{"id":21036,"date":"2013-07-10T11:37:07","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T09:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/porte-gives-it-his-all-for-tours-time-trial\/"},"modified":"2013-07-10T11:37:07","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T09:37:07","slug":"porte-gives-it-his-all-for-tours-time-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/porte-gives-it-his-all-for-tours-time-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Porte gives it his all for Tour\u2019s time trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ready for battle: Australian cyclist Richie Porte is gunning for a strong time-trial ride. Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Even though Richie Porte\u2019s<\/a> podium finish hopes in the Tour de France<\/a> have been dashed, he will still give it his all in the Stage 11 individual time trial today.<\/p>\n

Porte\u2019s Sky team<\/a> want him to throw his all into the time trial on an undulating 33 kilometre course from Avranches to Mont Saint-Michel.<\/p>\n

A good result will do wonders for the Australian\u2019s morale following his massive time loss suffered in Sunday\u2019s second stage in the Pyrenees<\/a> from Saint Girons to Bagneres de Bigorre.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s hard for him to go slow, so I think he\u2019ll go fast. It\u2019s good for his morale. If you consider that if he hadn\u2019t had lost time on Sunday then he\u2019d need to do this time trial full gas.<\/p>\n

So he\u2019s training for this. Plus, it\u2019s hard to tell him, \u2018Richie, go slow\u2019,\u201d Sky sports director Nicolas Portal said. \u2013 SMH<\/a><\/p>\n

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