Lance Armstrong confirmed as part of the US Tour de France coverage team for the third year

NBC has confirmed that Lance Armstrong will once again form part of its coverage of the Tour de France in the United States. Armstrong returns for a third year through Peacock's post-stage show The Move. Cycling's most divisive figure will not sit in the main commentary booth, but his voice will be around the race every day for American audiences.

The Move began life as Armstrong's own podcast before becoming a fixture of Peacock's Tour output, first appearing on the platform in 2024 and settling into a clearer post-stage slot in 2025. The show serves up daily reaction and analysis, with a rotating cast that has included George Hincapie, Johan Bruyneel, Bradley Wiggins and Spencer Martin. NBC confirmed its return to Velo, alongside the rest of an unchanged on-air line-up.

Armstrong's involvement at the Tour de France is impossible to separate from his past. He won seven consecutive editions between 1999 and 2005, only for those titles to be stripped following the USADA doping investigation. He was handed a lifetime ban from sanctioned competition and admitted to doping in 2013.

He is not, however, banned from the airwaves. The UCI has previously clarified that his lifetime ineligibility bars him "from conducting any kind of official or professional activity in a sanctioned event". This does not cover media work alongside an official broadcaster.

Around The Move sits the familiar NBC operation. Phil Liggett, now 82, is set to call his 54th Tour de France alongside Bob Roll, with Christian Vande Velde and Steve Porino reporting from the roadside. Peacock will stream every stage live, while NBC shows selected stages under a rights deal with race organiser ASO that runs until 2029.

Keeping Armstrong on Peacock holds one of the sport's most recognisable names inside NBC's Tour ecosystem rather than leaving him outside it as an independent broadcaster. It is a decision the network has rarely been keen to discuss, and one that still divides American cycling fans, who tend either to welcome his bluntness or reject his presence outright.

The show itself has wasted little time gearing up. In May, The Move lined up a new commercial deal to host its July coverage, billing itself as the definitive companion to the race. At the time of writing, Armstrong himself had not posted publicly about NBC's confirmation.