The list of riders capable of taking a medal at the
Olympic men’s road race tomorrow is long, but there is a smaller group of those
who are fancied for victory.
The smart money is on the men who have just come out of the
Tour de France. They should have the edge, as long as they have recovered and
adapted to the time difference – all in little more than five days.
It won’t become clear until after tomorrow’s race whether
riders were able to adapt, and adapt sufficiently, to be at their best.
However, the bookmakers clearly believe the Grand Tour
men will excel on what is a very hilly course.
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Paddy Power has installed Tour winner Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia) as outright favourite, at 7/2 to win the race, while Belgian Wout van Aert is next at 5/1.
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Then comes Primoz
Roglic (Slovenia), who was a favourite for the Tour but who was forced to leave
the race very early due to crash injuries. He’s at 6/1, though his condition is
unknown because of his Tour exit.
Remco Evenepoel (Belgium) is next, at 9/1, followed by Joao Almeida (Portugal), at 12/1, and then Alejandro
Valverde (Spain) and Michael Woods Canada, who are 14/1.
Of the Irish, Dan
Martin is among a group of riders at 30/1 while Eddie Dunbar is 100/1 and
Nicolas Roche is 175/1.
Paddy Power's odds....
- Tadej Pogacar Slovenia 7/2
- Wout Van Aert Belgium 5/1
- Primoz Roglic Slovenia 6/1
- Remco Evenepoel Belgium 9/1
- Joao Almeida Portugal 12/1
- Alejandro Valverde Spain 14/1, Michael Woods Canada 14/1
- Maximilian Schachmann Germany 19/1
- Simon Yates Great Britain Richard Carapaz Ecuador, Gianni Moscon Italy, Jakob Fuglsang Denmark, Adam Yates Great Britain, Gino Mader Switzerland all 20/1
- Alexey Lutsenko Kazakhstan, Marc Hirschi Switzerland, Vincenzo Nibali Italy, Sergio Higuita Colombia, David Gaudu France, Dan Martin Ireland, Michal Kwiatkowski Poland all 30/1
- Giulio Ciccone Italy 40/1, Bauke Mollema Netherlands, Damiano Caruso Italy all 40/1
- Alberto Bettiol Italy 50/1
- Daniel Martinez Colombia, Patrick Konrad Austria, Omar Fraile Spain, Mauri Vansevant Belgium all 66/1
- Alexsandr Vlasov Russia, Rigoberto Uran Colombia, George Bennett New Zealand, Tom Dumoulin Netherlands all 70/1
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