MANCHESTER, England, November 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ —

Bradley Wiggins is the odds on favourite with bookmakers Betfred to win the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award.

The short list of twelve was announced with all the money so far for cyclist Bradley Wiggins.

Betfred spokesman Mark Pearson:

„It’s been quite an unbelievable year of sport but Bradley Wiggins is the punters’ choice to ride off with the award. Not only was he the first Brit to win the Tour de France, just 10 days later he stormed to another Olympic gold.”

BBC Sports Personality

2/5 Bradley Wiggins

9/2 Mo Farah

9/1 Andy Murray

12/1 Jessica Ennis

33/1 David Weir

66/1 Ellie Simmonds

100/1 Rory Mcilroy

100/1 Chris Hoy

200/1 Nicola Adams

200/1 Ben Ainslie

200/1 Katherine Grainger

300/1 Sarah Storey

Prices subject to fluctuation and available at http://www.betfred.com