Тур де Франс 2012

The Tour de France has started last Saturday and the first two events were won by the favourites. Fabian Cancellara won the prologue on Saturday, as expected, and then Peter Sagan won the hilly first stage, as expected.

Today we'll have stage number two, a fairly flat one, and Mark Cavendish is the favourite. Here are the odds from Intertops for this stage:

Mark Cavendish +125

Marcel Kittel +350

Andre Greipel +500

Peter Sagan +700

Matthew Harley Goss +900

Mark Renshaw +2500

Tyler Farrar +2500

Alessandro Petacchi +3300

Oscar Freire +4000

Yauheni Hutarovich +4000

Edvald Boasson Hagen +5000

Jose Joaquin Rojas +5000

Juan Jose Haedo +6600

Kenny Robert Van Hummel +6600

Fabian Cancellara +8000

Borut Bozic +10000

Philippe Gilbert +10000

Alexandre Vinokourov +12500

Daniel Oss +12500

Julien Simon +12500

Kris Boeckmans +15000

Robert Hunter +15000

Samuel Dumoulin +15000

Baden Cooke +20000

Danilo Hondo +20000

Jimmy Engoulvent +20000

Jurgen Roelandts +20000

Sebastien Hinault +20000

Tony Gallopin +20000

Jonathan Cantwell +25000

Yukiya Arashiro +25000

Good luck!

Mark Cavendish won it and confirmed that he is the greatest sprinter in the world at the moment.

He didn't have much support from his team mates but he still pulled it off, with Greipel coming second.

Today's stage, the third of this year's Tour, will surely be a spectacular one. The riders will travel 197 kilometers from Orchies to Boulogne-sur-Mer and they will have to face six fairly steep climbs in 100 kilometres, four of which in the last 16 kilometres.

The sprinters won't have a say today and it could be the big favourites themselves who would try to cross the line before the others.

Here are the odds from BetVictor:

Peter Sagan 2/1

Phillipe Gilbert 11/2

Alejandro Valverde 12/1

Edvald Boasson Hagen 14/1

Sylvain Chavanel 20/1

Fabian Cancellara 22/1

Simon Gerrans 25/1

Cadel Evans 25/1

Michael Albasini 25/1

Jelle Vanendert 33/1

Wouter Poels 33/1

Andrey Grivko 33/1

Good luck!

Peter Sagan won again, his second stage out of three! He confirmed that there's nobody better than him on hilly roads.

Today, we continue with one of the longest stages in the Tour, with 214.5 km between Abbeville and Rouen. The profile doesn't present too many difficulties, with four rather easy climbs, all situated a long way from the finish. So this is a stage for the sprinters, with Mark Cavendish looking to grab his second success this year.

Here are the odds from BetVictor:

Mark Cavendish 11/10

Andre Greipel 4/1

Matthew Goss 7/1

Peter Sagan 7/1

Marcel Kittel 14/1

Alessandro Petacchi 40/1

Mark Renshaw 40/1

Oscar Freire 40/1

Tyler Farrar 40/1

Tom Veelers 40/1

Edvald Boasson Hagen 50/1

Yauheni Hutarovich 50/1

Juan Jose Haedo 66/1

Fabian Cancellara 80/1

Kenny Van Hummel 80/1

Phillipe Gilbert 100/1

Borut Bozic 150/1

Good luck!

Mark Cavendish was unable to take part in the sprint as he was involved in a tumble in the middle of the bunch. Without the British sprinter, German Andre Greipel was the fastest with Italian veteran Alessandro Petacchi coming in second.

Cavendish will have the chance to get revenge today as we'll have another flat stage, from Rouen to Saint-Quentin, 196 kilometers. Here are the odds from Intertops:

Mark Cavendish +120

Andre Greipel +250

Matthew Harley Goss +900

Peter Sagan +1200

Marcel Kittel +3300

Mark Renshaw +3300

Tom Veelers +3300

Tyler Farrar +4000

Juan Jose Haedo +5000

Oscar Freire +5000

Yauheni Hutarovich +5000

Kenny Robert Van Hummel +6600

Sylvain Chavanel +6600

Alejandro Valverde +10000

Fabian Cancellara +10000

Good luck!

