Cycling and Grand Tours

Preview: Tour de France 2016 – Betting Odds & Tips

Chris Froome - 12.01.2016 - Entrainement Sky - Majorque Photo : Pete Goding / PA Images / Icon Sport

The 103th Tour de France is here for 2016. Beginning from 2nd of July to the 24th of July. 21 stages spanning over 3 weeks will test the riders around the hexagon of France. The toughest cycling challenge will cover 3,519km (2199 miles). Below we’ve broken down the whole tour covering favourites and key stages.

Yellow Tips
Chris Froome 6/5
Nairo Quintana 7/4
Alberto Contador 4/1
Richie Porte 18/1
Fabio Aru 18/1
Thibaut Pinot 25/1
Vincenzo Nibali 28/1
Tejay van Garderen 40/1

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Green Tips
Marcel Kittel
Andre Greipel
Mark Cavendish
Alexander Kristoff
Peter Sagan
Edvald Boasson Hagen

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King of the mountains tips
Thibaut Pinot
Nairo Quintana
Pierre Rolland
Chris Froome
Joaquim Rodriguez
Romain Bardet

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These stages have the following profiles:
9 flat stages
1 hilly stage
9 mountain stages including 4 summit finishes (Andorre Arcalis, Mont Ventoux, Finhaut-Emosson et Saint-Gervais, Mont Blanc)
2 individual time trial stages
2 rest days

Stages

Stage 1 – 188 km Mont-Saint-Michel / Utah Beach Sainte-Marie-du-Mont
Stage 2 – 183 km Saint-Lô / Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Stage 3 – 223.5 km Granville / Angers
Stage 4 – 237.5 km Saumur / Limoges
Stage 5 – 216 km Limoges / Le Lioran
Stage 6 – 190.5 km Arpajon-sur-Cère / Montauban
Stage 7 – 162.5 kmL’Isle-Jourdain / Lac de Payolle
Stage 8 – 184 km Pau / Bagnères-de-Luchon
Stage 9 – 184.5 km Vielha Val d’Aran / Andorre Arcalis

Rest day Andorre Arcalis
Stage 10 – 197 km Escaldes-Engordany / Revel
Stage 11 – 162.5 km Carcassonne / Montpellier
Stage 12 – 184 km Montpellier / Mont Ventoux

Stage 13 – 37.5 km Bourg-Saint-Andéol / La Caverne du Pont-d’Arc
Stage 14 – 208.5 km Montélimar / Villars-les-Dombes Parc des Oiseaux
Stage 15 – 159 km Bourg-en-Bresse / Culoz
Stage 16 – 209 km Moirans-en-Montagne / Berne
Rest day Berne
Stage 17 – 184.5 km Berne / Finhaut-Emosson
Stage 18 – 17 km Sallanches / Megève
Stage 19 – 146 km Albertville / Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc

Stage 20 – 146.5 km Megève / Morzine-Avoriaz
Stage 21 – 113 km Chantilly / Paris Champs-Élysées