Ready for battle: Australian cyclist Richie Porte is gunning for a strong time-trial ride. Photo: Getty Images
Even though Richie Porte’s podium finish hopes in the Tour de France have been dashed, he will still give it his all in the Stage 11 individual time trial today.
Porte’s Sky team want him to throw his all into the time trial on an undulating 33 kilometre course from Avranches to Mont Saint-Michel.
A good result will do wonders for the Australian’s morale following his massive time loss suffered in Sunday’s second stage in the Pyrenees from Saint Girons to Bagneres de Bigorre.
“I think it’s hard for him to go slow, so I think he’ll go fast. It’s good for his morale. If you consider that if he hadn’t had lost time on Sunday then he’d need to do this time trial full gas.
So he’s training for this. Plus, it’s hard to tell him, ‘Richie, go slow’,” Sky sports director Nicolas Portal said. – SMH
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