FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013
NBC SPORTS GROUP’S PRESS PASS – WHAT TO WATCH JULY 3, 2013
(All Times ET)
The “Press Pass” on the NBC Sports Group Press Box is a quick overview of upcoming program information and highlights from the Communications team. “The Pass” provides upcoming listings and programming details.
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THE PASS
Thursday, July 4
8 a.m. on NBC Sports Network – Tour de France: Stage 6
4:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – FIVB World Volleyball
8 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – Tour Primetime
Friday, July 5
8 a.m. on NBC Sports Network – Tour de France: Stage 7
4:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – Formula One Practice
8 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – Tour Primetime
11 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – U.S. Men’s Soccer: Guatemala @ USMNT
Saturday, July 6
1:30 a.m. on NBC Sports Network – Formula One Practice Encore
8 a.m. on NBC – Tour de France: Stage 8
8 a.m. on NBC Sports Network – Formula One: German Grand Prix Qualifying
3 p.m. on NBC – AMA Motocross
4 p.m. on NBC – Red Bull Wake Open
4 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – AMA Motocross
7 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – Dakar Series: Desafio Ruta
8 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – Tour Primetime
11 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – MLS: Seattle @ Vancouver
Sunday, July 7
1:30 a.m. on NBC Sports Network – Formula One: German Grand Prix Qualifying Encore
6:30 a.m. on NBC Sports Network – Tour de France: Stage 9
7:30 a.m. on CNBC – Formula One: German Grand Prix
10 a.m. on CNBC – F1 Extra
11 a.m. on NBC Sports Network – Formula One: German Grand Prix Encore
1:30 p.m. on NBS Sports Network – F1 Extra
2 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – GP2
2 p.m. on NBC – FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships – Men’s Final
3:30 p.m. on NBC – Octane Academy
4:30 p.n. on NBC – Red Bull: Volcom Pro
8 p.m. on NBC Sports Network – Tour Primetime
Live coverage will begin at 8 a.m. ET on NBC Sports Network for Stage 6 from Aix-en-Provence to Montpellier this Thursday and Stage 7 from Montepellier to Albi this Friday. Stage 8 from Castres to Ax 3 Domaines will air on NBC this Saturday at 8 a.m. and live weekend coverage will culminate with Stage 9 from Saint-Girons to Bagnères-de-Bigorre this Sunday at 6:30 a.m. on NBC Sports Network. All Tour de France stages will feature continuing coverage at 8 p.m. ET with NBC Sports Network’s nightly Tour Primetime.
For the first time, NBC Sports Group’s coverage will feature reporting from the road via ‘Inside-the-Race’ correspondent Steve Porino. Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen, the voices of cycling, will call the race action for the live shows with, reporters Steve Schlanger and Carolyn Manno. Todd Harris will host nightly studio coverage with analysts Bob Roll and Scott Moninger.
NBC Sports Group will air more than 17 hours of motorsports coverage this weekend across NBC, NBC Sports Network and CNBC. Coverage is highlighted by the Formula One™ German Grand Prix live at 7:30 a.m. ET on CNBC, followed immediately by F1 Extra, a half-hour post-race show this Sunday. NBC Sports Network’s F1 coverage begins on Friday at 4:30 p.m. ET with practice, followed by live qualifying on Saturday at 8 a.m. ET. NBC Sports Network will also air GP2, F1’s developmental series, on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET.
In addition to F1, AMA Motocross will air on NBC Saturday at 3 p.m. ET and continue on NBC Sports Network at 4 p.m. ET. Desafio Ruta, part of the Dakar Series, will air on NBC Sports Network at 7 p.m. ET on Saturday. On Sunday, NBC will air Octane Academy at 3:30 p.m. ET.
Lead F1 announcer Leigh Diffey will call the German Grand Prix and will be joined by veteran analyst and former racecar driver David Hobbs, and analyst and former race mechanic for the Benetton F1 team Steve Matchett. F1 insider Will Buxton will serve as the team’s on-site reporter from Nurburgring Circuit in Nurburg, Germany. He will also call the GP2 race. Jeff Weigandt, Jeff Emig and Erin Coscarelli will host AMA Motocross coverage from Buchanan, Mich.
