Tour de France 2017 King of the Mountains betting Odds & Preview

Lack of summits keeps King of Mountain title wide open

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The Polka Dot Jersey signals who is the best rider in the mountains in a given edition of the Tour de France. Broken down simply, this is a points award for the rider that picks up the most points for reaching the mountain summits first. So you have a rider getting to the summit of a mountain first and there is points haul there for them and this will be based on the difficulty of the climb as well. The harder the climb, the more points are on offer.

Chris Froome notably won this one his way to winning the 2015 General Classification and it wasn’t something that he was aiming for particularly. This season things are a little different and a little more difficult to call because of the lack of summits. So with the lack of finishes at the top of a mountain in 2017 it throws the field a little wider open really, but Rafal Majka who won last year’s King of the Mountains classification is a good 11/2 punt at Coral because of his past success.

He is just one of the best climbers in the sport and he would be a better General Classification punt if he could land equally consistent rides across the rest of the stages. But Thibaut Pinot is trading as the 10/3 outright favourite and he will be a big threat for this minor award after coming in from the Giro d’Italia. Also as a good outside shot in such a shorted Kings of the Mountains battle this year, Nairo Quintana, also off the back of the Giro effort, could have a decent say in the battle at a price of 33/1.

Tour de France 2017 King of the Mountains betting odds

Thibaut Pinot 10/3, Rafal Majka 11/2, Pierre Rolland 9/1, Thomas De Gendt 11/1, John Darwin Atapuma 20/1, Johan Esteban Chaves 28/1, Nairo Quintana 33/1, Richie Porte 33/1, Chris Froome 29/1, Alberto Contador 28/1, Fabio Aru 33/1, Romain Bardet 33/1, Jakob Fuglsang 33/1, bar 40/1

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