Online Cycling Betting »

Ever since the success of Team GB at the Beijing Olympics, bookmakers have had to cope with an increased interest in cycling betting. Cyclists have also become fully-fledged celebrities, proving that the sport is now appealing to the masses like never before. Lance Armstrong’s triumphant haul of five Tour de France Yellow Jerseys was made all the more noteworthy due to his much publicised health problems.

Olympic cycling events are split into four main categories. These are track cycling, road cycling, mountain biking and BMX, with bookmakers offering a variety of markets for each. Most markets are spread across track and road cycling, which are split into sprint and endurance races. Team cycling differs slightly in that it involves multiple cyclists sharing the burden, and so is an interesting event to look at in terms of cycling betting. The other main event in the cycling calendar is the Tour de France which, along with the Giro D’Italia and the Vuelta De Espana, makes up the three Grand Tours of European road cycling.