What happened to Tour de France announcers?
What happened to Tour de France announcers?
Tour de France broadcaster NBC Sports will be closing down at the end of 2021, raising questions about future coverage in the US. NBC Sports broadcasts live racing on TV and online commentated on by Phil Liggett and Bob Roll, with analysis from Jens Voigt and Christian Vande Velde, along with highlight shows.
What happened to Jens Voigt on NBC?
Jens Voigt serves as an analyst and reporter for NBC Sports’ cycling coverage, including the Tour de France and the Amgen Tour of California. Voigt has served in this capacity since 2015, when he began his broadcast career. In 2014 he retired from competition after a 22-year professional cycling career.
Who was the guy who cheated on the Tour de France?
Lance Edward Armstrong (né Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road racing cyclist. Armstrong was stripped of his seven consecutive Tour de France titles from 1999 to 2005 after a doping investigation and his admission to using performance enhancing drugs.
Is Bob Roll at the Tour de France 2021?
NBC Sports’ coverage of the 2021 Tour de France features Phil Liggett, universally known as the “voice of cycling,” who will call play-by-play race action. Analyst Bob Roll will join Liggett on the call and Steve Porino serves as the reporter from on-site in France.
Did Chris Horner race in the Tour de France?
He took a stage victory at the Tour de Romandie, and finished the race in seventh overall. During both the 2006 Tour de France and the 2007 Tour de France, Horner was one of the most important domestiques for general classification contender Cadel Evans, who placed inside the top-five overall in both years.
How old was Chris Horner when he won the Vuelta a Espana?
41
Chris Horner won the 2013 Vuelta at the age of 41 on the 15 September 2013 becoming the oldest ever Grand Tour winner.
What languages does Bob Roll speak?
Bobke says “Tour day France.” Bob Roll speaks fluent French, having lived there for years.
Who won the Tour de France in 2007 and 2008?
Because Astana was not invited to the 2008 Tour de France, the winner of the 2007 Tour de France, Alberto Contador, the 3rd-place finisher Levi Leipheimer and the 2004 and 2006 Tour de France runner up Andreas Klöden did not compete. Ten days before the start of the tour, Contador picked Cadel Evans as the likely winner for 2008.
Who wore the yellow jersey in the 2008 Tour de France?
Romain Feillu was the only French cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the 2008 Tour de France; he wore it for one day after stage 3. In the first week of the 2008 Tour de France, the stages were mostly flat. As traditionally in the Tour de France, this resulted in small breakaways of cyclists, and the sprinters’ teams trying to get them back.
What was the 2008 Tour de France doping scandal?
On 3 July 2008, France enacted a law criminalizing using or trafficking in doping substances. On 11 July news broke that Spanish rider Manuel Beltrán tested positive for erythropoietin after the first stage of the tour. Blood abnormalities before the tour start had led AFLD to target the rider.
Was Tom Boonen banned from the Tour de France?
On 26 May 2008, the 2007 green jersey (points) winner Tom Boonen tested positive for cocaine. Since this was outside competition, Boonen was not sanctioned by the UCI or WADA, but he was nevertheless barred from the 2008 Tour de France.
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