Featuring First-Ever Start in Barcelona, All 21 Stages of Tour de France (July 4-26) Will Be Presented Live from Start-to-Finish on Peacock and NBCSN, with Select Coverage on NBC; Final Stage on Peacock and NBCSN on Sunday, July 26, at 9:30 a.m. ET
Peacock to Stream Daily Tour de France Pre- and Post-Race Shows
Production Elements Include Interactive Stage Maps, GPS Race Tracking, & More
Peacock Debuts Two Original Miniseries on Phil Liggett: The Phil Liggett Story and Beyond the Podium: Through Phil’s Eyes
THEMOVE, Live Post-Race Show Hosted by Lance Armstrong Offering Insight and Perspective on Tour de France and Cycling, Available on Peacock Following Each Stage
STAMFORD, Conn. – June 30, 2026 – NBC Sports will present three weeks of wall-to-wall live coverage of the 113th Tour de France on Peacock and NBCSN beginning this Saturday, July 4, and concluding with the final stage on Sunday, July 26. NBC will broadcast live and encore coverage of select stages.
This year’s Grand Départ will take place in Barcelona, Spain, marking the Tour de France’s first-ever start in the iconic city and just the third Spanish start in Tour history (prior starts in Spain: 2023 in Bilbao and 1992 in San Sebastián).
Daily live race action of the Tour de France, featuring all 21 stages, begins this Saturday, July 4, at 10 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCSN with Stage 1 beginning and ending in Barcelona. The 2026 Tour de France will once again conclude in the French capital on Paris’ Champs-Élysées, with the final stage on Sunday, July 26 at 9:30 a.m. ET on Peacock and NBCSN.
NBC will present live coverage of Stage 8 (Saturday, July 11) and Stage 20 (Saturday, July 25) at 8 a.m. ET, as well as encore presentations of Stage 14 (Saturday, July 18) at 3 p.m. ET, and Stage 15 (Sunday, July 19) and the final Stage 21 (Sunday, July 26) at 2 p.m. ET.
Programming throughout each day of the 21-stage event begins with the Tour de France Pre-Race Show on Peacock and NBCSN, followed by live race coverage. Following each stage, Tour de France: Beyond the Podium on Peacock will provide reaction, insight, and analysis. Post-stage coverage continues at 7 p.m. ET with Tour de France Daily on NBC Sports NOW, featuring highlights, recaps, and analysis from after each day of the race.
Peacock and NBCSN will air live start-to-finish coverage of every stage of the 2026 Tour de France, as well as full-stage replays, highlights, stage recaps, rider interviews, and more. To sign up and watch every minute of live action from the 2026 Tour de France, click here.
Also now streaming live on Peacock is the FIFA 2026 World Cup™ and WNBA. Peacock’s sports programming also includes Sunday Night Football, the NBA, live coverage of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Premier League, Big Ten football and basketball, BIG EAST basketball, Big 12 basketball, Notre Dame football, the U.S. Women’s and Men’s National Teams soccer matches (in Spanish), golf, and much more.
2026 TOUR DE FRANCE
The 2026 Tour de France will cover approximately 3,321 kilometers, beginning in Barcelona, Spain, and finishing 23 days later in Paris. This year’s race will feature 23 teams and 184 riders. The first two stages of the 2026 Tour de France will take place in Spain, before the route crosses over into France for the finish of Stage 3 and the remaining 18 stages.
Expected yellow jersey frontrunners in this year’s field include four-time and two-time defending champion Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) of Slovenia and two-time champion Jonas Vingegaard (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) of Denmark. Pogačar (2025, 2024, 2021, 2020) and Vingegaard (2023, 2022) have combined to win the past six Tour de France titles. Contenders are also expected to include Florian Lipowitz (Red Bull – Bora – Hansgrohe) of Germany, Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull – Bora – Hansgrohe) of Belgium, Paul Seixas (Decathlon CMA CGM) of France, and Juan Ayuso (Lidl-Trek) of Spain, among others.
