Tour de France Betting Odds and Event Info

Date: 2027.07.02 - 2027.07.25
Contest: CYCLING
Location: France and Great Britain


Tour de France is the biggest and most prestigious bicycle racing event in the UCI World Tour. One may call it the Wimbledon of bicycle racing, but it is something far greater than that. Top bicycle racing teams and expert riders participate in the race as fans, sponsors, and global media turn their attention to the multi-stage bicycle racing event in France. The event is one of the most popular and keenly followed sporting events in the world.


History:

The Tour de France was first held in 1903 as a bicycle race to advertise and increase the sales for the French newspaper L'Auto. Through 2026, 113 editions of the prestigious event have been held. The race was not held during the two world wars.

Traditionally, the race has been held in the month of July. The 2020 edition was an exception, running from August 29 to September 20 after being postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.


Status and Scale:

Tour de France is one of the three Grand Tours (the other two being the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana) in the UCI World Tour. The 2026 edition started with 23 teams of eight riders, making a field of 184.

These teams and riders compete for stage wins, the overall title and the race's other classifications.


Stages, Circuits, and Location:

In total, the race has 21 different stages, with each stage being held on a different day. The modern Tour runs for around three weeks, with rest days between blocks of racing. Its total distance varies with the route, usually exceeding 3,000 km.

The route changes each year and combines flat, hilly and mountain stages with time trials. Most of the racing takes place in France, but the Tour regularly visits other countries and sometimes begins abroad. The opening stages are known as the Grand Depart.


Classifications:

Alongside individual stage victories, the Tour has several classifications that reward different strengths:

- General classification - The yellow jersey identifies the rider with the lowest accumulated time.
- Points classification - The green jersey goes to the leader on points earned at stage finishes and intermediate sprints.
- Mountains classification - The polka-dot jersey identifies the rider leading on points collected at designated climbs.
- Young rider classification - The white jersey follows the general classification among riders aged 25 or younger in the calendar year of the race.

There is also a team classification, along with awards recognizing attacking riding and the contribution of teammates.


Who Gets to Be the Overall Winner?

The riders' times are added up across the stages, with time bonuses and penalties included. The rider with the lowest final total wins the general classification. The overall leader is also given the prestigious yellow jersey, which he wears during the race.

Winning the most stages does not automatically make a rider the overall winner.


2026 Champion:

Tadej Pogacar from Slovenia won the Tour de France for the fifth time in 2026, riding for UAE Team Emirates-XRG. He finished 6 minutes and 26 seconds ahead of Remco Evenepoel, with Isaac del Toro third, 9 minutes and 42 seconds behind.

Pogacar also won five stages. His victory brought him level with Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain on a record five overall titles.

The other individual jersey winners were Mads Pedersen in the points classification, Richard Carapaz in the mountains classification and Isaac del Toro in the young rider classification.


Tour de France Betting Odds:

Outright betting focuses on the winner of the general classification. Other markets include individual stage winners, podium finishes, rider head-to-heads and the points or mountains classifications.

Odds change as the route, team selections, rider form and race results become clearer. A rider suited to a flat sprint stage may have very different chances on a mountain stage or in a time trial.


Past Winners:

Jacques Anquetil:

Jacques Anquetil, the former French Bicycle racing Champion, is among the most successful bicycle riders in the tour history. He has won the tour five times, with his victories coming in 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, and 1964.

Eddy Merckx:

Eddy Merckx has also won Tour de France five times. His victories came in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, and 1974.

Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain:

Bernard Hinault from France and Miguel Indurain from Spain have also won the Tour de France 5 times. Hinault won in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, and 1985 while Indurain won five consecutive Tour de France Races between 1991 and 1995.

Tadej Pogacar:

Tadej Pogacar joined the five-time winners with victories in 2020, 2021, 2024, 2025 and 2026.

Chris Froome:

The British road racing cyclist Chris Froome has won the Tour de France title four times. He won his first title in 2013 and achieved a hat-trick of Tour de France wins between 2015 and 2017.

Jonas Vingegaard:

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard won consecutive editions in 2022 and 2023.

The record for individual stage victories belongs to Mark Cavendish, who won 35 stages during his Tour career.


Prize Money:

For the 2026 edition, the organizer listed approximately EUR 2.3 million in total prize money, including EUR 500,000 for the winner of the final individual general classification. Other prizes reward stage results and the race's various classifications.


The 2027 Tour de France:

The 114th Tour de France is scheduled for July 2-25, 2027. It will begin in Edinburgh, with the opening three stages visiting Scotland, England and Wales before the race moves to France.

The announced Grand Depart stages are:

- July 2, 2027: Edinburgh to Carlisle - 184 km
- July 3, 2027: Keswick to Liverpool - 223 km
- July 4, 2027: Welshpool to Cardiff - 223 km

This will be the first Tour de France Grand Depart to include Scotland, England and Wales in the same edition.

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