NBC Sports' Live Coverage Of 105th Tour De France Continues With Stages 7-9 This Weekend

NBC Sports continues its record 365+ hours of live, primetime, and encore coverage of the 105th Tour de France, across NBC, NBCSN, and the NBC Sports Gold app this weekend. Coverage continues tonight at 8 p.m. ET on NBCSN with Tour Primetime.

Tonight's Tour Primetime will include interviews with Yellow Jersey-holder Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team), and Jakob Fuglsang (Astana). The show will also have an edition of "Ask Bobke," where analyst Bob Roll will explain what happens with a rider's transponder when they have a mechanical issue and have to change bikes. In addition, Roll and analyst Christian Vande Velde will preview tomorrow's Stage 7.

Live coverage of the Tour de France continues tomorrow, Friday, July 13, at 7:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN with Stage 7 from Fougères to Chartres - the Tour's longest stage at 143 miles. Live streaming coverage of Stage 7 will begin tomorrow at 5:50 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Gold.

On Saturday, July 14, NBC presents live coverage of Stage 8 from Dreux to Amiens Métropole at 7:30 a.m. ET, with livestreaming of Stage 8 beginning at 5:20 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Gold. Weekend action wraps up on Sunday, July 15, live at 6:30 a.m. ET on NBCSN and NBC Sports Gold with Stage 9 from Arras Citadelle to Roubaix - the final stage before the Tour's first Rest Day.

NBC Sports Group's 2018 Tour de France Schedule this weekend (subject to change, all times ET)***All live coverage on NBC and NBCSN is also available on NBC Sports Gold and the NBC Sports app:

Date	Time	Stage	Platform
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

Phil Liggett (play-by-play) and Paul Sherwen (analyst), the voices of cycling, will call the race action for NBC Sports' coverage. The 105th Tour de France marks Liggett and Sherwen's 33rd year calling the race together. Liggett and Sherwen will be joined in France by former professional cyclist and analyst Jens Voigt. Voigt won the Critérium International a record five times, and has two Tour de France stage wins. Paul Burmeister will host daily pre-race, post-race and primetime studio coverage, along with former professional cyclist and analyst Christian Vande Velde and analyst Bob Roll. Steve Schlanger and Steve Porino ('Inside-the-Race') will serve as reporters.

DIGITAL COVERAGE

In addition to live TV coverage of the Tour de France, NBC Sports Digital will once again provide extensive digital coverage of all 21 stages of the race.

NBC SPORTS GOLD: NBC Sports Gold - NBC Sports Digital's direct-to-consumer live streaming product - features live, commercial-free, start-to-finish coverage of every stage of the Tour de France, and includes two ways to watch -- an ad-free World Feed with nearly 20 bonus hours of coverage, or the NBC Sports telecast feed featuring commentators Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen.

NBC Sports Gold's live stream of the 2018 Tour de France also includes access to a live GPS tracking map to follow the riders' progress, an enhanced interactive map for each stage, the ability to pause the video, full stage video replay, highlights, and short­?form video clips, and more.

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