The Tour de France gets underway in less than two weeks' time and there is still a question mark over whether defending champion Jonas Vingegaard will start the race.
Vingegaard suffered a fractured collarbone, punctured lung and broken ribs following a horror crash at the Tour of the Basque Country back in April.
Since then the Visma-Lease a Bike rider has been racing against the clock to return to fitness in time for the Tour de France.
Reports suggest that the Danish star will make the start on 29th June, but as things stand his team have yet to confirm this.
Even if he does make it, there will be doubts over whether he will have recovered enough to win his third Tour de France on the bounce.
To do that he would have to beat Tadej Pogacar, who looks to be on a different level from the rest of the peloton heading into the Tour de France.
Tadej Pogacar
UAE Team Emirates superstar Pogacar will be the man to beat, even if Vingegaard makes it to the start line of the Tour de France.
The Slovenian is 1.28 to win the GC (without Vingegaard) and has taken his level of performance to another level.
Pogacar is targeting the Giro d'Italia/Tour de France double and has already completed the first part of that mission.
He blew away the rest of the peloton to win the Giro with ease. Indeed, it looked as though Pogacar was able to take the foot off the gas in the final week and save some energy for the Tour de France.
As long as Pogacar avoids sickness and serious injury, he looks sure to go on and win the Tour de France.
Vingegaard is probably the only man who can stop him, but the Dane would have to be at his absolute best.
Primoz Roglic
Now riding with Bora Hansgrohe, Primoz Roglic is a contender to win the Tour de France but will need a lot to go his way.
Roglic has proven he is in good form after winning the Criterium du Dauphine, which was a huge improvement on his performance at Paris Nice.
The Slovenian will have a strong team around him, including Jai Hindley and Alexander Vlasov and can be backed at 8.00 to win the Tour de France (without Vingegaard).
Hindley, who has won the Giro d'Italia, is priced at 51.00 (without Vingegaard) and will take the role of team leader should anything happen to Roglic.
Remco Evenepoel
Remco Evenepoel is 13.00 (without Vingegaard) to win the Tour de France in what will be his first-ever appearance at the world's greatest bike race.
The Soudal Quickstep rider carries a huge weight of expectation on his shoulders as the whole of Belgium expects him to deliver.
However, he admitted that he was not at his best when finishing in seventh place on the general classification at the Criterium du Dauphine.
Maybe that was an attempt to play down expectations, but it is likely that Evenepoel does not have what it takes to win the Tour de France in 2024 unless others abandon.
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