111th Tour de France Betting
The 2024 Tour de France will have a different look with a changed route. However, from a betting standpoint a lot remains the same. There have been two winners over the previous four years and both are the favorites to continue a trend that leaves a lot of cyclists on the outside looking in. Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia have their own personal duel going on with Vingegaard the two-time defending general classification winner. He won the grueling event for the first time in 2022 ending Pogacar’s chance for a three-peat. Pogacar finished as runner-up less than three minutes shy of becoming the second three-peat winner this century. And though he finished almost eight minutes behind Vingegaard last year, Pogacar is the favorite to win the 111th edition of the Tour de France with Vingegaard a close second on the odds board.
With this year marking the 100th anniversary of Italian Ottavio Bottecchia’s win, Italy will host the start of the race, or the Grand Depart as it’s known, for the first time. Also, with Paris getting ready to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, the race will not finish in or near France’s capital for the first time. The 3,492 kilometer (2,170 miles) race will start in Florence on June 29 and finish in Nice on July 21. In addition, for the first time since 1989 the Tour de France will conclude with an individual time trial.
2024 Tour De France Betting Odds
2024 Tour de France Stages
| STAGE |
DATE |
START/FINISH |
DISTANCE (KM) |
1 |
June 29 |
Florence to Rimini (Italy) |
206 |
| 2 |
June 30 |
Cesenatico to Bologna (Italy) |
200 |
| 3 |
July 1 |
Placenza to Turin (Italy) |
229 |
| 4 |
July 2 |
Pinerolo (Italy) to Valloire |
138 |
| 5 |
July 3 |
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Saint Vulbas |
177 |
| 6 |
July 4 |
Macon to Dijon |
163 |
| 7 |
July 5 |
Nuits-Saint-Georges to Gevrey-Chamberlin |
25 |
| 8 |
July 6 |
Semur-an-Auxois to Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises |
176 |
| 9 |
July 7 |
Troyes to Troyes |
199 |
| REST DAY |
| 10 |
July 9 |
Orleans to Saint-Amand-Montrond |
187 |
| 11 |
July 10 |
Evaux-les-Bains to Le Lioran |
211 |
| 12 |
July 11 |
Aurillac to Villeneuve-sur-Lot |
204 |
| 13 |
July 12 |
Agen to Pau |
171 |
| 14 |
July 13 |
Pau to Saint-Lary-Soulan (Pla d’Adet) |
152 |
| 15 |
July 14 |
Loudenvielle to Plateau de Beille |
198 |
| REST DAY |
| 16 |
July 16 |
Gruissan to Nimes |
187 |
| 17 |
July 17 |
Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux to SuperDevoluy |
178 |
| 18 |
July 18 |
Gap to Barcelonnette |
179 |
| 19 |
July 19 |
Embrun to Isola 2000 |
145 |
| 20 |
July 20 |
Nice to Col de la Couilloie |
133 |
| 21 |
July 21 |
Monaco to Nice |
34 |
Tour de France Format
The 2024 Tour de France route will have something for every rider with eight flat stages, four hilly stages, seven mountain stages and two individual time trials. With the start taking place in Italy, two hilly stages are on the menu with 3,600 meters of climbing in Stage 1 a first.
Tour de France Winners (2006)
| YEAR |
WINNER |
COUNTRY |
TEAM |
| 2023 |
Jonas Vingegaard |
Denmark |
Team Jumbo-Visma |
| 2022 |
Jonas Vingegaard |
Denmark |
Team Jumbo-Visma |
| 2021 |
Tadej Pogacar |
Slovenia |
UAE Team Emirates |
| 2020 |
Tadej Pogacar |
Slovenia |
UAE Team Emirates |
| 2019 |
Egan Bernal |
Colombia |
Team Ineos |
| 2018 |
Geraint Thomas |
Great Britain |
Team Sky |
| 2017 |
Chris Froome |
Great Britain |
Team Sky |
| 2016 |
Chris Froome |
Great Britain |
Team Sky |
| 2015 |
Chris Froome |
Great Britain |
Team Sky |
| 2014 |
Vincenzo Nibali |
Italy |
Astana |
| 2013 |
Chris Froome |
Great Britain |
Team Sky |
| 2012 |
Bradley Wiggins |
Great Britain |
Team Sky |
| 2011 |
Cadel Evans |
Australia |
BMC Racing Team |
| 2010 |
Andy Schleck |
Luxembourg |
Team Saxo Bank |
| 2009 |
Alberto Contador |
Spain |
Astana |
| 2008 |
Carlos Sastre |
Spain |
Astana |
| 2007 |
Alberto Contador |
Spain |
Discovery Channel |
| 2006 |
Oscar Pereiro |
Spain |
Caisse d'Epargne–Illes Balears |
The Tour de France has had a history of streaks. Miguel Indurain captured the Tour de France five straight years from 1991 through 1995. Prior to that, Jacques Anquetil won the Tour four years in a row from 1961 through 1964, a mark matched by Eddy Merckx from 1969 through 1972. Recently, Chris Froome became the sixth man in the history of this race to three-peat and Jonas Vingegaard has a chance to join that elite group of cyclists in 2024.
Most Career Wins
| WINS |
CYCLIST |
YEARS |
| 5 |
Bernard Hinault |
1978-79, 1981-82, 1985 |
| 5 |
Jacques Anquetil |
1957, 1961-1964 |
| 5 |
Eddy Merckx |
1969-1972, 1974 |
| 5 |
Miguel Indurain |
1991-1995 |
| 4 |
Chris Froome |
2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 |
| 3 |
Philippe Thys |
1913, 1914, 1920 |
| 3 |
Louison Bobet |
1953-1955 |
| 3 |
Greg LeMond |
1986, 1989, 1990 |
Officially, the men with the most wins in the history of the Tour de France are Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault, and Miguel Indurain. All four of those riders have a total of five Tour de France titles to their name.
Of course, many will still claim that Lance Armstrong is the most successful cyclist in the history of the Tour de France. Armstrong won seven straight Tour de France titles from 1999 to 2005 before finally admitting to doping and having all of those championships voided. Contemporaries Floyd Landis, Alberto Contador, and Jan Ullrich were all busted for doping too, casting a huge cloud over cycling.
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