Sportingbet offers the best Giro d’Italia Stage 4 odds. Yesterday Robbie McEwen was blocked with Mark Cavendish in the run for the line. Stage 3 stage winner Daniele Bennati is once again favourite at 2.50 with Mark Cavendish 2nd favourite at 5.00. For the 2nd day in a row we go for Robbie McEwen at 6.00 with Sportingbet.
Bennati is favourite with most betting companies for Stage 3 of the 2008 Giro d’Italia (Tour of Italy). It’s very likely to be a bunch sprint today, so Velotips is going for Robbie McEwen at 5.00 with Skybet.
The Stage 1 Team Trial is proving very popular with people looking to place a bet. Astana will be very motivated and are favourites closely followed by Slipstream and CSC.
Below I have sourced the very best prices from a wide range of bookmakers.
I have done a quick round-up of the best betting odds for the General Classification for the 2008 Giro d’Italia, odds good at Friday lunchtime. The top 3 favourites to win remain unchanged and include Andreas Kloden, Alberto Contador and Levi Leipheimer.
Astana will want to show very strongly at the Giro but the question remains who is the team leader? It is possible that Kloden will go for the overall with Contador going for the mountain classification.
Ricco is an interesting bet at 17.00 with Skybet who offer 1/4 of the odds for a top 3 finish.
The odds for Piepoli range from as short as 17.00 to 41.00 so if you are interested in backing Piepoli than I advise to get your money on now with Sportingbet.
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Stage 1 odds are now available for the 2008 Giro d’Italia (Tour of Italy). Stage 1 is a Team Time Trial from Palermo to Palermo. Astana are clear favourites along with Team Slipstream and Team CSC.
It is difficult to see past Astana provided that they have had enough time to practise their Team Time Trial skills considering their late entrance to this years race. Velotips believes that the bookmakers have got the running right.
The odds from Sportingbet are for the outright winner only
Astana 2.95
Team Slipstream 4.00
Team CSC 4.50
LPR Brakes 13.00
Team Liquigas 13.00
Caisse d'Epargne 17.00
Team High Road 17.00
Tinkoff Credit Systems 21.00
Gerolsteiner 26.00
Lampre-Fondital 26.00
Rabobank 26.00
Saunier Duval-Prodir 41.00
Barloworld 51.00
QuickStep - Innergetic 51.00
Silence-Lotto 51.00
AG2R Prevoyance 67.00
Cofidis 67.00
Serramenti Diquigiovanni67.00
Team Milram 67.00
CSF Group-Navigare 101.00
Euskaltel-Euskadi 101.00
Today we welcome Betfair to Velotips. I’ve been a long time user of Betfair, a place where more often than not you will get better odds than with some of the more traditional bookmakers. Placing a bet is easy and is the same as placing a bet with any other bookmakers.
As an example Juan Maurizio Soler’s current odds are 12.00 with Sportingbet yet is an impressive 19.5 with Betfair.
There is currently a free £10 bet on offer to new customers of Betfair on signup.
Simply click through to Betfair and choose sports from the top menu and then cycling the left-hand column. Good Luck!
Finally bookmakers are beginning to put up betting odds for the Giro d’Italia (Tour of Italy). Up first is Sportingbet who are offering markets on both the winner and a podium spot (Top 3).
The Giro d’Italia boasts a top field this year with many riders enjoying extra motivation. The appearance of Astana has split opinion for many but as the most high-profile race on their calendar this year, expect them to show strongly. The question for Astana is, who is their leader? Andreas Kloden, Alberto Contador or Levi Leipheimer? Will they battle each other?
Also in the favourties mix is Danilo Di Luca who has not gone without problems recently. Despite riding with a weaker team, Di Luca has never been a rider to need team-mates around him to succeed.
Finally Denis Menchov rides the Giro d’Italia in 2008 as warm-up for the Tour de France. His focus is clearly aimed at the race in July but can he pull off a Giro/Tour double?
Ricardo Ricco look good odds at 17.00 but much will depend on whether he can mentally focus throughout a 3 week race.
