Tour de France 2022 odds, field, predictions: Proven cycling expert locks in surprising picks, best bets
The 2022 Tour de France begins on Friday in Copenhagen, Denmark. Tadej Pogacar is the favorite, but he will have to fight off several challengers to win his third Tour. The runners-up from the last two years are Jonas Vingegaard and Primoz Roglic, 2018 champion Geraint Thomas and Russian Alexander Vlasov. Gene Menez has been following the Tour since the mid-1980s. He correctly predicted the winners of the yellow, green and white jerseys in 2019 and last year's white jersey.
Fabio Jakobsen is the favorite to win the Tour de France in 2022. Wout van Aert is not. Jakooben has won the green jersey in three stage races this year. He is also the fastest sprinter in the world.
Menez is sharing his picks for the 2022 Tour de France with SportsLine. He likes a rider who is in terrific form and a climber who's at nice odds to win the King of the Mountains jersey.
Tadej Pogacar is the current Tour de France favorite. Jonas Vingegaard is second favorite, Jonas Roglic third, Geraint Thomas fourth, Alexander Vlasov fifth, Ben O'Connor sixth, Adam Yates seventh, Nairo Quintana tenth, Jakob Fuglsang tenth.
