The 95th Tour de France starts on Saturday, winding a course from stage one in Brest covering 3554km to the famous finish on the Champs Elysees in Paris on July 27th. Twenty teams will compete across 21 stages, including a diversion into Italy for two days.

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The 2007 winner, Alberto Contador, and third-placed, Levi Leipheimer, won't be competing have signed for the banned Astana Team, while Tom Boonen, last year's Green Jersey winner, is also excluded after a positive cocaine test in May. The race is still over-shadowed by the ongoing doping scandal in cycling, but the show will go on.

In the absence of Contador and Leipheimer, the 2007 runner-up Cadel Evans from Australia is a clear favorite riding for the Silence-lotto team. Russian, Denis Menchov, with a good climbing pedigree, and sixth in 2006 tour including a stage win, is also a popular bet, having decided not to defend his 2007 Vuelta a Espana title.

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The Tour de France is regarded as the toughest sporting event in the world, compared to completing consecutive marathons for the duration of the race. Riders burn up to 9,000 calories a day in the Alps and Pyrenees, four times the recommended daily male adult intake. Bettors however, can take it easy at , with Tour markets priced up to 60% better than the opposition.

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