American families will be able to watch live coverage of the Tour de France for six more years thanks to a renewed agreement between NBC Sports, its streaming service Peacock, and the Amaury Sport Organisation, which owns the Tour de France

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The exclusive U.S. broadcast rights from 2024 to 2029 also include ASO's Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, Vuelta a España, Paris-Roubaix, Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift, and several other sporting events. Since 2001, NBC Sports, in conjunction with NBC Sports and Comcast, has broadcast the world's premier bicycle stage races in the U.S. market.

NBC Sports' current agreement with ASO runs through 2023 and will broadcast the 110th Tour de France from July 1-23; in 2024, all stages of the Tour de France will be broadcast exclusively live in the United States by Peacock, a video streaming service operated by NBCUniversal and NBC Sports will provide simulcasts for select stages and produce pre- and post-race recap programs.

"Our long-term partnership with NBCU Group, which promotes the Tour de France and other major A.S.O. sporting events to the American public on a cross-platform basis, including women's cycling such as the Tour de France Fam Avec Zwift We are pleased to extend our partnership," said ASO CEO Jan Le Moenner.

"The combined Peacock and network television coverage of the entire race from start to finish ensures that everyone has access to the best of world cycling; NBC will remain the home of cycling in the U.S. for six more years, and in 2029 we will celebrate the historic 29th anniversary of the partnership will be celebrated."

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Former U.S. professional cyclists Tanner Pat and Gavin Mannion have launched new careers with the USA Cycling National Team. Pat will serve as director of road, while Mannion will serve as director of the junior men's program.

"After spending the majority of my junior and U23 career with the USA Cycling National Team, I look forward to returning to the program that gave me so many opportunities as a young racer and working together for the future," Pat said on his Instagram.

Pat, a two-time U23 national champion on the road, was most recently team director for CS Velo Racing, an elite national team based in the United States. He raced for eight years in the pro peloton, last with Arapahoe-Hincapie p/b BMC in 2019.

Mannion raced on the U23 National Team as a junior and then hung his racing kit at Human Powered Health at the beginning of the calendar after 12 full seasons as a pro. after finishing second in GC at the 2017 Tour of Utah, 2018 won the Colorado Classic in the 2020 Tour of Utah, and showed his climbing ability with two stage wins at Le Tour de Savoie-Mieux-Blanc in 2020.

The US National Team will travel through Europe beginning in June, earning UCI points to qualify for the World Championships. The first Nations Cup will be Paris-Roubaix Junior in April and the Course de la Paix in early May.

The Athens Orthopaedic Clinic Twilight, one of the longest-running and most popular criterium events in the United States, has been added as the tenth round of the 2023 American Criterium Cup. For the second year, the series has chosen a race in Athens, Georgia, for its season opener on Saturday, April 22.

Now in its 43rd year, the Athens Twilight is also the opening race of Speed Week, a series of seven criteriums held over nine days in the southeastern United States.

"This is a bedrock race for athletes, and this race highlights the deep history of criterium racing in the South. The level of competition, the crowd excitement, and the venue never disappoints," ACC Administrator Peter Disco said of the Athens Twilight.

The American Criterium Cup offers $100,000 in total prize money for the men's and women's annual points competition. Teams and riders will receive an additional $400,000 in prize money and individual race support. The ACC is considering revising its points system for 2023 to make it less likely that one rider will dominate both the overall and sprint events.

Last year's Speedweeks earned a combined $95,000 for professional men and women over the course of seven races. Organizers plan to offer the same amount in prize money this season.

The stage races, which kick off the USA Cycling calendar, will be held February 17-19 in the sun-drenched southeastern United States. With Super Bowl LVII and the PGA Tour on the horizon, top amateur and professional cyclists from across North America will converge on Phoenix, Arizona for the 31st annual John Early Memorial Valley of the Sun Stage Race.

The Landis Cyclery Trek time trial kicks off on Friday, followed by the road race on Saturday and the criterium on Sunday. The Valley of the Sun stage race will serve as the state's largest USAC junior development road race series.

The three-day event is one of the best training camps for teams in the country and provides a way for teams to identify talent and get them into early season racing.

Three UCI Continental women's teams will be on the starting line this year: the Blue Ridge TWENTY24 from Virginia, DNA Pro Cycling, and Roxo Racing. Among the men's professionals, Project Echelon Racing and L39LION of Los Angeles lead the pack at the continental level.

For time trial start lists and results for each day, visit vosstagerace.com/race-results/ (opens in new tab).