Cycling Betting Online
Although the Tour de France is the marquee event of cycling, it is far from the only show going. In recent years, there has been a significant increase in betting traffic for cycling events. While the Tour de France has the most brand recognition, gamblers are taking an increased interest in other major events as well.
The sport of cycling has three major annual events. The Giro d’Italia, Tour De France, and Vuelta a España are the three most important events in the sport. They are known as Grand Tours, and they are all three-week-long races broken down into daily stages. From a gambling perspective, the Grand Tour races are the only ones that draw any noticeable betting handle, and the Tour de France dwarfs the other two Grand Tour events as the Super Bowl of cycling. The Tour de France generates more gambling activity than all other cycling events combined.
2025 Cycling Grand Tours Schedule
2025 Giro d' Italia
Date: May 9 – June 1, 2025
Last Nine Winners
2024 – Tadej Pogacar (SLO)
2023 – Primoz Roglic (SLO)
2022 – Jai Hindley (AUS)
2021 – Egan Bernal (COL)
2020 – Tao Geoghegan (GBR)
2019 – Richard Carapaz (ECU)
2018 – Chris Froome (GBR)
2017 – Tom Dumoulin (GBR)
2016 – Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)
2024 Giro d’Italia Recap
Tadej Pogacar won the Giro d'Italia with the race's biggest margin of victory in nearly six decades -- earning a third Grand Tour trophy to go with his two Tour de France titles. Pogacar, a Slovenian with UAE Team Emirates, also won six stages in the race, the most since Eddy Merckx also won six in 1973.
Pogacar, riding a pink bike to go with his pink jersey, shorts, and helmet, crossed safely in the main pack to conclude the mostly ceremonial final stage of the three-week race in Rome, ending with an advantage of 9 minutes, 56 seconds over runner-up Daniel Martinez. Geraint Thomas finished third overall, 10:24 behind.
The last time there was a bigger margin of victory in the Giro came in 1965 when Vittorio Adorni won by 11:26.
2025 Tour de France
Date: July 5-27, 2025
Last Nine Winners
2024 – Tadej Pogacar (SLO)
2023 – Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)
2022 – Jonas Vingegaard (DEN)
2021 – Tadej Pogacar (SLO)
2020 – Tadej Pogacar (SLO)
2019 – Egan Bernal (COL)
2018 – Geraint Thomas (GBR)
2017 – Chris Froome (GBR)
2016 – Chris Froome (GBR)
2024 Tour de France Recap
Tadej Pogacar did not need to attack on the final stage of the Tour de France. Defending a lead of more than five minutes in Sunday's time trial, he was set to win the race for the third time comfortably, and first time in three years, anyway. But defense has not been in his vocabulary during this race, and he simply could not resist another attack.
With his main rival Jonas Vingegaard unable to challenge him, Pogacar celebrated his Tour victory in style with a dominant win in the time trial ending in Nice for the 17th stage win of his already illustrious Tour career.
The 25-year-old Slovenian rider also became the first cyclist to secure the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France in the same year since Marco Pantani in 1998.
Two-time defending champion Vingegaard of Denmark was second overall. He also finished the 21st and final stage in second place.
Pogacar won the 34-kilometer (21-mile) time trial on the French Riviera's roads from Monaco to Nice in 45 minutes and 24 seconds. Vingegaard was 1 minute, 3 seconds behind him, and Belgian rider Remco Evenepoel 1:14 back in the third spot.
In the overall standings, Vingegaard finished 6:17 behind Pogacar, and Evenepoel was third overall, 9:18 behind Pogacar -- whose other Tour wins came in 2020 and 2021.
Two-time defending champion Vingegaard of Denmark was second overall. He also finished the 21st and final stage in second place.
Pogacar won the 34-kilometer (21-mile) time trial on the French Riviera's roads from Monaco to Nice in 45 minutes and 24 seconds. Vingegaard was 1 minute, 3 seconds behind him, and Belgian rider Remco Evenepoel 1:14 back in the third spot.
In the overall standings, Vingegaard finished 6:17 behind Pogacar, and Evenepoel was third overall, 9:18 behind Pogacar -- whose other Tour wins came in 2020 and 2021.
2025 Vuelta a España
Date: August 23 – September 14, 2025
Last Nine Winners
2024 – Primoz Roglic (SLO)
2023 – Sepp Kuss (USA)
2022 – Remco Evenepoel (BEL)
2021 – Primoz Roglic (SLO)
2020 – Primoz Roglic (SLO)
2019 – Primoz Roglic (SLO)
2018 – Simon Yates (GBR)
2017 – Chris Froome (GBR)
2016 – Nairo Quintana (COL)
Most Individual Grand Tour Wins
| WINS |
CYCLIST |
GRAND TOUR WINS |
| 11 |
Eddy Merckx |
5x Tour de France, 5x Giro, 1x Vuelta |
| 10 |
Bernard Hinault |
5x Tour de France, 3x Giro, 2x Vuelta |
| 8 |
Jacques Anquetil |
5x Tour de France, 2x Giro, 1x Vuelta |
| 7 |
Alberto Contador |
2x Tour de France, 2x Giro, 3x Vuelta |
| 7 |
Fausto Coppi |
2x Tour de France, 5x Giro |
| 7 |
Chris Froome |
4x Tour de France, 1x Giro, 2x Vuelta |
| 7 |
Miguel Indurain |
5x Tour de France, 2x Giro |
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