Richie Porte - what do we know about him?

[Bala Verde]

Soft pedaled over the line.

Beat Scarponi by a minute! Haha!

Funniest thing I've ever seen...

Probably got team orders like Froomey in the TdF last year: "go slow, go slow".

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Did you know: if you mix up the letters "Richie Porte" you get

heroic tripe

 

[Lanark]

Not normal.

 

[thehog]

Probably got team orders like Froomey in the TdF last year: "go slow, go slow".

"Stay below 6.0 Rich, stay below, slow up in the last kilometer"

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Soft pedaled over the line.

Beat Scarponi by a minute! Haha!

Funniest thing I've ever seen...

No way back for little Porte. Its over.

Giro '14 here we come.

 

[martinvickers]

Kaboom! (Mushroom cloud)...

 

[webbie146]

Dr.Ferrari is very proud of Richie his performance today

 

[The Chicken]

lol, this is too funny. Porte didn't even look tired. You'd think he'd at least feign exhaustion afterwards, sit down by the barriers or something (like Froome sometimes does).

 

[thehog]

lol, this is too funny. Porte didn't even look tired. You'd think he'd at least feign exhaustion afterwards, sit down by the barriers or something (like Froome sometimes does).

Next Sky training camp: "How to look tired". They'll bring in an acting coach to perfect the look of exhaustion.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

lol, this is too funny. Porte didn't even look tired. You'd think he'd at least feign exhaustion afterwards, sit down by the barriers or something (like Froome sometimes does).

Porte didn't look tired because he cooled down by softpedaling the latter part of the course.

 

[the sceptic]

Kaboom! (Mushroom cloud)...

What does your analysis say after this race? 5.9 w/kg?

 

[JMBeaushrimp]

Porte didn't look tired because he cooled down by softpedaling the latter part of the course.

A little too obvious, eh?

20+ seconds in the first half, just over a second in the second half, and coasting over the line smiling and looking fresh.

No doubt he was told to chill after the intermediate check.

Full f*cking genius...

 

[thehog]

Full f*cking genius...

Full f@cking genius it was.

The passport computer needs to be reprogrammed to account for this. I mean they've already frigged it but not for the Skyborgs going animal genius.

 

[Moose McKnuckles]

Sean Kelly's comment on seeing Porte's 21 second lead at the intermediate was pure gold.

"Uh, can that be right?"

Even the commentators think it's a joke.

 

[thehog]

Sean Kelly's comment on seeing Porte's 21 second lead at the intermediate was pure gold.

"Uh, can that be right?"

Even the commentators think it's a joke.

Paris-Nice | Col d'Eze @ 5.6 km | 2013: Richie Porte 11 min 24 sec | 2012: Bradley Wiggins 11 min 31 sec | #ParisNice

 

[Netserk]

Paris-Nice | Col d'Eze @ 5.6 km | 2013: Richie Porte 11 min 24 sec | 2012: Bradley Wiggins 11 min 31 sec | #ParisNice

Please someone calculate the W/kg for that ^^

 

[cineteq]

Please someone calculate the W/kg for that ^^

@Vaughters
ok, @ammattipyoraily ...what do we got for col d'eze? was I right, winner around 6.2?

 

[thehog]

Please someone calculate the W/kg for that ^^

Yes. Richie Porte who started road racing at 21.

Is faster over 5km than a world and Olympic champion at the 4km pursuit!

 

[taiwan]

So glad someone changed that thread title.

 

[martinvickers]

Sean Kelly's comment on seeing Porte's 21 second lead at the intermediate was pure gold.

"Uh, can that be right?"

Even the commentators think it's a joke.

He may have doped himself (well, not may, he did) but you just gotta love Sean Og - he just doesn't take any sh!t at all, does he.

 

[Bala Verde]

Yes. Richie Porte who started road racing at 21.

Is faster over 5km than a world and Olympic champion at the 4km pursuit!

He is one of those talented young lads snapped up by DB who uses numbers and such to predict future potential. It's called picking winners and losers and SKY is really good at it.

I wonder if we will soon witness the comical USPS trend - in pursuit of higher glory - that when someone leaves the team, they will only be a shadow of their former selves.

 

[thehog]

He is one of those talented young lads snapped up by DB who uses numbers and such to predict future potential. It's called picking winners and losers and SKY is really good at it.

I wonder if we will soon witness the comical USPS trend - in pursuit of higher glory - that when someone leaves the team, they will only be a shadow of their former selves.

Well he keeps saying he's happy working for Froome-dawg and Wiggins. Which is odd that at 28 he doesn't want to try and win a GT.

It's Hotel California for Porte. You can check-in anytime you like but you can never leave.

Sky is worth 30w to him.

 

[Fearless Greg Lemond]

He is one of those talented young lads snapped up by DB who uses numbers and such to predict future potential. It's called picking winners and losers and SKY is really good at it.

I wonder if we will soon witness the comical USPS trend - in pursuit of higher glory - that when someone leaves the team, they will only be a shadow of their former selves.

Pretty clear Thomas Lovkvist was not invited to Teide.

Ritchie for the Giro 2014. Good on him.
First Tasmanian GT winner. That sells over there.

 

[Benotti69]

He is one of those talented young lads snapped up by DB who uses numbers and such to predict future potential. It's called picking winners and losers and SKY is really good at it.

I wonder if we will soon witness the comical USPS trend - in pursuit of higher glory - that when someone leaves the team, they will only be a shadow of their former selves.

I nominate Mick Rogers to be that shadow.

 

[Netserk]

Based on basic VAM calculation (VAM/(gradient factor*100)) Porte W/kg was 6.32 at the split (halfway through)

6.32

#Not normal