July 2009 - Tour De France
Tour de France Betting: Stage 15
Tobias Gourlay chases the grimpeurs into Switzerland....
Tour De France Betting: He couldn't, could he?
Jack Houghton is in a rich vein of tipping form and a win for Lance Armstrong would be the real icing on the cake. But moving away from betting for just a minute, it is...
Tour de France Betting: Stage 14
Today's stage is all about the green jersey, reckons Tobias Gourlay....
Tour de France Betting: Stage 13
They are not the Pyrenees or the Alps, but the Vosges mountains make for tough stages, warns Tobias Gourlay....
Tour de France Betting: Stage 12
Mark Cavendish has matched his four stage wins of last year, and Tobias Gourlay thinks he can go one better today....
The Betfair Contrarian: Why Alberto Contador won't win the Tour de France
One of the Contrarian's many mottos is to always beware sports that involve mountains, but for this year's Tour de France he'll make an exception, as the bickering is just too appealing......
Tour de France Betting: Stage 11
Tobias Gourlay clings on to Mark Cavendish's back wheel....
Tour de France Betting: Stage 10
Revived by yesterday's rest-day, Tobias Gourlay is fighting fit as Le Tour approaches the halfway mark....
Tour de France Betting: Stage Nine
For the 77th time in history, Tour riders are expected to ascend the Col du Tourmalet. Tobias Gourlay feels for them....
Tour de France Betting: Stage Eight
Tobias Gourlay sees today's stage as a chance for a lesser light to shine....
Tour de France Betting: Stage Seven
Today's mountain stage should tell us a lot about Armstrong and Contador, says Tobias Gourlay...
Tour De France Betting: Armstrong has shown he is a true leader - now back him!
Jack Houghton thinks the seven-time winner is a serious contender for Tour success....
Tour de France Betting: Stage Six
Tobias Gourlay follows Le Tour into Spain, where opportunities for a breakaway abound....
Tour de France Betting: Stage Five
Another flat stage, another Mark Cavendish victory, presumes Tobias Gourlay...
Tour de France Betting: Stage Four
Lance is up to third. Astana are favourites for today's Team Time-Trial. Will the great man be in yellow this evening, wonders Tobias Gourlay...
Tour de France Betting: Stage Three
Yesterday's textbook victory sees Mark Cavendish go odds-on for another stage win today, advises Tobias Gourlay...
Tour de France Betting: Stage Two
Tobias Gourlay looks forward to what he expects will be the first bunch sprint of the 2009 Tour de France....
Tour de France Betting: Stage One
Tobias Gourlay ponders the outcome of today's opening time-trial in Monaco....
Tour de France Betting: Green Jersey Preview
Tobias Gourlay straps in for an exciting points competition in this year's Tour de France....
Tour de France Betting: Polka-Dot Jersey Preview
The Tour de France needs clean winners as much as any opponent of Roger Federer. Tobias Gourlay hopes there might be one in this year's King of the Mountains competition....
Tour de France Betting: Yellow Jersey Preview
Tobias Gourlay gears up for the summer's most arduous sporting event with a look at who might be wearing the maillot jaune in Paris in three weeks' time....
Tour de France Betting: Can Armstrong's body match his mind?
With Lance Armstrong joining a team more star-studded than Hollywood Boulevard, the Tour De France makes for a ridiculously complicated betting puzzle, says Jack Houghton. However, the place markets are ripe for some pre-race picks....