SPOTY is a good betting market but it tilts me that somebody can achieve so much and people want to talk about winning SPOTY.
Tour De France win - amazing achievement
Gold Medal at 3rd consecutive olympics and most decorated british olympian of all time - amazing achievements
Winning Spoty - a little pat on the back

Problem is how fit Cancellara is.  I have backed Tony Martin but no idea if it is the best approach but just don't know enough to find a rag.  think it is an event where you just have to have a bet though as wiggins must be too short and Cancellara is now opposable.  No doubt there is a really good long odds bet though.  Even half tempted by Froome.

I guess my knowledge of cycling is < than yours.

FWIW I decided to back Martin too.

Hoping Wiggins wins it but had a nibble on Vinokourov and may do Van Garderen too (he's only available on betfair so need to check he will line up)
If Martin and Cancellara aren't right after their injuries then medal positions might be relatively open.

Sir Bradley Wiggins to start the gold rush tomorrow.

Chad's dad seems a good bloke. Great moment for us to see. WP bbc

Getting sick of the biased coverage.

The Chinese divers who won gold were incred.

Headline? "Tom Daley comes 4th".

Just trying to get used to your humour, here...that's a joke, right?

Most people don't know who the "other bloke" is, let alone who the Chinese divers are.

The press have to appeal to a public who can't point to Glasgow on a map of the UK, who consider the XFactor good entertainment and who voted for The Only Way Is Essex to win a BAFTA.

Not at all.

I think the Olympics should be a celebration of excellnce in sport.

By all means cheer on the Brits while they've got a chance of winning, but give the winners the plaudits, not the also rans.

Got to agree here.,
Go more mental than ever when we do something but I watched swimming the other day and they were saying how well we'd done to come 7th when somebody had smashed the field.

Devo'ed for the gymnasts. Amazing performance though. Silver would have been amazing.

Well that was a damp squib. Wiggins price can't go shorter for now

He can be laid at 1.65 now!
Not sure when he got that short.

His closest rival for Wednesday's Time Trial had a big crash towards the end of the race. Went to hospital after with a suspected broken collarbone. I imagine that's when it happened.
Cancellara said it isn't broken but he's in lots of pain. 50/50 to ride the TT and even if he does he can't be in the best shape.
World Champion Tony Martin didn't finish the race in an attempt to save himself for the TT.
Hopefully Wiggo hasn't killed himself and can win on Wednesday.

I hope so too

Not a bit worried though? Mrs Wiggins on twitter said during the race she could tell he was having to gut it out, being left chasing on his own once Froome fell away and Stannard was spent, from 15km out

Yes worried. I backed him to do TdF and Olympic Gold double. More importantly this is for his 4th Gold Medal in his 3rd discipline (and I think I read it would make him the most decorated British Olympian*). It's absolutely huge.
I'm not an expert in recovery but I'd imagine if there is one thing that gets your body used to quick recovery it's a Tour.


*Hoy also able to match this in 2012

Well that was a damp squib. Wiggins price can't go shorter for now

He can be laid at 1.65 now!
Not sure when he got that short.

His closest rival for Wednesday's Time Trial had a big crash towards the end of the race. Went to hospital after with a suspected broken collarbone. I imagine that's when it happened.
Cancellara said it isn't broken but he's in lots of pain. 50/50 to ride the TT and even if he does he can't be in the best shape.
World Champion Tony Martin didn't finish the race in an attempt to save himself for the TT.
Hopefully Wiggo hasn't killed himself and can win on Wednesday.

HE'S SAYING JENAS IS GAY

I think WillHill went 5/4 Cavendish yesterday. If that appeared again it would be value.

I'm going with Sagan ew at 13/2 with PP. He won't suffer on the hill and I think he can go from further out with EBH, Cancellara, Gilbert etc but also compete in the bunch sprint with Greipel Cav and Goss.

Thanks.

You prefer Sagan EW @ 13/2 to a Cav win @ 5/4?

I have no idea about this, but instinctively, & no doubt wrongly, I lean towards the 13/2 shot.

I'm going to be Offline for an hour, will muse further when I return. 10am start, I gather.

PS - Cav currently best priced 10/11.

http://www.oddschecker.com/olympics/cycling/mens/road-race/winner

Yeh prefer Sagan EW but I'm not a finely tuned betting machine. I take stuff into account that shouldn't matter.
For example if Cav wins I'll be delighted. I'll happily do my dough and wouldn't need a penny on him to be ecstatic whether he goes off 10/11 or 5/4.
I think the place part of the Sagan bet is really good value and the man is a machine so happy for him to carry my money but knowing I'll be cheering for Cav and he could be a bit of compensation if Cav doesn't do it. Everyone will be riding against Cav and GB and splitting their teams between break and peleton forcing GB to do all the work. They did it in the Worlds but had more men. Can see Stannard absolutely burying himself today.

I think WillHill went 5/4 Cavendish yesterday. If that appeared again it would be value.

I'm going with Sagan ew at 13/2 with PP. He won't suffer on the hill and I think he can go from further out with EBH, Cancellara, Gilbert etc but also compete in the bunch sprint with Greipel Cav and Goss.

Amazing show. Loved the ring being made and Mr Bean.
Need to work on a way of getting 104 nations into a stadium quicker though but nothing they could do about that really.
Great start - pressure on Cav to get the Golds rolling

Cav edges Greipel for the road race if it's a sprint which it should be as GB are so strong. Sagan wins it if not.

What's up with paying for pompey players? Wednesday linked with Norris but I don't understand it. Is it not worth waiting 2 weeks and seeing if they are free?

The moment you put a goalkeeper up front instead of a striker you are GATG imo