2013 Tour De France betting

[Bratam]

So Froome and Contador are clear favourites to win the 2013 tdf at around $3.00 each. Personally, I can't see a clean Alberto beating an in form Froome with Porte and the Sky train behind him. Slim chance IMO. I just can't see Alberto getting clear of Froome ( not for very long anyway). Froome will be too strong and will beat him quite easily I think. I am surprised the betting is so close. What are your thoughts ?

 

[iZnoGouD]

They are retards.
Froome is miles ahead of Contador and still has lots of room for improvement.

Froome will be a level above everyone else, if you want to bet on him you just have to take into account the chance of him having bad luck, like a crash, mechanical

 

[spalco]

I think you would be an idiot to put money on Froome (or Contador) at those odds right now.

 

[the sceptic]

Put your money on Porte. He will be top 3 and if something happens to Dawg he will be the leader. I can see him winning in that case.

 

[The Hitch]

Put your money on Porte. He will be top 3 and if something happens to Dawg he will be the leader. I can see him winning in that case.

Thats the same thing for the OP though. His point is that the evil doper - Contador, cant dope because Mcquaid and co have made cycling impossible to dope now, and therefore good clean riders - Froome, Porte etc, can beat those bad doped riders.

Hooray.

 

[SeriousSam]

I think you would be an idiot to put money on Froome (or Contador) at those odds right now.

and why is that? you think froome's chance of winning is significantly less than 35%?

 

[spalco]

Today on March 31st: hell yes!

 

[Forunculo]

With Bjarne-Hamilton story on one side and clembuterol ban on the other, Contador has a slim margin to dope unlike SKY. Everything depends of Bjarne's diplomatic skills to "buy" margin to dope. To be honest Saxo-Tinkoff has been crap all the season.

 

[SeriousSam]

Today on March 31st: hell yes!

Then lay them.

 

[LaFlorecita]

I agree it seems ridiculous. But we must not forget at the start of the season Alberto was way ahead of Froome, Froome closed the gap now and in a few weeks he'll be miles ahead.

By the way I don't understand why OP calls Berto "Alberto". You're not a fan are you?

 

[McLovin]

By the way I don't understand why OP calls Berto "Alberto". You're not a fan are you?

For posts like this I am thinking to quit this forum. And there are 9,633 of them. In last year part of this forum gave up cycling and followed the love drama of a teen girl who, probably, will fell awkward reading her posts again in 3-4 years.

 

[LaFlorecita]

For posts like this I am thinking to quit this forum. And there are 9,633 of them. In last year part of this forum gave up cycling and followed the love drama of a teen girl who, probably, will fell awkward reading her posts again in 3-4 years.

I knew someone would react this way calm down I was just joking deleted my post

 

[RobbieCanuck]

They are retards.
Froome is miles ahead of Contador and still has lots of room for improvement.

Froome will be a level above everyone else, if you want to bet on him you just have to take into account the chance of him having bad luck, like a crash, mechanical

Use of the term genius is completely unacceptable in any context in today's society. It shows complete and utter disrespect to the millions of disabled people around the world most of whom had no control over their disability.

I work daily with brain injured people who are just as human as you and they don't need to be insulted by reckless and thoughtless language.

 

[martinvickers]

I'm not entirely sure why this post is in the Clinic.

If It's just here to stimulate a discussion on possible doping by Froome or Contador, both already have healthy active threads, and this is unneeded.

If it's an actual discussion of form and odds, it doesn't need to start in the clinic.

Or have the rules changed?

 

[Bratam]

I'm not entirely sure why this post is in the Clinic.

If It's just here to stimulate a discussion on possible doping by Froome or Contador, both already have healthy active threads, and this is unneeded.

If it's an actual discussion of form and odds, it doesn't need to start in the clinic.

Or have the rules changed?

Yes, you are right. It really wasn't doping related and hence I should started the thread in the 'Road' racing section. Perhaps one of the mods could move it.

 

[Eshnar]

thread moved in Games section (where there is already a thread about betting - maybe I should merge this with it?)

 

[Bratam]

Thanks Eshnar. IMO, I would leave it as it is. The betting thread is quite big at ~100 pages and it will get lost in there. Like the Giro and perhaps Vuelta, the TDF is a major race and i believe it deserves its own thread.

 

[Nuash65]

Use of the term genius is completely unacceptable in any context in today's society.

Completely agree.

 

[Geraint Too Fast]

You can get some very long odds on a certain Colombian at the moment. Be quick though.

 

[Cyivel]

100/1 at some places, ew bet is tempting.

 

[Bexon30]

100/1 at some places, ew bet is tempting.

Who's offering 100's? Is Valverde going though, if so this could hamper him, no?

 

[Cyivel]

Who's offering 100's? Is Valverde going though, if so this could hamper him, no?

A couple less than when I made that post

http://www.boylesports.com/Betting/...ationid=top,24.1,93853.1,437406.1&time=224237

This has 125/1

http://www.youwin.com/en/betting/cycling

Don't have an account myself with either of those, I do with Bet Fred and they did but not anymore!

As for Valverde it could definitely but someone said in the PRR section that Valverde had made some comments recently about not being an out and out leader at the tour as he knows how good Nairo is.