The Tour de France started Saturday, July 7th, with the Prologue in London.

The betting lines were set at the start of the race for those of you interested in such things.
But of course, lots of things change during a difficult and long race such as the Tour de France. We are not involved in betting of course, we just love to watch the race. Here is a list of riders, in favored order according to a betting service.  I am not including odds since this list for general interest, not for betting. The list has been updated July 19 to reflect more current status of riders and their times.

1. Andreas Klöden
2. Allesandro Valverde, A
3. Cadel Evans
4. Alberto Contador
5. Michael Rasmussen
6. Christophe Moreau
7. Alexandre Vinokourov
8. Levi Leipheimer
9. Iban Mayo
10. Carlos Sastre
11. Frank Schleck
12. Andrey Kashechkin
13. Kim Kirchen
14. Maricio Soler
15. Mikel Astarloza
16. Dennis Menchov
17. Vladimir Karpets
18. Oscar Pereiro
19. Yaroslov Popovych
20. Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre

For the starting day odds:

1. Alexander Vinokurov
2. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
3. Andreas Kloden
4. Carlos Sastre Candil
5. Cadel Evans
6. Denis Menchov
7. Levi Leipheimer
8. Frank Schleck
9. Alberto Contador Velasco
10. Andrey Kashechkin
11. Christophe Moreau
12. Jose Angel Gomez-Marchante
13. Michael Rogers
14. Vladimir Karpets
15. Oscar Pereiro Sio
16. Damiano Cunego
17. Joseba Zubeldia Agirre
18. Yaroslav Popovych
19. Iban Mayo Diez
20. Cyril Dessel