Greipel won again, his second consecutive win! Mark Cavendish came in fifth, not nearly good enough for a man with his credentials.

Another flat stage coming up today, 207 kilometers from Epernay to Metz. It will probably be another battle between Greipel and Cavendish, the two strongest sprinters so far.

Here are the odds from Intertops:

Mark Cavendish +110

Andre Greipel +150

Mathew Goss +800

Peter Sagan +1500

Alessandro Petacchi +3300

Juan Jose Haedo +3300

Tom Veelers +4000

Edvald Boasson Hagen +5000

Marc Renshaw +5000

Tyler Farrar +6600

Oscar Freire +8000

Yauheni Hutarovich +8000

Kenny Van Hummel +10000

Borut Bozic +25000

Fabian Cancellara +25000

Gregory Henderson +25000

Philippe Gilbert +25000

Samuel Dumoulin +25000

Sylvain Chavanel +25000

Brett Lancaster +40000

Daniel Oss +40000

Daryl Impey +40000

Jimmy Engoulvent +40000

Yohann Gene +50000

Yukia Arashiro +50000

Good luck!

Peter Sagan won again, his third victory! However, his task was made a lot easier as neither Greipel or Cavendish took part in the final sprint as both were victims of crashes in the bunch. A big crash took out half the peloton with 26km to go. The event forced at least three men to abandon the Tour and it caused the likes of Fränk Schleck, Pierre Rolland, Alejandro Valverde, Mark Cavendish and large number of others to lose significant time.

We'll have the first difficult mountain stage today, ending with a fairly steep first category climb. Here are the odds from Intertops:

Alejandro Valverde +700

Samuel Sanchez +700

Frank Schleck +800

Cadel Evans +1000

Vincenzo Nibali +1000

Jurgen Van Den Broeck +1200

Michele Scarponi +1600

Pierre Rolland +1600

Daniel Martin +2000

Robert Gesink +2000

Bauke Mollema +2200

Jelle Vanendert +2200

Chris Anker Sorensen +2500

David Moncoutie +2500

Peter Sagan +2500

Peter Velits +2800

Bradley Wiggins +3300

Christopher Froome +4000

Denis Menchov +4000

Johnny Hoogerland +4000

Ryder Hesjedal +4000

Steven Kruijswijk +4000

Thibaut Pinot +4000

Janez Brajkovic +5000

Rui Alberto Costa +5000

Sandy Casar +5000

Alexandre Vinokourov +6600

Christophe Riblon +6600

Juan Jose Cobo Acebo +6600

Nicolas Roche +6600

Rafael Valls Ferri +6600

Rein Taaramae +6600

Robert Kiserlovski +6600

Sylvain Chavanel +6600

Thomas Voeckler +6600

Fabrice Jeandesboz +8000

Ivan Basso +8000

Michael Albasini +8000

Vasil Kiryienka +8000

Andreas Kloden +10000

Christopher Horner +10000

Edvald Boasson Hagen +10000

Jeremy Roy +10000

Levi Leipheimer +10000

Tejay Van Garderen +10000

Jean-Christophe Peraud +12500

Lieuwe Westra +12500

Fredrik Kessiakoff +15000

Kevin De Weert +15000

Good luck!

A rather surprising winner today: Britain's Christopher Froome. He worked hard for his team mate Bradley Wiggins but he still had enough strength in the legs to cross the line first before defending champion Cadel Evans, Wiggins himself and Vincenzo Nibali.

Bradley Wiggins takes the yellow jersey starting today and things are starting to become a bit clearer in the general classification. In my view three men will battle it out for the final victory: Wiggins, Evans and Nibali, with Menchov and Froome as outsiders.

