Tour de France betting – Mark Cavendish fancied for stage three victory Visit Betfair Save For Later Posted by Bettingpro Staff 4 Jul 2011 Tweet Mark Cavendish (credit: Wikipedia) Related Articles See all Tour de France news Share it Pin It The third stage of the 2011 Tour de France takes place on Monday as the riders embark on the 198km leg from Olonne-sur-Mer to Redon.Bet with Betfair on the Tour de France and get £25 free.Five seconds separated the top five teams in Sunday's time trial. Sky, our 12.0 pick, were fastest through the first checkpoint, giving us a chance to lay off them for profit, and finished third, exceeding the expectations of a market that made them 2.9 for a top-three finish.Alberto Contador's Saxo Bank were eighth, 28 seconds back. That is roughly what the market expected of them and the Spaniard's overall win price has not moved much from yesterday. A trip to the Court of Arbitration for Sport awaits him next month, but he won't take his eyes off the prize of a seventh consecutive grand tour. Not least because his team manager, Bjarne Riis, would not allow it. Now is the time to back him.The third stage of this year's Tour is the first one for the sprinters. For 'sprinters', read 'Mark Cavendish'. The Manx Missile is the 1.9 favourite to win today.Cavendish is naturally fast - probably because he has lots of fast-twitch fibres in his muscle make-up - and naturally ambitious. He has won 15 Tour stages in the last three years and, if he keeps winning five a year, then he will pass Eddy Merckx's all-time record of 34 wins on the Champs-Elysees in 2014.Sea winds might split the peloton into echelons before the sprint finish, but Cavendish will be well protected by his HTC team mates. He has been jumped by some of his rivals in the very early stages of previous Tours - his first wins in 2008 and 2010 were not until stage five - but that has happened already this year - in Saturday's intermediate sprint - and, after a crash ruined his "freestyling" assault on stage one, his motivation is total.RecommendationsBest Bet: Back Mark Cavendish @ 1.90 to be Stage WinnerRecommended Bet: Back Alberto Contador @ 2.66 to be Tour de France 2011 Winner Read our Betfair review £20 risk-free bet plus £1000 cashback Like Like Post to wall 502 Reads All Cycling News Recent Cycling Articles 2012 Tour De France Odds – Wiggins backed for maiden win23 May 2012Coral bookmakers have cut the price of Bradley Wiggins winning the Tour de France. Further support sees Wiggins cut for first Tour De France win04 Apr 2012Coral bookmakers have cut the price of Bradley Wiggins winning the Tour de France to 3-1, after the Bradley Wiggins 9/2 to win 2012 Tour de France11 Mar 2012Bradley Wiggins is available at 9/2 with Ladbrokes to win Tour de France after Paris-Nice victory Alberto Contador set for Tour de France comeback after ban06 Feb 2012Alberto Contador is a 5/4 chance with Ladbrokes to win the 2013 Tour de France and 4/7 to be crowne 2012 Tour de France odds18 Oct 2011With the 2012 Tour de France route said to favour Bradley Wiggins, William Hill have shortened his Mark Cavendish 9/2 to win World Cycling Championships24 Sep 2011Mark Cavendish won the green points jersey at the Tour de France and is now looking for more glory More Stories Recent Articles Argentinos Juniors v Banfield live streaming25 May 2012Argentinos Juniors take on lowly Banfield in Argentina's top flight on Saturday evening. Jeonbuk v Suwon Live Streaming - K-League25 May 2012Suwon Samsung Blue Wings will be looking to extend their lead at the top of the K-League when they BMW PGA Championship scores - Luke Donald 5/2 as James Morrison leads by 425 May 2012James Morrison leads the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth by four shots after two rounds – but is England starting team v Norway in Euro 2012 warm-up game25 May 2012Andy Carroll and Robert Green will both start England’s Euro 2012 warm-up friendly against Norway i Republic of Ireland starting team to play Bosnia & Herzegovina25 May 2012Sunderland winger James McClean will make his first senior start for the Republic of Ireland agains Aviva Premiership Grand Final Team News25 May 2012Leicester Tigers and Harlequins have both named their teams for Saturday’s sold out Aviva Premiersh More Stories Tags Alberto Contador, Mark Cavendish, Stage Three Betting, Tour De France Betting, Tour De France Stage Three
