When CBS broadcast their final Tour de France in 1988,[6] their coverage for the first three weekends[7] consisted of highlights and features.
Tim Brant and Phil Liggett served as hosts for the telecasts airing under the CBS Sports Sunday umbrella.
In 2001, the Outdoor Life Network[8] (or OLN[9][10]) replaced ABC and ESPN as the principal American television broadcaster for the Tour de France.
[17] CBS employed the services of commentators Armen Keteyian,[18] Phil Liggett,[19] and Paul Sherwen.
[24] CBS' involvement with the Tour de France once again ended when NBC[25] took over the American broadcast television network rights in 2011.
[27] CBS began covering Paris–Roubaix in 1984 and continued on through 1988, when the coverage like with the Tour de France moved over to ABC.