{"id":757651,"date":"2026-06-24T18:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/757651\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T18:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T18:13:11","slug":"lance-armstrongs-tour-de-france-tv-return-confirmed-nbc-brings-cyclings-most-controversial-figure-back-to-peacock-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/757651\/","title":{"rendered":"Lance Armstrong\u2019s Tour de France TV return confirmed! NBC brings cycling\u2019s most controversial figure back to Peacock for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Armstrong finished first in seven consecutive editions of the race from 1999 to 2005, before those titles were stripped following the USADA doping case. He was given a lifetime ban and later admitted in 2013 that he had used performance-enhancing drugs.<\/p>\n

The Move stays in Peacock\u2019s Tour plansThe Move began as Armstrong\u2019s own cycling podcast before becoming part of Peacock\u2019s Tour de France<\/a> coverage in the United States. The show has grown into a wider race-analysis platform, with Tour de France discussion, Grand Tour coverage and regular contributions from figures including George Hincapie<\/a>, Johan Bruyneel<\/a>, Bradley Wiggins<\/a> and Spencer Martin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NBC listed The Move, hosted by Armstrong, as part of its Peacock Tour offering in 2024, before the show became a clearer post-stage companion product in 2025.<\/p>\n

Its 2026 return keeps Armstrong inside NBC\u2019s Tour ecosystem rather than on the outside as an independent voice. The Velo confirmation establishes the return of The Move itself on Peacock, while the wider podcast has regularly used a broader cast around Armstrong.<\/p>\n

The decision also gives Peacock a post-stage product with a very different tone from NBC\u2019s main race broadcast. Phil Liggett is set to call his 54th Tour de France, with Bob Roll alongside him, while Christian Vande Velde and Steve Porino will report from the race.<\/p>\n

\"Lance<\/p>\n

Lance Armstrong in the Tour de France Maillot Jaune for US Postal<\/p>\n

Armstrong remains tied to the Tour debate<\/p>\n

Peacock will provide live coverage of every stage for US audiences, with NBC showing selected stages and highlights under its rights agreement with Tour organiser ASO, which runs through 2029.<\/p>\n

Armstrong\u2019s place around that coverage remains inseparable from his Tour past. His seven stripped victories still sit at the centre of cycling\u2019s most infamous doping scandal, while his post-racing media career has kept him close to the race despite his lifetime ban from sanctioned competition.<\/p>\n

The Move gives Peacock a daily reaction product built around one of the sport\u2019s most recognisable names. It also guarantees that one of cycling\u2019s most uncomfortable broadcast questions will return with the Tour itself.<\/p>\n

Armstrong will not be part of NBC\u2019s main commentary team in France, but his voice will again be part of the American Tour de France experience in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Armstrong finished first in seven consecutive editions of the race from 1999 to 2005, before those titles…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":757652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,235280,784,186551,172758,90670,172759,85,2845],"class_list":["post-757651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bradley-wiggins","tag-cycling","tag-george-hincapie","tag-johan-bruyneel","tag-lance-armstrong","tag-spencer-martin","tag-sports","tag-tour-de-france"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=757651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/757651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/757652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=757651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=757651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=757651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}