{"id":669558,"date":"2026-07-02T09:55:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T09:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/669558\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T09:55:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T09:55:28","slug":"s4c-secures-tour-de-france-broadcast-rights-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/669558\/","title":{"rendered":"S4C secures Tour de France broadcast rights for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tour-de-france-5543962_1280.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-119257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/tour-de-france-5543962_1280.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"629\"  \/><\/a>Photo by jacqueline macou from Pixabay<\/p>\n<p>S4C has secured the rights to broadcast the Tour de France in 2026, allowing viewers to follow the cycling race through a combination of live stages and highlights.<\/p>\n<p>Welsh language coverage of the 2026 race will run from 4\u201326 July, with highlights and live race coverage across S4C and its digital platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 Tour will get underway in Barcelona on 4 July before finishing on the Champs\u2011\u00c9lys\u00e9es in Paris on 26 July.<\/p>\n<p>In 2027, the race will start in Edinburgh on 2 July before concluding in Paris on 25 July, with opening stages across Scotland, England and Wales.<\/p>\n<p>S4C is also in negotiations to cover the Tour de France in 2027 when it begins in the UK and passes through Wales for the first time in its history.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the presenting team includes Rhodri Gomer, Peredur ap Gwynedd, Gruff Lewis and Manon Lloyd.<\/p>\n<p>Peredur ap Gwynedd said: \u201cI am very happy that S4C is broadcasting the Tour de France once again, for the 13th year in a row. It\u2019s pretty bonkers that we\u2019ve broadcast the race since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd of course, with a stage of the Tour taking place in Wales next year, the word \u2018exciting\u2019 doesn\u2019t even come close to how I feel about the future!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The coverage, sub-licensed from TNT Sports, will be produced for S4C by Sunset &amp; Vine.<\/p>\n<p>                                Support our Nation today<\/p>\n<p>For the price of a cup of coffee a month you can help us create an<br \/>\n                                    independent, not-for-profit, national news service for the people of Wales, by<br \/>\n                                        the people of Wales.\n                                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo by jacqueline macou from Pixabay S4C has secured the rights to broadcast the Tour de France in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[4985,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-669558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}