Today's stage will be short, just 157 kilometres, but extremely exciting since it features no less than 7 climbs!

The last climb is also the steepest, a 3.7 kilometre-long climb at 9.2%.

Given the profile the stage is quite unpredictable, I couldn't pick a favourite. Here are the odds from Intertops:

Alexandre Vinokourov +900

Johnny Hoogerland +900

Sylvain Chavanel +900

Thomas Voeckler +900

Sandy Casar +1000

Chris Anker Sorensen +1400

David Moncoutie +1400

Christophe Kern +1800

Matthew Lloyd +1800

Brice Feillu +2200

Jeremy Roy +2200

Luis-leon Sanchez +2200

Pierrick Fedrigo +2500

Rafael Valls Ferri +2500

Remy Di Gregerio +2500

Vasil Kiryienka +2500

Alejandro Valverde +2800

Daniel Martin +2800

Blel Kadri +3300

Christophe Riblon +3300

Juan Jose Cobo Acebo +3300

Maxime Bouet +3300

Pieter Weening +3300

Thibaut Pinot +3300

Cadel Evans +4000

Fabrice Jeandesboz +4000

Frank Schleck +4000

Fredrik Kessiakoff +4000

Jerome Pineau +4000

Michael Albasini +4000

Nicolas Roche +4000

Rui Alberto Costa +4000

Christian Vande Velde +5000

Lieuwe Westra +5000

Philippe Gilbert +5000

Rob Ruijgh +5000

Robert Gesink +5000

Simon Gerrans +5000

Andrey Kashechkin +6600

Anthony Roux +6600

Cyril Gautier +6600

Egoi Martinez +6600

Mikael Cherel +6600

Peter Sagan +6600

Peter Velits +6600

Pierre Rolland +6600

Samuel Sanchez +6600

Vladimir Karpets +6600

Dries Devenyns +8000

Edvald Boasson Hagen +8000

Francis De Greef +8000

Julien Simon +8000

Andreas Kloden +10000

Bauke Mollema +10000

Christopher Horner +10000

Rein Taaramae +10000

Christopher Froome +12500

David Millar +12500

Denis Menchov +12500

Jelle Vanendert +12500

Bradley Wiggins +15000

Fabian Cancellara +15000

Ivan Basso +15000

Michael Rogers +15000

Yaroslav Popovych +15000

Janez Brajkovic +20000

Levi Leipheimer +20000

Good luck!

A superb stage today and a fantastic win for the youngest rider in this edition of the race: France's Thibaut Pinot.

He did his best to enter the breakaway and then left everybody behind with 20 kilometres left, then resisted up front despite being chased by the best riders in the race.

Cadel Evans came in second but the general classification remains unchanged before tomorrow's time-trial stage.

The British riders dominated the time-trial stage in Besancon with Bradley Wiggins coming in first and Christopher Froome just behind him.

Wiggins now has a solid lead at the top of the overall classification, 1 minute and 53 seconds over Cadel Evans while Vincenzo Nibali is fourth at 2'23''.

The riders will have a well-deserved rest day tomorrow so it's a good chance for us to see the outright odds at this point, here's how Intertops evaluates the situation:

Bradley Wiggins -286

Cadel Evans +450

Chris Foome +1000

Vincenzo Nibali +1400

Denis Menchov +6600

Jürgen Van Den Broeck +8000

Haimar Zubeldia +15000

Frank Schleck +20000

Pierre Rolland +25000

Jani Brajkovic +30000

Reine Taaramae +30000

Tejay Van Garderen +30000

Good luck!

The favourite of the French fans, Thomas Voeckler, won stage 10 of the Tour after an audacious breakaway. However, the stage didn't change the situation at the top of the overall classification, with Wiggins, Evans, Froome and Nibali remaining on the same positions.

