Tour de France 2026

Ok lads the big one starts tomorrow 

I put this outright preview together for WSB  who have their money back for 2nd promo on although they refund in World Coins so I will need to look into that 

Pogacar hard to beat but a quality field Bets

• Straight Forecast: 0.5 unit Pogačar -Lipowitz – 17.00
• Green Jersey: 1 unit Mads Pedersen – 6.50
• Team Classification: 0.5 units Lidl–Trek – 12.00

I will also be doinga  daily stage preview although as I am away for almost 2 weeks from Monday I am not sure whether I will do the video previews which I really enjoy doing 
 

Stage 1 preview for WSB is available here

Wonderful time of the year. Wimbledon, Le Tour and the Open. 

OUTRIGHTS

I have cut down on my pre-race outrights in recent years. Either the books have got much better or I have got worse because I tend to do poorly on them. On to the race

I think the loss of van Aert is massive. Visma could always put him in the break and two or three times you would find Vingegaard and van Aert against Pogs. Now UAE are always going to have the numbers on Visma. On the plus side Pogs has recently experienced a little bad luck for the first time in his career starting with the crash in Milan San Remo. Will take a long shot just in case it follows him here. I like Movistar to have riders in every break so will take them in the team competition. Would have preferred to take them after today's stage as they will shed time but in the past the 1-3 option on teams has disappeared after the start. Lenny Martinez has to be a massive runner in the KOM but we are being offered 7/2 when I see the chaps overseas have got him at around 7/1. Not fair so will wait.


Teams  Top 3
Movistar  @  5/2

Straight
Vingegaard/Del Toro  @  33/1

Stage 1

I reckon INEOS have three of the top five ITT guys in TdF in  their ranks in Ganna,Foss and Tarling. Godon is not half bad either. I think they deliver Bernal and Vauquelin to the base of the last climb with a 40 second lead. Have to take that 9/10.  Will join on the EF Education place. They ran 3rd in the Dauphine and now have Asgreen too so should run well.

Win 
INEOS  @  9/10

1-3
EF Education  @  9/1

TDF stage 1 and outright preview 

 

0.5 unit Lidl Trek win at 11/1 
0.5 unit EF top 3 at 9/1