Cycling

The Vuelta a Espana, also known as the Tour of Spain, begins on Saturday in Galicia. Let’s look at the race and cycling odds at BetPhoenix.

We are just two weeks away from the start of the Tour de France and odds are on the board at BetPhoenix. Froome is listed at the favorite with Contador the second choice.

Cycling betting odds are on the board right now at BetPhoenix. You can bet on the Tour de France and you can also bet on the upcoming Giro d’Italia that gets underway on May 4th.

Cycling is unique in that the climax of its season comes not at the end of the season but dead center in the heart of the calendar. It isn’t the Tour Down Under in January or the Giro di Lombardia in October that the top riders of the road dream about.

The latest blow to hit the cycling world came earlier this week when reports revealed that Tour de France champion Alberto Contador tested positive for a banned substance during this year’s race.

Alberto Contador held off a hard charging Andy Sheck and took advantage of his rival’s unfortunate chain malfunction to win his third straight Tour De France.

Lance Armstrong had hoped to close the gap on the leaders in the Tour de France as the race hit the notoriously brutal mountain stages.

The cobblestoned streets of Arenberg, France are a very picturesque setting for fans watching the 97th Tour de France but the riders in the race aren’t quite as fond of the jagged and uneven surface.