeb 22, 2020, 1:00 PM EST

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Two-time Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries won a bobsled world title in her first season since switching allegiance from Canada to the U.S., ending recent German dominance.

Humphries, with brakewoman Lauren Gibbs, edged German junior world champ Kim Kalicki by .37 of a second combining times from four runs between Friday and Saturday in Altenberg, Germany.

“I love this track. It’s very challenging, one of the hardest in the world,” Humphries said, according to U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton. “It demands a lot of focus, a lot of respect every minute you’re on that track. So to be able to win here, I know the Germans and the spectators, everybody, have worked so hard and this week, no exceptions. I’m proud of all of the girls.”

Canadian Christine de Bruin took bronze for a second straight year. Full results are here.

Humphries, who married a former U.S. bobsledder, was released by Canada in September after filing verbal abuse and harassment claims against a coach, saying she no longer felt safe with the program. As a Canadian, Humphries won 2010 and 2014 Olympic titles, plus 2012 and 2013 World titles.

Humphries joined German Sandra Kiriasis as the only female drivers to win three world titles. She is already the only female driver with multiple Olympic titles.

German Mariama Jamanka, the reigning Olympic champion and defending world champion, finished fourth in Altenberg.

Triple U.S. Olympic medalist Elana Meyers Taylor didn’t compete as she sits out the season due to pregnancy. Meyers Taylor and Gibbs teamed for silver in PyeongChang.

The world championships continue Sunday with the conclusion of the two-man competition. German Francesco Friedrich, eyeing his sixth straight world title, leads after the first two of four runs.

A full TV and live stream schedule is here.

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