On line sports betting firm Betfred.com are offering a fantastic prize if you have a bet on this year’s Tour de France.

The world’s greatest cycling race starts on Saturday 3rd July  in Rotterdam with the formidable defending champion Alberto Contador the 4/9 favourite at Betfred to make it a hat-trick of titles.

Second in the betting is the powerful Andy Schleck from Luxemburg who always excels in the mountains, while seven times champion Lance Armstrong, now 38 years of age, is third favourite at 9/1.

The English challenge is led by Bradley Wiggins who at 20/1 is aiming to be the first ever British competitor to win cycling’s most gruelling race.

The race is run over 3600 kilometres and the Tour de France famously finishes on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on Sunday the 25th July.

Courtesy of Betfred.com you could be soaking up the atmosphere at the finish in Grandstand seats on the Champs-Élysées with full hospitality. To qualify for their random draw all you have to do is place a bet of £25 or more on one of their Tour de France markets and you could win two VIP tickets for the final stage plus £500 pounds.

Betfred.com have a number of special markets on the Tour de France and they will also be betting in play throughout the race including every stage.

Tour de France Outright
Contador, Alberto  4/9
Schleck, Andy  6/1
Armstrong, Lance  9/1
Basso, Ivan  16/1
Wiggins, Bradley  20/1
Evans, Cadel  20/1
Menchov, D  25/1
Schleck, Frank  25/1
Leipheimer, Levy  33/1
Gesink, Robert  33/1
Kreuziger, Roman  33/1
Sanchez, Samuel  40/1
Brajkovic, J  40/1
Sanchez, Luis Leon  66/1
Vinokourov, Alexander  66/1
Kloden, A  66/1
Vandevelde, Christian  66/1

Others 100/1 or above