Victoria Pendleton London 2012 Olympic Cycling Betting Odds

Pendleton leads a very strong GB Team at London 2012

Victoria Pendleton
Victoria Pendleton © GEPA pictures

Olympic Cycling betting should be a big feature on your calender for some patriotic Team GB betting at London 2012. This is one of the sports at which Great Britain should excel, and they brought home twelve medals from Beijing 2008, and seven of those were gold, dominating the sport. So hopefully good times will be repeating themselves in London 2012 Olympic cycling betting, and there are big names to look out for, as Britain goes for gold again. First of all, there are three different disciplines of cycling at the Olympics, Mountain Bike, Road and Track. It is the latter two where Britain’s men and women should be able to make a huge impact, in both the individual medal events and the team ones. So who are the big British names we should be looking out for in Olympic Betting odds on the women’s cylcing team?

Victoria Pendleton is back in action on the track and she will be in a tough battle alongside Australia’s Anna Meares. Pendleton has won eight world titles and she is the eminent force in British track cycling. She is the most successful British women ever in track cycling. She won the Olympic sprint gold in 2008 and should be on the podium at the conclusion this time. This is probably going to be her biggest test so far, and she goes in the Women’s Keirin and the Sprint, and is trading at 4/1 and 7/4 respectively with online bookmaker SkyBet in both of the events behind Anna Meares.

Odds on Laura Trott in Olympic Cycling betting has the British woman in as 6/4 favourite in the Omnium outright odds. The youngster was in fantastic form at the World Championships back in April, taking gold in the Omnium and the team Sprint. She has won medals all over the place and all of her senior medals have been gold. It is remarkable when you look at her medical problems she’s overcome to get to the top of her game. Definitely in with a big medal chance here and has been watched for. Out on the road, Emma Pooley is looking a very strong 5/2 in the Time Trial and there are two big medal hopes in the Road Race. Former track star Elizabeth Armistead is trading very well at a price of 11/2, and Olympic Champion Nicole Cooke is also in the field as well.

The Women’s Team sprint team defended their World Championship crown earlier in the year, and it was a big market laid down by the team, because it was in Australia’s back yard. The Aussies will throw up the biggest challenges to the British women, and even though they are the current World Champions, great Britain are third favourites at 9/4 in the Team Sprint behind Australian and Germany. In the Team Track Pursuit, there really should be a gold medal brought home by the women, as they have a much clearer advantage in this discipline than in the sprint. So much so, that Great Britain women are 1/3 at online bookmaker SkyBet in Olympic cycling odds to take the Team Pursuit gold.

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