who is favorite for tour de france
Nairo Quintana is a five-star favorite to win the Tour de France.Doug Pensinger/Getty Images. The world's premier bicycle race, the Tour de France, starts July 4, and there are four big favorites to win it. Three of them have won the Tour before: Spain's Alberto Contador, in 2007 and 2009; Kenyan-born UK rider Chris Froome, in 2013; and Italy's Vincezno Nibali, the defending champion. The fourth favorite has never won the race: Colombia's Nairo Quintana.