MANCHESTER, England, July 1, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- On-line sports betting (http://www.betfred.com/) 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 inRotterdam with the formidable defending champion Alberto Contador the 4/9favourite to make it a hat-trick of titles.

Second in the betting is the powerful Andy Schleck from Luxemburg, whoalways 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 aimingto 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 famouslyfinishes on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday the 25th July.

Courtesy of Betfred.com (http://www.betfred.com/) you could be soaking up the atmosphere at the finish in Grandstand seats on the Champs-Elysees with full hospitality. To qualify for our random draw all you have to do is place a bet of GBP25 or more on one of our Tour de France markets and you could win two VIP tickets for the final stage plus GBP500 pounds.

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

Commentary will also be available athttp://content.betfred.com/landingpages/cycling.html so you won't miss any ofthe action.

        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

Contact: Mark Pearson; mark.pearson@betfred.com