{"title":"Cycling Betting \u0026 Cycling Odds | BetVictor","description":"Bet on Cycling with BetVictor for a great selection of Cycling Betting Markets \u0026 Cycling Odds ✓ Cycling Betting Odds ✓ Cycling Betting ✓ Offers 18+ \r\n\r\n","custom_path":"/en-gb/sports/967300","heading":"Cycling Betting Odds","heading_tag":"h1","nofollow":false,"noindex":false,"has_custom_schema":true,"schema_json":[{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","item":{"@id":"https://www.betvictor.com/en-gb","name":"Online Betting Site"},"position":1},{"@type":"ListItem","item":{"@id":"https://www.betvictor.com/en-gb/sports","name":"Sports Betting Odds \u0026 Markets"},"position":2},{"@type":"ListItem","item":{"@id":"https://www.betvictor.com/en-gb/sports/967300","name":"Cycling Betting Odds"},"position":3}]}],"has_toc":false,"alternate_languages":[],"copy_sections":[{"toc_title":"Cycling Betting \u0026 Odds","title":"\u003ch2 class=\"bvs-h2\"\u003eCycling Betting \u0026amp; Odds\u003c/h2\u003e","content":"\u003cp\u003eStay ahead of the race here at BetVictor, for when it comes to betting on cycling we provide you with a wide range of cycling odds throughout the year.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the best action on two wheels, whether through desktop and mobile sites or via our BetVictor App, we’ll bring you all the top cycling betting markets from the biggest cycling events across the world, including Tour de France betting and all your favourite cycling betting odds \u0026amp; markets.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"toc_title":"Cycling Overview","title":"\u003ch2 class=\"bvs-h2\"\u003eCycling Overview\u003c/h2\u003e","content":"\u003cp\u003eCompetitive cycling is gruelling, exciting and packed full of feats of human sporting excellence. When it comes to road cycling, the Tour de France might be the biggest name, but it’s no means the only important race in the calendar.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoad cycling has three Grand Tours. The \u003ca href=\"https://www.betvictor.com/en-gb/sports/967300/meetings/447616010/all\"\u003eTour de France\u003c/a\u003e, Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España. With each tour lasting a gruelling three weeks, there’s plenty of thrills, spills, crashes, climbs and sprints along the way.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn top of that, there’s also cycling’s one-day classics, including Milan-San Remo, Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the cycling action doesn’t begin and end with road racing. For the Olympics and World Championships, we’ll be travelling inside the velodrome with events including Omnium, Madison, Team Pursuit, Keirin and Time Trial.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"toc_title":"History of Cycling","title":"\u003ch2 class=\"bvs-h2\"\u003eHistory of Cycling\u003c/h2\u003e","content":"\u003cp\u003eThe first competitive cycling event was a 1,200 metre race held in 1868 at the Parc of Saint-Cloud, Paris and was won by an Englishman, Dr. James Moore and his bicycle with solid rubber tyres.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tour de France was first founded in 1903 as the “race to end all races” taking over from the previous city to city road races held across Europe, as the premier cycling event. Unsurprisingly, France and Belgium dominated the tour in its early years with a few Italian cyclists also breaking through.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpanish dominance began in the early 90s, to be followed by total US dominance from the late 90s, which was later overshadowed by the Lance Armstrong controversy. Great Britain and Team Sky have been the ones to beat in recent Tours, with Chris Froome taking the yellow jersey three times in a row, as well as a win apiece from Bradley Wiggins and Geraint Thomas.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside the velodrome, it was all about Team GB at Beijing 2008, London 2012, and Rio 2016 with 19 gold medals on the track across the three Olympic Games.\u003c/p\u003e"},{"toc_title":"Cycling Betting Markets","title":"\u003ch2 class=\"bvs-h2\"\u003eCycling Betting Markets\u003c/h2\u003e","content":"\u003cp\u003eAt BetVictor, we’ll have a range of cycling bets on offer from the Olympics and World Championships. You can also enjoy In-Play markets along with Outright Winner Betting markets for the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana and all the one-day classics throughout the cycling calendar.\u0026nbsp;\u003cbr\u003e\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e"}]}