Thanks for the heads up. Last year we just did peacock via roku and have now since switched to a new tv with android tv built in for our main tv (roku on my trainer tv). The wording in the error message makes me hopeful it works via android tv or the roku once we have it “unlocked” with the flex. Not having to deal with remote support of a VPN → cast to tv while I’m at work and she’s at home on maternity leave trying to watch during the day is why we were going with peacock again this year, and now she’s happy she will get season 2 of Girls 5 Eva for free.
Oh, c’mon…who doesn’t like listening to someone with a mouth full of marbles? 
i actually like SK quite a bit as an announcer.
Spanish public TV channel Teledeporte transmits it for free. Has online stream but not sure if you’re able to watch it from the US due region restrictions, but I doubt it.
Thanks for the tip, I’ll have to check them out. 
we stream using Fubo.tv for local channels and stuff. The Tour de France appears to be on USA Network.
Yup, everyone is right here. If you don’t have an opinion on announcers the Peacock is the easiest. I think this is the year I give up on Peacock. I don’t think I can handle the Phil-isms and romanticizing of the doping era…
What VPN do people use? Love GCN for cross and everything else I watch from them.
I may or may not use surfshark VPN, as it was the cheapest last time I looked. (Alex Dowsett has a code on some of his youtube videos for a few months free on a longer sign up as well.)
Below is for Canada, not USA, so maybe there us hope for US coverage sooner than 5 years. (edited)
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FLO has the cyclocross world cups and lifetime gp events… coverage for the GP has been horrendous. Think I’m going to go VPN route for all cycling… maybe. 
Just gonna mention again that Peacock / NBC Sports has always had the international broadcast as an option for the Tour, which is Phil and Bobke free and also commercial-free. Just not certain who the announcers are this year….
But if you like GCN anyway and already have a subscription, then getting a VPN makes sense.
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I think I am going to try to international feed first. Thanks for the tip, I didn’t know it was an option!
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International feed announcers are Ant McCrossan and Nicholas Roche. I’ll give them a listen.
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Yeesh….Ant just doesn’t work for me and Roche was about as dry as Melba toast. I can’t imagine the two of them together.
But I’ll give them a shot and see how it goes.
This link has a listing of times and different shows for Peacock and USA Network coverage:
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Flex came last night, just finished setting it up now. Yeah that interface is obnoxious… The remote is hefty and nice quality at least.
Got into peacock did the setup via phone and it unlocked premium. Checked my account and it showed subscribed $0. So I took that to mean it will work on other devices. Went back to Android TV, added peacock app, logged in and it’s showing me all the content.
Pretty happy for 15 bucks and not evening being forced to use it.
Plus I can watch online at work now.
Thanks again for the tip on the flex.
I watched it live this morning on peacock. After an Offensively long Ad Break Phil Ligget comes up with an Absolute Gem
After Lampaert dethroned Van Art with a time of 15:17, Phil riffs;
We have no pictures of it because we were waiting 15 min Bob, and 17 seconds. Van Art will not believe what he’s seen.
Typically I watch it on replay. Even though I have peacock I stream the Eurosport feed. No ads and better commentary.
It’s the box. I ordered one last year to get Peacock for the TdF but never installed it. We just set up a guest room in our house with a tv and I put it in there and set it up yesterday. It has all the apps but there is no way to reorder or remove unused apps. I have a Chromecast with Google TV on the TVs we use often and it is so much easier to use and customize. The Flex box might be an ok device but the UI is awful. It was worth the $15 to get peacock tv for free though.
He’s a buffoon……it is embarrassing now. During the ‘92 Tour, I heard him say that Atle Kvalsvoll won, placed second and took third at the 92 Tour DuPont.
IN THE SAME SENTENCE!!!
I’ve watched both Peacock and GCN+ broadcasts. IMHO, the GCN+ presentation is head and shoulders above the Peacock version. It’s well worth the additional cost and VPN hassle, especially if you also want to watch the Giro, Vuelta, classics, and other races. Many of their documentaries are also quite good.
Were you watching the USA network feed or the global feed on peacock, both of those are quite different on peacock.