The bookies now have Bob Jungels as the favourite to win Tirreno-Adriatico

BetFred have both Bob Jungels and Tejay van Garderen at 5/2 to win Tirreno-Adriatico overall, but the BMC rider lost time on stage seven

Bob Jungels wins stage one of the Tour of Oman 2016 (Sunada)

(Image credit: Yuzuru SUNADA)

With the queen stage of Tirreno-Adriatico cancelled on Sunday, the relatively innocuous 10km time trial to conclude the race on Tuesday will now play a huge role in deciding the overall winner.

Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) won Monday's stage six to move into the overall lead by seven seconds over Zdenek Stybar (Etixx-Quick Step), but his time trialling is not up the standard of one of the other members of the top 10.

Bookmakers have Stybar's teammate Bob Jungels, the Luxembourg champion, as the joint favourite (5/2 with BetFred) to take the title, sitting 21 seconds down in fifth overall at the moment.

Van Avermaet's teammate Tejay van Garderen is also 5/2 for the overall title, but lost time in a crash five kilometres from the finish on stage six, so we wouldn't advise you put your money on him.

Last year, on the exact same 10km course in San Benedetto del Tronto, Fabian Cancellara smashed his way round in 11-23. Peter Sagan - who sits in third place, eight seconds down - was well out of the hunt for the classification last year and pootled round in 14-22, and was the slowest finisher. He will probably try harder this year, but the course isn't really to his suiting to overcome a deficit.

Van Avermaet, meanwhile, only lost 27 seconds to Cancellara so could pose more of a threat than the likes of Jungels would like.

Tirreno-Adriatico general classification odds (all with BetFred)

Bob Jungels (5/2)

Greg Van Avermaet (7/2)

Peter Sagan (4/1)

Zdenek Stybar (10/1)

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Stuart Clarke is a News Associates trained journalist who has worked for the likes of the British Olympic Associate, British Rowing and the England and Wales Cricket Board, and of course Cycling Weekly. His work at Cycling Weekly has focused upon professional racing, following the World Tour races and its characters.