The 11th stage will be short (just under 150 km), but very steep: there will be four climbs and three of them are beyond fierce:

- Col de la Madeleine - 25.3 kilometre-long climb at 6.2%

- Col de la Croix de Fer - 22.4 kilometre-long climb at 6.9%

- Col du Mollard - 5.7 kilometre-long climb at 6.8%

- LA TOUSSUIRE - 18 kilometre-long climb at 6.1%

This is a stage that will probably be won by one of the strongest men in the bunch and the odds from Intertops reflect that as Cadel Evans is the top favourite:

Cadel Evans +550

Jurgen Van Den Broeck +550

Christopher Froome +700

Vincenzo Nibali +700

Pierre Rolland +1000

Bradley Wiggins +1200

Frank Schleck +1400

Chris Anker Sorensen +1600

Alejandro Valverde +1800

Thomas Voeckler +2000

David Moncoutie +2200

Denis Menchov +2500

Michele Scarponi +2500

Thibaut Pinot +2800

Jelle Vanendert +3300

Rafael Valls Ferri +3300

Daniel Martin +4000

Alexandre Vinokourov +5000

Bauke Mollema +5000

Christopher Horner +5000

Haimar Zubeldia +5000

Janez Brajkovic +5000

Juan Jose Cobo Acebo +5000

Luis-leon Sanchez +5000

Peter Velits +5000

Rui Alberto Costa +5000

Christophe Riblon +6600

Rein Taaramae +6600

Robert Kiserlovski +6600

Sandy Casar +6600

Christophe Kern +8000

Jens Voigt +8000

Johnny Hoogerland +8000

Sylvain Chavanel +8000

Dries Devenyns +10000

Ivan Basso +10000

Levi Leipheimer +10000

Andreas Kloden +12500

Good luck!

Pierre Rolland was the winner at the end of a spectacular breakaway. However, the big news was that Cadel Evans had a pretty bad day which now places him outside the top three in the general classification, with Bradley Wiggins still leading comfortably.

The 12th stage will be quite long, 226 km, with three climbs. However, only two of those climbs are dangerous enough to do some damage but they are located towards the beginning of the stage.

So we will probably see another breakaway win or a reduced sprint among those who can survive the climbs.

Here are the odds from Intertops:

Peter Sagan +350

Sylvain Chavanel +1400

Luis-leon Sanchez +1600

Thomas Voeckler +1600

Michael Albasini +2000

Alejandro Valverde +2200

Philippe Gilbert +2200

Sandy Casar +2200

Simon Gerrans +2200

Christopher Froome +2500

Pierrick Fedrigo +2500

Jens Voigt +2800

Edvald Boasson-Hagen +3000

Alexandre Vinokourov +3300

Mathew Goss +3500

Cadel Evans +4000

Daniel Martin +4000

David Moncoutie +4000

Johnny Hoogerland +4000

Rui Alberto Costa +4000

Vincenzo Nibali +4000

Dries Devenyns +5000

Jelle Vanendert +5000

Jeremy Roy +5000

Jerome Pineau +5000

Julien Simon +5000

Peter Velits +5000

Thibaut Pinot +5000

Bradley Wiggins +6600

Chris Anker Sorensen +6600

Fredrick Kessiakoff +6600

Juan Jose Cobo Acebo +6600

Jurgen Van Den Broeck +6600

Michele Scarponi +6600

Nicolas Roche +6600

Pierre Rolland +6600

Tony Gallopin +6600

Vasil Kiryienka +6600

Rein Taaramae +8000

Blel Kadri +10000

Christian Vande Velde +10000

Christophe Kern +10000

Christophe Riblon +10000

Frank Schleck +10000

Andrey Kashechkin +15000

Andriy Grivko +15000

Christopher Horner +15000

Denis Menchov +15000

Egoi Martienz +15000

Gorka Izagirre +15000

Janez Brajkovic +15000

Lars Bak +15000

Michael Morkov +15000

Rafael Valls Ferri +15000

Andreas Kloden +25000

Haimar Zubeldia +25000

Good luck!

