- HOT TOPICS:
- The new VeloNews.com (BETA)
Bookies react quickly to Tour scandal
Valverde, Vinokourov emerge as favorites
Internet odds makers quickly reacted to Friday’s news that top riders Ivan Basso (CSC), Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) and Francisco Mancebo (Ag2r) have been excluded from the Tour de France by their respective teams after being named as suspects in the ongoing Spanish doping investigation, known as Operación Puerto.
Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner, Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Épargne-Illes Balears) and Astaná-Würth’s Alexandre Vinokourov emerged as the two favorites, given odds of seven-to-two to wear the yellow jersey into Paris on July 23, while Amercans Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner) and Floyd Landis (Phonak) follow at seven-to-one.
Internet Bookmakers' odds for Tour de France
(As of 5:00 p.m. Friday)Alejandro Valverde (ILL) -7/2Alexandre Vinokourov (Wur) -7/2Levi Leipheimer (Ger) -7/1Floyd Landis (Pho) -7/1Cadel Evans (Dav) -10/1Yaroslav Popovych (Dis) -12/1Paolo Savoldelli (Dis) -20/1Andreas Kloden (T-M) -20/1Michael Rasmussen (Rab) -25/1Denis Menchov (Rab) -25/1George Hincapie (Dis) -25/1Iban Mayo (Eus) -25/1Jose Azevedo (Dis) -25/1Christophe Moreau (Ag2) -33/1
Most Recent Articles
- Nys wins 50th Superprestige, takes series lead
- Stybar, Vos win 4th World Cup round
- McConneloug, Powers tops at Bay State 'cross
- Garmin-Slipstream will be Garmin-Transitions in 2010
- The Mailbag - Swimming, stolen bikes and bandwidth
- Kolobnev joins Katusha
- Contador relaxed about Astana deal
- Saxo signs another Haedo
