Richard Julian Porte was born on 30 January 1985 and is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2022.
57 Facts About Richie Porte
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When he rides it is not uncommon to see Richie Porte wear a necklace of Tasmania, a homage to his home state.
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Richie Porte started dedicated cycling in 2006 when he was 21 years of age.
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Richie Porte comes from a triathlon background, having competed in the sport since 2003.
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Richie Porte raced with a Tasmanian UCI Continental team, Praties, in 2008 and 2009, taking fifth place in the 2008 Herald Sun Tour and winning the Tours of Perth and Tasmania.
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Richie Porte rose and under the eye of Andrea Tafi on the Monsummanese Grassi Mapei amateur Italian team in 2009, finishing tenth at the 2009 Tour de Langkawi.
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Richie Porte led the race during stages 11 to 13 and thus wore the pink jersey.
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Richie Porte narrowly missed out on the bronze medal in the time trial at the 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.
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Richie Porte then won the fourth stage at Vuelta a Castilla y Leon by virtue of Contador's disqualification.
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Richie Porte then placed third in the final stage time trial at the Giro d'Italia, and fourth in the final stage time trial at the Tour de France.
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Richie Porte then finished his season with sixth position in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships.
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In February 2012, Richie Porte took the lead of the Volta ao Algarve after winning the race's queen stage, the summit finish at the Alto do Malhao in Loule.
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Richie Porte held the lead until the end of the race, eventually finishing 37 seconds clear of defending race winner, Tony Martin.
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Richie Porte was a key member of the Sky teams that helped Wiggins go on to win the Tour de Romandie, the Criterium du Dauphine and the Tour de France.
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Richie Porte then rode the Vuelta a Espana in support of Chris Froome, and took second place on stage 20.
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Richie Porte won the final time trial on the Col d'Eze by 23 seconds over Talansky to seal overall victory by 55 seconds.
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Richie Porte's time was only four seconds short of the course record, set by Wiggins the previous year.
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Richie Porte was again given the lead of Team Sky for the Tour of the Basque Country.
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Richie Porte powered away in the final kilometres of stage five from a small group of elite riders, including race leader and teammate Sergio Henao, to claim the stage.
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Richie Porte returned to a supporting role for Chris Froome at the Tour de Romandie.
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Richie Porte helped Froome win the race and placed eighth overall himself in the process.
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Richie Porte sat fifth overall after the time trial on stage four, and on the following stage helped Froome take the race lead by setting a strong tempo to drop Rohan Dennis, before Froome attacked to win the stage.
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Richie Porte entered the Tour de France as super-domestique for Froome.
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Richie Porte was able to finish second on the stage, 51 seconds behind Froome, to rise to second overall.
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Richie Porte lost over ten minutes and dropped out of overall contention, although Froome managed to avoid time loss by fending off several attacks from Alejandro Valverde and Quintana.
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On stage 15, Richie Porte again provided the launch pad for Froome's victory on Mont Ventoux.
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Froome went on to comfortably win the Tour by four minutes, 20 seconds over Quintana with Richie Porte finishing 19th overall.
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Richie Porte won the penultimate fifth stage, finishing on Old Willunga Hill, and finished fourth in the general classification on the final stage.
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Richie Porte then followed up his result in the Tour Down Under with second overall at the Vuelta a Andalucia.
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Just before the Tour de France, Richie Porte revealed that he had beaten teammate Chris Froome's time on the famous Col de la Madone climb near to Monte Carlo.
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Richie Porte completed the climb in 29 minutes 40 seconds, besting Froome's time by 29 seconds.
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Richie Porte started the 2015 season with success, taking victory in the Australian National Time Trial Championships.
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Much like the previous season, Richie Porte took victory on the queen stage of the Tour Down Under at Old Willunga Hill resulting in a second place on the overall general classification.
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Richie Porte then returned to Europe at the Volta ao Algarve again taking victory on the queen stage to the summit finish of Malhao, this stage win succeeded in elevating Richie Porte to fourth overall on general classification behind teammate Geraint Thomas, as well as taking the win in the mountains classification.
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Richie Porte took a decisive stage victory on the Queen stage summit finish to Brentonico giving him a margin of 24 seconds to his closest rival, Mikel Landa.
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Richie Porte would carry the majority of this gap to the finish in Cles.
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Richie Porte was competitive during the first week of the race, and sat third overall after stage nine.
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Richie Porte initially lost 47 seconds to the peloton, but was then docked two minutes and fined 200 Swiss francs for accepting Clarke's wheel as this manoeuvre is illegal according to UCI rules, dropping him to 12th place overall.
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On stage 13, Richie Porte was involved in a crash 3.3 kilometres from the stage finish, and lost a further two minutes.
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Richie Porte played a key role in Froome's overall victory in that race, especially during the first mountain stage 10, where Porte not only made the final pull that allowed Froome to launch his decisive attack, but recovered to overtake the chasing Nairo Quintana and arrive second behind Froome, increasing the latter's lead over Quintana due to bonus seconds.
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Ahead of the 2016 season Richie Porte highlighted the Tour de France and the Olympic road race and time trial as his targets for the year.
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Richie Porte started his season strongly in Australia, finishing second to new teammate Rohan Dennis in the Australian National Time Trial Championships before going to the Tour Down Under, where he took his first victory in BMC colours by winning stage 5 to Willunga Hill for the third year in a row and finished second overall.
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Richie Porte targeted the Tour de France, but lost time early on with a mechanical problem on stage 2.
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Richie Porte rallied to perform well in the mountains and individual time trials, finishing fifth overall, his highest Grand Tour placing to that point.
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Richie Porte won the Tour de Romandie and finished 2nd in the Criterium du Dauphine.
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Richie Porte crashed out of the Tour de France on stage 9 while descending the Mont du Chat; he had been in an excellent position going into the high mountains being within about 30 seconds of the lead with only Dan Martin, Froome and Fabio Aru ahead of him.
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Richie Porte was ahead of most other favorites including Romain Bardet, Mikel Landa, Tom Dumoulin, Froome and Nairo Quintana.
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Richie Porte won the queen stage at the Tour Down Under, winning at Old Willunga Hill for the sixth successive year.
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Richie Porte finished the race in eleventh overall, nearly thirteen minutes behind race winner Egan Bernal.
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Richie Porte began the 2020 season by taking the lead midway through the Tour Down Under, but then Daryl Impey took a two-second advantage going into the final stage on Old Willunga Hill.
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Richie Porte moved up to sixth in the general classification, after he finished third on stage fifteen, behind Tadej Pogacar and Primoz Roglic.
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Richie Porte ultimately finished the race in that position, recording his first Grand Tour podium finish and the first by an Australian rider at the race since Cadel Evans' 2011 Tour de France win.
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Richie Porte was awarded the Sir Hubert Opperman Medal for AusCycling's Cyclist of the Year for 2020.
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Richie Porte returned to racing with second-place overall finishes at the Volta a Catalunya and the Tour de Romandie.
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Richie Porte then won the Criterium du Dauphine ahead of teammate Geraint Thomas and Alexey Lutsenko.
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Richie Porte appeared to be in good form heading into the Tour de France; however, he lost over two minutes on the opening stage, marked by several crashes.
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Richie Porte ultimately finished 38th overall, while assisting Richard Carapaz in the mountains to a third-place overall finish.