Green jersey contenders expected to compete include defending points classification winner Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) of Italy, Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) of Belgium, who has won 10 individual stages since 2022, and 2024 green jersey winner Biniam Girmay (Intermarché–Wanty) of Eritrea, and Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step), a three-time Tour de France stage winner, and three-time reigning champion of the Scheldeprijs.
Americans expected to participate in this year’s Tour de France include 2025 and 2023 Paris-Nice winner Matteo Jorgenson of Team Visma | Lease a Bike, Sepp Kuss of Team Visma | Lease a Bike, who recently won his fourth Grand Tour stage at the Giro d’Italia, and two-ttime reigning U.S. Champion Quinn Simmons of Lidl-Trek. Two-time Olympian Brandon McNulty of UAE Team Emirates-XRG is set to make his first appearance in the Tour de France since 2022.
COMMENTATORS
NBC Sports’ cycling play-by-play caller Phil Liggett, universally known as the ‘voice of cycling,’ will cover his 54th Tour de France alongside analyst Bob Roll. Liggett and Roll will be on-site at each stage, along with reporters Steve Porino and former professional cyclist Christian Vande Velde, who rode the Tour on 11 occasions between 1999 and 2013.
Paul Burmeister will host daily pre-race and post-race studio coverage alongside analysts Brent Bookwalter and Tejay van Garderen, who also raced in the Tour, four and nine times, respectively.
Bookwalter and van Garderen will also provide reaction, insight, and analysis following every day of the event on Tour de France: Beyond the Podium on Peacock.
PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS
NBC Sports will integrate several features into its coverage of this year’s Tour de France:
- ‘Team Radio’ Audio: NBC Sports will present select ‘Team Radio’ audio, playing clips of the communication between team directors and riders throughout the race.
- NBC Sports will utilize a cutting-edge “Virtual” graphics Telestrator, which debuted throughout the 2019 Tour de France, and produces augmented reality cyclist graphics for the commentators to move and analyze.
- Interactive maps that track rider locations in real time along the route and highlight the stage terrain profile.
- Vande Velde will have a camera focused on him as he reports to offer real-time updates on race situations, while traveling aboard a motorcycle on the course.
- Real-time data of course gradients and the riders’ speeds.
NBC Sports’ coverage will include real-time speeds of both the leaders and the peloton, and additional maps that show more detailed versions of the finishes and each mountain climb.
Coverage will also utilize several production enhancements and updated graphic elements, including a pointer feature to easily identify and focus on one rider in the peloton, and exclusive profiles on teams and riders.
PEACOCK DEBUTS TWO NEW PHIL LIGGETT FIVE-PART MINISERIES: THE PHIL LIGGETT STORY AND BEYOND THE PODIUM: THROUGH PHIL’S EYES
NBC Sports debuted two new five-part Peacock original miniseries about longtime cycling play-by-play broadcaster Phil Liggett — The Phil Liggett Story and Beyond the Podium: Through Phil’s Eyes — as Liggett prepares to cover his 54th Tour de France. Both miniseries are available now on Peacock and NBC Sports’ YouTube Channel.
The Phil Liggett Story: A new five-part Peacock original series, The Phil Liggett Story celebrates the life and career of Liggett, who has called more editions of the Tour de France than any other broadcaster.
In one-on-one conversations with NBC Sports host Paul Burmeister, Liggett reflects on his childhood, his path into broadcasting, and the experiences that shaped him into the voice most synonymous with the Tour. The series offers viewers a behind-the-microphone look at the man who has brought cycling’s most famous race to generations of fans around the world.
Beyond the Podium: Through Phil’s Eyes: In Beyond the Podium: Through Phil’s Eyes, Liggett reflects on five of the most recognizable and influential figures in cycling history: Eddy Merckx, Greg LeMond, Lance Armstrong, Mark Cavendish, and Tadej Pogačar.
