One of the pre-race favorites, he failed to finish, dropping out after 17 miles.

Teuscher is one of the pre-race favorites in the 200-meter individual medley.

Hushovd was again named as a pre-race favorite for the season's third monument, Paris-Roubaix.

He was the pre-race favorite for the May 5 Kentucky Derby.

He qualified near the front several times, including second in 1983, and was often a pre-race favorite.

One of the pre-race favorites, the American cat Play Station, was forced to retire altogether.

MacArthur and Golding are on most insiders' lists of pre-race favorites.

In 1983, Meyer was the pre-race favorite.

A group of pre-race favorites (with Armstrong the notable absence) finished the stage as the first group on the road.

Other news outlets also referred to Basso as the pre-race favorite.