The sportsbooks have published their betting odds on the 2007 Tour de France, Alexandre Vinokourov a strong favorite.
Odds on winning the 2007 Tour de France posted Running from Saturday July 7th to Sunday July 29th 2007, the 94th Tour de France will be made up of a prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,550 kilometers. These 20 stages include: 11 flat stages, 6 mountain stages, 2 individual time-trial stages and1 medium mountain stage. The 2007 Tour de France will start from London.
If you are big cycling fan and would like to join on the action - the online betting website Bodog Sports is already taking wagers on the Tour.
The last year's winner of Tour de France, Floyd Landis, still embroiled in a court case between himself and the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, will miss the 2007 race. And the favorite to win the 2007 Tour de France now is the Kazakh rider Alexandre Vinokourov with odds of only 3/2. He is followed by Alejandro Valverde with odds on winning 5/2 and Andreas Kloden with 9/2.
Levi Leipheimer, who is rumored to be the new Discovery Team leader is with odds 10/1. Because of the bad performance of the Discover Team at the last year's Tour de France (their front man Jose Acevedo finishing 19th overall), betting on Discovery could prove a great pay out for bettors, if a member the team wins the 2007 race.