As the only broadcaster to have called the careers of all five cyclists, Liggett offers a unique perspective shaped by decades spent covering the sport’s biggest moments. Through personal stories, behind-the-scenes memories, and first-hand observations, viewers get to know each rider not only as a competitor but as a person through the eyes of the voice who chronicled their journeys.
THEMOVE ON PEACOCK
THEMOVE, a post-race show offering an incisive perspective on the Tour de France and cycling hosted by Lance Armstrong will be available live on Peacock following each stage of the 113th Tour de France.
NBC SPORTS CYCLING SOCIAL MEDIA
Fans can keep up with the Tour de France through NBC Sports’ social media platforms throughout the race, including interviews, video clips, up-to-date news reports, and stories from around the cycling world via @NBCSCycling on X and the NBC Sports Cycling Facebook page. In addition, fans can visit NBCSports.com/cycling for a live stream schedule, stage maps, results, routes, and more.
NBC SPORTS’ 2026 TOUR DE FRANCE SCHEDULE
(subject to change, all times ET)*** All live coverage on NBC is also available on the NBC Sports app:
| Date | Time | Stage | Platform |
| Sat., July 4 | 10 a.m. | Stage 1: Barcelona / Barcelona (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| Sun., July 5 | 7 a.m. | Stage 2: Tarragona / Barcelona (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| Mon., July 6 | 5:30 a.m. | Stage 3: Granollers / Les Angles (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| Tues., July 7 | 6:30 a.m. | Stage 4: Carcassonne / Foix (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| Wed., July 8 | 7 a.m. | Stage 5: Lannemezan / Pau (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| Thurs., July 9 | 6 a.m. | Stage 6: Pau / Gavarnie-Gèdre (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| Fri., July 10 | 6:30 a.m. | Stage 7: Hagetmau / Bordeaux (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| Sat., July 11 | 6:30 a.m. | Stage 8: Périgueux / Bergerac (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| 8 a.m. | Stage 8: Périgueux / Bergerac (LIVE) | NBC, Peacock | |
| Sun., July 12 | 6:30 a.m. | Stage 9: Malemort / Ussel (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| Tues., July 14 | 6:30 a.m. | Stage 10: Aurillac / Le Lioran (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| Wed., July 15 | 7 a.m. | Stage 11: Vichy / Nevers (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| Thurs., July 16 | 7 a.m. | Stage 12: Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours / Chalon-sur-Saône (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| Fri., July 17 | 6:30 a.m. | Stage 13: Dole / Belfort (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| Sat., July 18 | 6:30 a.m. | Stage 14: Mulhouse / Le Markstein Fellering (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| 3 p.m. | Stage 14: Mulhouse / Le Markstein Fellering (Encore) | NBC | |
| Sun., July 19 | 6:30 a.m. | Stage 15: Champagnole / Plateau de Solaison (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| 2 p.m. | Stage 15: Champagnole / Plateau de Solaison (Encore) | NBC | |
| Tues., July 21 | 6:30 a.m. | Stage 16: Évian-les-Bains / Thonon-les-Bains (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| Wed., July 22 | 6:30 a.m. | Stage 17: Chambéry / Voiron (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| Thurs., July 23 | 6 a.m. | Stage 18: Voiron / Orcières Merlette (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| Fri., July 24 | 7 a.m. | Stage 19: Gap / Alpe d’Huez (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| Sat., July 25 | 5 a.m. | Stage 20: Le Bourg d’Oisans / Alpe d’Huez (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| 8 a.m. | Stage 20: Le Bourg d’Oisans / Alpe d’Huez (LIVE) | NBC, Peacock | |
| Sun., July 26 | 9:30 a.m. | Stage 21: Thoiry / Paris Champs-Élysées (LIVE) | Peacock, NBCSN |
| 2 p.m. | Stage 21: Thoiry / Paris Champs-Élysées (Encore) | NBC |
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