Richie Porte
_-_troisi%C3%A8me_%C3%A9tape_du_Tour_de_Romandie_2010.jpg) Richie Porte at the 2010 Tour de Romandie. |
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| Full name | Richard Julian Porte | ||
| Nickname | Tasmanian Devil Fish |
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| Born | 30 January 1985 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
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| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Weight | 63 kg (140 lb; 9.9 st) | ||
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| Current team | Team Sky | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Rider type | GC rider/Time Trialist | ||
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| 2009 | Bedogni Grassi Natalini | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2008–2009 2010–2011 2012– |
Praties Team Saxo Bank Team Sky |
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| Infobox last updated on 9 March 2012 |
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Richard Julian "Richie" Porte[1] (born 30 January 1985 in Launceston, Tasmania) is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on Team Sky.[2] In his first year at ProTour level, Porte won the young rider classification at the 2010 Giro d'Italia, and featured prominantly in the general classification at several stage races. The arrival of Alberto Contador at Saxo Bank-SunGard in 2011 meant Porte played a supporting role, helping his leader to overall victory in the Giro, which was later removed from Contador by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Porte moved to Team Sky for the 2012 season, and quickly made an impact, winning the Volta ao Algarve.[3]
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[edit] Career
[edit] Early career
Porte started cycling in 2006 when he was 21 years of age. He comes from a triathlon background, having competed in the sport since 2003. He raced with a Tasmanian UCI Continental team, Praties, in 2008 and 2009, and under the eye of Andrea Tafi on the Monsummanese Grassi Mapei amateur Italian team in 2009.
[edit] Saxo Bank
His performance at the 2009 Baby Giro, where he won the individual time trial, brought him to the attention of the professional teams and at the end of the season, Porte signed a two year contract with Team Saxo Bank. His coach at Team Saxo Bank was a fellow Australian, Bradley McGee. McGee is a former professional cyclist and world track champion, who won an Olympic gold medal in 2004 and 3 Grand Tour stages.[4]
His best achievement to date is finishing seventh overall and winning the Young Rider Jersey competition in the 2010 Giro d'Italia. This was by a margin of 7 minutes and 29 seconds over Robert Kišerlovski, cementing his place as a rider for the future. He also led the race during stages 11–13 and thus wore the "Maglia Rosa" leaders jersey. Porte narrowly missed out on the bronze medal in the Elite Men's Time Trial at the 2010 UCI Road World Championships, held in the Australian city of Geelong; he finished in fourth place, six and a half seconds down on third-place finisher, Germany's Tony Martin.
The 2011 season brought less individual success for Porte, although he was the main domestique for Alberto Contador in his overall victory in the Giro D'Italia, and less successful Tour de France (Contador was later stripped of his Giro win). Porte won Stage 5 of the Denmark Rundt in August 2011.
[edit] Team Sky
Porte joined Team Sky ahead of the 2012 season.[2] In January 2012, Porte competed in his national championships in Buninyong and Learmonth, where he finished third in the road race,[5] and placed fifth in the individual time trial several days later.[6] In February 2012, Porte took the lead of the Volta ao Algarve after winning the race's queen stage, the summit finish at the Alto do Malhão in Loulé.[7] He held the lead until the end of the race, eventually finishing 37 seconds clear of defending race winner, Tony Martin.[3]
[edit] Palmarès
- 2006
- 3rd Stage 11 Tour of the Murray River
- 2007
- 1st Overall Tour of Bright
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stage 2
- 2008
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Wellington
- 1st Overall Tour de Perth
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st Overall Tour of Tasmania
- 1st Stage 7
- 1st Stage 9
- 2009
- 1st Stage 2 Giro del Friuli-Venezia-Giulia
- 1st Stage 4 Baby Giro d'Italia
- 1st GP Citta di Felino[1]
- 3rd National Championships Individual Time Trial
- 3rd Coppa della Pace
- 2010
- 1st Stage 3 ITT Tour de Romandie
- 4th Overall Tour of Britain
- 4th Overall Eneco Tour
- 4th UCI Road World Championships Time Trial
- 7th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st
Young Rider Jersey - Held
Jersey held from Stage 11–13
- 1st
- 10th Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2011
- 1st Stage 4 ITT Vuelta a Castilla y León[N 1]
- 1st Stage 5 Post Danmark Rundt
- 6th UCI Road World Championships – Time Trial
- 2012
- 1st
Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stage 3
- 3rd National Road Race Championships
[edit] Notes and references
- Notes
- ^ Retroactively awarded after Alberto Contador's results were disqualified following his backdated two-year ban in February 2012.[8][9]
- References
- ^ a b "Porte wins GP Felino". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 11 August 2009. http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gp-citta-di-felino-1-2/results. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- ^ a b Gallagher, Brendan (7 September 2011). "Team Sky sign Richie Porte from Saxo Bank-Sungard". The Daily Telegraph (Telegraph Media Group). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/8746413/Team-Sky-sign-Richie-Porte-from-Saxo-Bank-Sungard.html. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ a b Benson, Daniel (19 February 2012). "Wiggins rounds off Sky's dominance in Algarve". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-ao-algarve-2012/stage-5-itt/results. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ Porte secures white jersey and likely top eight finish
- ^ "Richie Porte accepts that last year was part of the learning curve". The Australian. Australian Associated Press (News Limited). 10 January 2012. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/richie-porte-accepts-that-last-year-was-part-of-the-learning-curve/story-fn8sc2wz-1226240275771. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Aubrey, Jane; Hinds, Alex (10 January 2012). "Under 23 world champion Durbridge ousts Meyer in Learmonth". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/mars-cycling-australia-road-national-championships-2012/elite-mens-time-trial/results. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Hymas, Peter (17 February 2012). "Porte prevails on Alto do Malhão mountain finish". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-ao-algarve-2012/stage-3/results. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
- ^ "New winners emerge from Contador's suspension". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 7 February 2012. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/new-winners-emerge-from-contadors-suspension. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "Vuelta a Castilla y Leon (ESP), 16 Apr 2011 - Stage 4 (ITT): Zamora - Zamora". Union Cycliste Internationale. Infostrada Sports. http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=102&CompetitionID=20645&EditionID=646547&SeasonID=480&ClassID=1&GenderID=1&EventID=12146&EventPhaseID=0&Phase1ID=660500&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=-1&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
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