Tour de France rest-day wrap-up Visit Betfair Save For Later Posted by Bettingpro Staff 11 Jul 2011 Tweet Alberto Contador (credit: Wikipedia) Related Articles See all Tour de France news Share it Pin It Monday is rest day at the 2011 Tour de France, a chance for the riders to catch their breath following a dramatic nine days.Bet with Betfair on the 2011 Tour de France and get £25 free.With nine stages done and dusted we have already seen some big names withdraw; Wiggins, Vinokourov, Horner, Brajkovic and Van Den Broek, just to name a few, and all due to crashes.The battle for the yellow Jersey will heat up during stage 12 when the race enters the Pyrenees, and with quite a few of the overall contenders now out of the race, the hunt for the yellow jersey looks a little like this...Cadel Evans: Hasn't put a foot wrong so far, has been in all the right positions and looks to be in career best form.Andy Schleck: Trails Evans by just 11 seconds, which is nothing when the race hits the high mountains. He's probably the most natural climber at the Tour, but his time trialing is still a question mark.Frank Schleck: Hasn't missed a beat either, and is only three seconds behind Evans. Like his brother he is a natural climber, but there is an even bigger question mark over his time trialing ability.Alberto Contador: Has probably had the worst start to a grand tour in his whole career due to crashes. and consequently now trails Evans by 1:41. By no means write him off though. He has won every grand tour he has competed in, which includes three Tour De Frances, two Tour of Italy's and a Tour of Spain. He is still the man.Ivan Basso: The Italian has gone almost unnoticed, but only trails the current leader by 1:03. He knows how to win a Grand Tour and skipped his home Tour this year in order to put all of his focus into the Grand Boucle. He could be the smokey. Read our Betfair review £20 risk-free bet plus £1000 cashback Like Like Post to wall 334 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, Andy Schleck, Cadel Evans, Ivan Basso, Tour De France, Tour De France Latest News