Britain's David Millar won yesterday's stage at the end of a long a daring breakaway. The overall classification didn't suffer any changes at the top.

Today's stage will be a long one, 214 km, but farily flat so we will probably see a mass-sprint finish. However, most of the road is on the Mediterranean coast and since the wind tends to blow quite heavily in that region we might see some unexpected attacks.

Here are the odds from BetVictor:

Mark Cavendish 5/2

Peter Sagan 3/1

Matthew Goss 4/1

Andre Greipel 5/1

Edvald Boasson Hagen 17/1

Phillipe Gilbert 33/1

Juan Jose Haedo 40/1

Yauheni Hutarovich 40/1

Sylvain Chavanel 40/1

Kenny Van Hummel 40/1

Michael Morkov 50/1

Tyler Farrar 66/1

Borut Bozic 100/1

Danilo Hondo 100/1

Luca Paolini 100/1

Michael Albasini 100/1

Samuel Dumoulin 100/1

Sebastien Hinault 100/1

Simon Gerrans 100/1

Tony Gallopin 100/1

Thomas Voeckler 100/1

Julien Simon 100/1

Alexandre Vinokourov 150/1

Kris Boeckmans 150/1

Luis Leon Sanchez 150/1

Pierrick Fedrigo 150/1

Jens Voigt 150/1

Daryl Impey 200/1

Grega Bole 200/1

Maxim Iglinskiy 200/1

Nick Nuyens 200/1

Sebastian Langeveld 200/1

Yukiya Arashiro 200/1

Jurgen Roelandts 200/1

Alejandro Valverde 250/1

Arthur Vichot 250/1

Jimmy Engoulvent 250/1

Peter Velits 250/1

Baden Cooke 300/1

Brett Lancaster 300/1

Cadel Evans 300/1

Christopher Froome 300/1

Daniel Oss 300/1

David Millar 300/1

Greg Henderson 300/1

Johan Van Summeren 300/1

Manuel Quinziato 300/1

Vincenzo Nibali 400/1

Good luck!

A fairly tense stage with attacks from all sorts of riders, including Cadel Evans, ended in a bunch sprint but there weren't too many men in the main bunch in the final kilometre. Andre Greipel took advantage of that and clinched the win as he came in just a few inches ahead of Peter Sagan.

Today's stage will be quite different as it features two first category climbs that will surely take out all the sprinters. However, the last climb is located 40 kilometres before the finish so we might not see attacks from the big favourites. It will probably be a stage that will favour breakaway attempts but a good downhill rider like Nibali could take advantage of the descent from the last summit of the day. 

Here are the odds from BetVictor:

Vincenzo Nibali 8/1

Peter Sagan 14/1

Luis Leon Sanchez 14/1

Cadel Evans 14/1

Alejandro Valverde 14/1

Thomas Voeckler 17/1

Sandy Casar 20/1

Christopher Froome 20/1

Jurgen Van Den Broeck 20/1

Bradley Wiggins 25/1

Pierre Rolland 25/1

Alexandre Vinokourov 25/1

Michael Albasini 25/1

Peter Velits 33/1

Rui Costa 33/1

Samuel Dumoulin 33/1

Sylvain Chavanel 33/1

Thibaut Pinot 33/1

Vasil Kiryienka 33/1

Edvald Boasson Hagen 33/1

Chris Anker Sorensen 40/1

Fredrik Kessiakoff 40/1

Daniel Martin 40/1

Jens Voigt 40/1

Juan Jose Cobo 40/1

Pierrick Fedrigo 40/1

Robert Kiserlovski 40/1

Simon Gerrans 40/1

Christophe Kern 50/1

Frank Schleck 50/1

Janez Brajkovic 50/1

Luca Paolini 50/1

Michele Scarponi 50/1

Rein Taaramae 50/1

Good luck!

