Vuelta a Espana Betting: Discover the Best Underdog Picks

While Sepp Kuss and Jonas Vingegaard are the early favorites for the 2024 Vuelta a Espana, there’s always room for surprises in Vuelta a Espana betting.

2024 Vuelta a Espana Underdogs Picks
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Sepp Struss and Primoz Roglic project as next month’s Vuelta a Espana favorites.

Beating Struss or Roglic for the red jersey, which goes to the general classification winner at the Vuelta, will be difficult to accomplish.

However, there are a few underdogs that can get it done.

Which cyclists have the best shots of taking down Struss and Roglic?

Check out analysis, and underdog picks for the 2024 Vuelta a Espana so that when cycling odds land, you’re ready.

Writer’s Picks for the Vuelta a Espana Underdog Picks

Top Dog: Jao Almeida

UAE Team Emirates’s top cyclist, Tadej Pogacar, said he’s likely to skip the Vuelta.

Pogacar had a fantastic Tour de France, winning the yellow jersey while holding off Jonas Vingegaard.

Without Pogacar, UAE Team Emirates is likely to lean on Almeida who finished fourth in France at the Tour de France in July.

Almeida is just 25, which means he has tremendous upside.

If you’re looking to beat Struss and Roglic, backing Almeida will make sense.

It will especially make sense because the odds will be fair.

Second Underdog Choice: Richard Carapaz

Ecuadorian cyclist Richard Carapaz is another with a shot.

Carapaz had a decent Tour de France, winning Stage 17, winning the Mountains classification jersey, and holding the yellow jersey after Stage 3.

Carapaz’s Vuelta a Espana record isn’t bad.

He finished fourteenth in 2022 and didn’t compete last year.

In 2020, Carapaz finished second.

The Ecuadorian is another to put on your list as a possible upsetter to win the 2024 Vuelta a Espana.

Third Underdog Choice: Lenny Martinez

At just 21 years old, Lenny Martinez has tremendous upside.

The third choice to send Struss and Roglic home without the red jersey may be turning into a Vuelta a Espana specialist.

No doubt, Martinez has a long way to go to beat even the top two choices on this underdog list.

But he could make a big time move at this year’s Vuelta after finishing twenty-fourth last year, his first try for the red jersey.

Martinez held the red jersey from Stages 6 through 7 at last year’s Vuelta a Espana.

He held the white jersey, which goes the best young rider in the race, from stages 6 through 9.

If he can keep up momentum for the later stages, who knows? The odds are going to be tremendous.

So consider a small play on Lenny once oddsmakers set a line.

Top Underdogs at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana

Wout van Aert
Jao Almeida
Andreas Kron
Adam Yates
Kaden Groves
Mikel Landa
Richard Carapaz
Lenny Martinez
Nairo Quintana

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