Do people bet on Tour de France?

[Chris]

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> Are you idding? People will bet on anything, and will even make things
> to bet on. I'm sure there are those, especially in Europe, making book
> on the race.
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I bet that people bet on the tour

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I was reading in a book that people bet on college sports such as
football and basketball. In fact the author implied that betting was
the only purpose of March Madness. It made me wonder if bets were
placed on different parts of the Tour de France. I notice my local
newspaper has "odds" listed for various sports.

Thanks

Tom

 

[It's Chris]

Are you idding? People will bet on anything, and will even make things
to bet on. I'm sure there are those, especially in Europe, making book
on the race.

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[Grand Poobah]

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>I was reading in a book that people bet on college sports such as
> football and basketball. In fact the author implied that betting was
> the only purpose of March Madness. It made me wonder if bets were
> placed on different parts of the Tour de France. I notice my local
> newspaper has "odds" listed for various sports.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>

ALEANDRE VINOKOUROV is the favorite at this point.

http://www.gamblerspalace.com/Lines.asp?IdLeague=210&IdSport=TNT

J.

 

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On Jul 5, 9:50 am, [email protected] (It's Chris) wrote:
> ... I'm sure there are those, especially in Europe, making book
> on the race.

Didn't Eddy Merckx famously bet on Floyd to win last year at 70:1 odds
or something like that after Floyd's disastrous Stage 16? Maybe 75:1?

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/jul06/jul23news

And ironically, from Unibet:

http://pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=5048&status=True

(scroll to the bottom)