Luis Leon Sanchez was the strongest today, he moved into the breakaway and then attacked his companions at the best moment to clinch the win.

There are no changes at the top of the general classification, as Wiggins, Evans and Nibali arrived together.

Today's stage is fairly short  (158 km), and fairly flat, so it's one of the last occasions for the sprinters to claim a stage win.

Here are the odds from BetVictor:

Andre Greipel 2/1

Mark Cavendish 2/1

Matthew Goss 11/2

Peter Sagan 6/1

Edvald Boasson Hagen 33/1

Juan Jose Haedo 50/1

Yauheni Hutarovich 50/1

Sylvain Chavanel 50/1

Tyler Farrar 66/1

Phillipe Gilbert 66/1

Sebastien Hinault 66/1

Jens Voigt 66/1

Simon Gerrans 66/1

Michael Albasini 50/1

Alexandre Vinokourov 66/1

Alejandro Valverde 66/1

Borut Bozic 80/1

Koen De Kort 100/1

Danilo Hondo 100/1

Daryl Impey 100/1

Grega Bole 100/1

Samuel Dumoulin 100/1

Maxim Iglinskiy 100/1

Kenny Van Hummel 100/1

Kris Boeckmans 100/1

Luca Paolini 100/1

Julien Simon 100/1

Pierrick Fedrigo 100/1

Nick Nuyens 45/1

Jimmy Engoulvent 125/1

Arthur Vichot 150/1

Thomas Voeckler 150/1

Good luck!

Well, the sprinters didn't make it after all. Their teams were not willing to keep the tempo up in order to catch the breakaway so the stage went to one of the six men in the breakaway: Frenchman Pierrick Fedrigo.

The situation in the overall classification remains unchanged, with Bradley Wiggins in the yellow jersey, Christopher Froome in second place, Vincenzo Nibali in third and reigning champion Cadel Evans in fourth.

Tuesday will be a well-deserved rest day for the riders before the decisive last five stages.

Tomorrow will be the 16st stage between Pau and Bagnères-de-Luchon 197 km long. On this stage cyclists are waiting the highest of Tour de France mountain Col du Tourmalet (2 115 m).

Tomorrow's stage will be fierce indeed Alex, the Tourmalet is a very tough climb and most of the riders are already tired after two weeks of racing. I will be keeping my fingers crossed for Vincenzo Nibali, I like that lad.

Here are the odds for tomorrow's stage, courtesy of Intertops:

Vincenzo Nibali +400

Cadel Evans +650

Jurgen Van Den Broeck +800

Pierre Rolland +1000

Chris Froome +1200

Bradley Wiggins +1400

Frank Schleck +1600

Alejandro Valverde +2000

Thibaut Pinot +2000

Michele Scarponi +2500

Janez Brajkovic +2800

Juan Jose Cobo Acebo +2800

Rui Alberto Costa +3300

Vasil Kiryienka +3300

Luis-Leon Sanchez +4000

Peter Velits +4000

Tejay Van Garderen +4000

Thomas Voeckler +4000

Alexandre Vinokourov +5000

Chris Anker Sorensen +5000

Daniel Martin +5000

Rein Taaramae +5000

Christopher Horner +6600

Denis Menchov +6600

Fredrik Kessiakoff +6600

Johnny Hoogerland +6600

Sandy Casar +6600

Simon Gerrans +6600

Brice Feillu +8000

Christophe Kern +8000

Christophe Riblon +8000

Jelle Vanendert +8000

Andreas Kloden +10000

Andrey Kashechkin +10000

Blel Kadri +10000 +2000

Egoi Martinez +10000

Gianpaolo Caruso +10000

Haimar Zubeldia +10000

Ivan Basso +10000

Jens Voigt +10000

Levi Leipheimer +10000

Maxim Iglinskiy +10000

Maxime Monfort +10000

Michael Albasini +10000

Nicolas Roche +10000

Philippe Gilbert +10000

Good luck!

French breakaway specialist Thomas Voeckler won today's stage in style as he broke loose of the bunch along with other riders and then left them behind to cross the line for a solo victory.

As far as the big favourites are concerned, it was another bad day at the office for reigning champion Cadel Evans. He was unable to keep up the pace and crossed the line four minutes after current leader Bradley Wiggins.

Wiggins' team mate and fellow Brit Christopher Froome remains in second spot while Vincenzo Nibali consolidated his third place.

Tomorrow's stage will be the last chance for Nibali to challenge Wiggins' leadership as it's the last mountain stage of this year's Tour. The stage is short, just 143 kilometres, but the riders won't have time to rest as it will be a continuous up and down since there will be no less than five climbs and four descents.

Here are the odds for stage 17 from BetVictor:

Vincenzo Nibali 5/1

Christopher Froome 6/1

Jurgen Van Den Broeck 9/1

Alejandro Valverde 12/1

Bradley Wiggins 14/1

Pierre Rolland 14/1

Pierrick Fedrigo 14/1

Juan Jose Cobo 16/1

Michele Scarponi 20/1

Cadel Evans 25/1

Thibaut Pinot 25/1

Thomas Voeckler 25/1

Vasil Kiryienka 33/1

Christophe Kern 40/1

Rui Costa 40/1

Tejay Van Garderen 40/1

Christophe Riblon 50/1

Michael Albasini 50/1

Alexandre Vinokourov 50/1

Chris Anker Sorensen 50/1

Jelle Vanendert 50/1

Christian Vandevelde 66/1

Janez Brajkovic 66/1

Jeremy Roy 66/1

Christopher Horner 66/1

Daniel Martin 66/1

Laurens Ten Dam 66/1

Luis Leon Sanchez 66/1

Nicolas Roche 66/1

Peter Velits 66/1

Sandy Casar 66/1

Brice Feillu 80/1

Haimar Zubeldia 80/1

Jens Voigt 80/1

Marco Marcato 80/1

Maxime Monfort 80/1

Pieter Weening 80/1

Simon Gerrans 80/1

Steven Kruijswijk 80/1

Andrey Kashechkin 80/1

Jean-Christophe Peraud 80/1

Denis Menchov 100/1

Dries Devenyns 100/1

Eduard Vorganov 100/1

Fabrice Jeandesboz 100/1

Francis De Greef 100/1

Fredrik Kessiakoff 100/1

Jerome Coppel 100/1

Johnny Hoogerland 100/1

Levi Leipheimer 100/1

Maxim Iglinskiy 100/1

Phillipe Gilbert 100/1

Rafael Valls 100/1

Rein Taaramae 100/1

Yury Trofimov 100/1

Andreas Kloden 100/1

Blel Kadri 150/1

Ivan Basso 150/1

Peter Sagan 150/1

Andriy Grivko 150/1

Edvald Boasson Hagen 200/1

Michael Morkov 200/1

Michael Rogers 250/1

Richie Porte 250/1

Good luck!

Spaniard Alejandro Valverde was the strongest today but he also had a very good strategy. He broke away from the bunch alongside two of his team mates, among other riders, and those two helped him to maintain an advantage over the chasing pack.

Christopher Froome took leader Bradley Wiggins to the line as they came in second and third, respectively. Vincenzo Nibali came in 7th while Cadel Evans had another disappointing afternoon as he finished 18th.

Since this was the last mountain stage of this edition, Bradley Wiggins will almost certainly win this year's Tour de France, it would take a really unfortunate turn of events to strip him of the yellow jersey. Christopher Froome will almost certainly remain second while Vincenzo Nibali should preserve his third place.

Tomorrow's stage is a hilly one but the difficulties are not terrible enough to make a difference in the overall standings. It will be a stage that will probably go to a puncheur like Sagan or Gilbert. The odds for the stage are not available yet, I will check again tomorrow morning.

I'm sorry but I was unable to find the time to post the odds this morning. However, I can still give you the results.

It was Mark Cavendish who won and it was a great sprint victory over Matthew Goss, who came in second, and Peter Sagan, who finished third.

Tomorrow we'll have the last time-trial stage, the last chance for the riders to make a difference in the overall classification. I will post the odds tomorrow morning, I'm off work for the weekend :D

Bradley Wiggins is the big favourite for today's time-trial stage, here are the odds from BetVictor:

Bradley Wiggins 2/5

Christopher Froome 5/2

Tejay Van Garderen 20/1

David Millar 40/1

Michael Rogers 40/1

Richie Porte 50/1

Edvald Boasson Hagen 50/1

Fredrik Kessiakoff 50/1

Bert Grabsch 66/1

Andreas Kloden 66/1

David Zabriskie 66/1

Andriy Grivko 80/1

Cadel Evans 80/1

Haimar Zubeldia 80/1

Patrick Gretsch 80/1

Peter Sagan 100/1

Alexandre Vinokourov 150/1

Christian Vandevelde 150/1

Peter Velits 150/1

Rui Costa 150/1

Denis Menchov 200/1

Rein Taaramae 200/1

Vincenzo Nibali 250/1

Janez Brajkovic 300/1

Jeremy Roy 300/1

Levi Leipheimer 300/1

Maxime Monfort 300/1

Anthony Roux 500/1

Jean-Christophe Peraud 500/1

Jerome Coppel 500/1

Luis Leon Sanchez 500/1

Thibaut Pinot 500/1

Vasil Kiryienka 500/1

Jurgen Van Den Broeck 1000/1

Good luck!

Bradley Wiggins won the stage, as expected, and he is now 99.99% sure of becoming the first ever British rider to win the Tour de France.

Fellow Brit Christopher Froome came in second today, and he will also occupy the second spot tomorrow in Paris.

The last stage will be one for the sprinters as the bunch will arrive in the middle of Paris. Mark Cavendish is keen on winning on the Champs Elysees again but Greipel and Sagan will be there to make things difficult for the British champion.

Here are the odds for the stage from BetVictor:

Mark Cavendish 8/13

Andre Greipel 3/1

Matthew Goss 12/1

Peter Sagan 14/1

Any Other Rider 14/1

Tyler Farrar 50/1

Juan Jose Haedo 50/1

Edvald Boasson Hagen 80/1

Kris Boeckmans 100/1

Sebastien Hinault 100/1

Borut Bozic 150/1

Luca Paolini 150/1

Samuel Dumoulin 150/1

Good luck!

It was a great day for Britain in Paris: Mark Cavendish won the last stage, becoming the rider with the most wins in Paris, and Bradley Wiggins clinched that yellow jersey he wanted for so long, becoming the first ever British rider to win the Tour de France.

Moreover, another Brit, Chris Froome, finished second in the overall classification. Here's the top 10:

1. WIGGINS Bradley - SKY PROCYCLING 87h 34' 47''

2. FROOME Christopher - SKY PROCYCLING + 03' 21''

3. NIBALI Vincenzo - LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE + 06' 19''

4. VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen - LOTTO-BELISOL TEAM + 10' 15''

5. VAN GARDEREN Tejay - BMC RACING TEAM + 11' 04''

6. ZUBELDIA Haimar - RADIOSHACK-NISSAN + 15' 41''

7. EVANS Cadel - BMC RACING TEAM + 15' 49''

8. ROLLAND Pierre - TEAM EUROPCAR + 16' 26''

9. BRAJKOVIC Janez - ASTANA PRO TEAM + 16' 33''

10. PINOT Thibaut 146 FDJ-BIGMAT - + 17' 17''