Richie Porte - what do we know about him?

[IamIronMan]

So LRP leaving Sky...ok, did he write down the Sky "recipe" for success? It would be embarrassing if he goes to another team and falls back to being the LRP we all knew for so many years.

 

[LeindersGains]

I'm excepting a massive decline in performance when he leaves Team Sky. He will finally win Tour Down Under, but that's about it.

He'll never podium a GT in his career. I think Brailsford knows that.

 

[BYOP88]

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So LRP leaving Sky...ok, did he write down the Sky "recipe" for success? It would be embarrassing if he goes to another team and falls back to being the LRP we all knew for so many years.

Sky will have a new 'recipe' for next year so Porte will be using an outdated recipe.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Can't go back to that team

 

[thehook]

Porte will be the next Uran. Good rider. But not what they could have been at SKY. Of course the other teams do not have a Blender or a Dietician like SKY.

 

[blackcat]

oh LRP. why leave Sky.

LRP is nothing more than a lieutenant

 

[M Sport]

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oh LRP. why leave Sky.

LRP is nothing more than a lieutenant

Wants to be the big fish in the OGE pond.

 

[SeriousSam]

Raise your hand if you expected Richie Porte to once again be the only one within a minute of Froome, dropping Quintana in the process.

Today is so comical, it puts to shame everything US Postal ever did.

 

[hfer07]

he's back!!!!!!!!

 

[LA2.0]

Thomas was the worst. Several comments on the stage thread say that journalists thought Thomas looked fresh as a daisy. But Porte, yes, sets the tempo, THEN is able to catch back up and pass Quintana?

 

[Scarponi]

Porte pisses me off 100x more than froome. We know froome is on the rarest special stuff of this generation. That Ritchie smug guy even on everything should have just sat back to respect the sport. The sport has been decimated by these cretins

 

[the delgados]

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Thomas was the worst. Several comments on the stage thread say that journalists thought Thomas looked fresh as a daisy. But Porte, yes, sets the tempo, THEN is able to catch back up and pass Quintana?

That was by far the most hilarious aspect of today's stage.
Gotta love LRP's eff you attitude to even trying to maintain the facade. So much for claiming post-stage that you were gassed after towing the Froomester up a mountain, shelling the best riders on earth along the way.
Nope, LRP has to turn it up a notch and chase the poor *** down.
What a cheeky bastard.

 

[Captain_Obvious]

I don't often comment, especially not here, but Richie did look to be very fresh on the finish line. Also note the moment he overtook NQ.

Today may perhaps not have been a good day for cycling.

 

[hrotha]

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Porte pisses me off 100x more than froome. We know froome is on the rarest special stuff of this generation. That Ritchie smug guy even on everything should have just sat back to respect the sport. The sport has been decimated by these cretins

This. Froome makes me laugh, but Porte infuriates me, even if I think the boost he's getting is smaller. That insufferable smugness, gods.

 

[Scarponi]

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I don't often comment, especially not here, but Richie did look to be very fresh on the finish line. Also note the moment he overtook NQ.

Today may perhaps not have been a good day for cycling.

Nairo could not even respond. he literally looked behind several times to double check that it was in fact Ritchie Frekin Porte and not someone like Contador or Valverde or someone with thoroughbred pedigree and then the guy looks ahead as the skybot jumps him like Quintana was in a 285km solo Paris Roubaix breakaway vs 2000s Canc and Boonen.

Lunacy

 

[S2Sturges]

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Porte pisses me off 100x more than froome. We know froome is on the rarest special stuff of this generation. That Ritchie smug guy even on everything should have just sat back to respect the sport. The sport has been decimated by these cretins

This. Froome makes me laugh, but Porte infuriates me, even if I think the boost he's getting is smaller. That insufferable smugness, gods.

Kelly on Eurosport said he was smiling towing the boys up the hill, just ticking over

 

[Saint Unix]

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Kelly on Eurosport said he was smiling towing the boys up the hill, just ticking over

He had the smirk going when he caught Quintana. Five seconds later he was sprinting away from him like it was no big deal.

 

[the delgados]

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I don't often comment, especially not here, but Richie did look to be very fresh on the finish line. Also note the moment he overtook NQ.

Today may perhaps not have been a good day for cycling.

Certainly not a good day for cycling. Even the beat journos will have no choice but ask how in the hell could LRP act as both a domestique and potential Tour winner in one stage. Those questions alone will cast a pall on the proceedings.
I still can't believe he did that. I remember saying to my buddy mere moments before LRP jumped that no way in hell will be be that brazen. I wouldn't be surprised if the VRoomster and Brailsford cast some negative glances his way in the Sky camper can and told him to take it easy and not make it look so bloody obvious next time.

 

[Cervelo77]

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Certainly not a good day for cycling. Even the beat journos will have no choice but ask how in the hell could LRP act as both a domestique and potential Tour winner in one stage. Those questions alone will cast a pall on the proceedings.
I still can't believe he did that. I remember saying to my buddy mere moments before LRP jumped that no way in hell will be be that brazen. I wouldn't be surprised if the VRoomster and Brailsford cast some negative glances his way in the Sky camper can and told him to take it easy and not make it look so bloody obvious next time.

I really don't understand given Richie is moving on to another team. Clearly he'll never have the Sky machine behind him to be able to pull out such performances in the future. Why does he want his next employer to feel he got a raw deal? Odd.

 

[Benotti69]

Maybe Richie did so the media would have to ask hard questions of Sky and next year he will be with BMC so not so difficult with the media glare!

Will be interesting to see if the French media accept this?

 

[Captain_Obvious]

Supposedly (...) Richie is not the brightest pickle in the jar.

But what do I know.

 

[BigMac]

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I don't often comment, especially not here, but Richie did look to be very fresh on the finish line. Also note the moment he overtook NQ.

Today may perhaps not have been a good day for cycling.

Certainly not a good day for cycling. Even the beat journos will have no choice but ask how in the hell could LRP act as both a domestique and potential Tour winner in one stage. Those questions alone will cast a pall on the proceedings.
I still can't believe he did that. I remember saying to my buddy mere moments before LRP jumped that no way in hell will be be that brazen. I wouldn't be surprised if the VRoomster and Brailsford cast some negative glances his way in the Sky camper can and told him to take it easy and not make it look so bloody obvious next time.

I didn't see any journous asking whatever it was after Ax 3 Domaines.

 

[the delgados]

Good point, BigMac.
But give it time.
Post-stage press conferences generally don't float my boat, but I would have paid to see today's.
If anyone saw it, please post questions asked by the journalists. Surely someone must have asked about the LRP miracle recovery and mountain sprint.

 

[the delgados]

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Maybe Richie did so the media would have to ask hard questions of Sky and next year he will be with BMC so not so difficult with the media glare!

Will be interesting to see if the French media accept this?

Isn't he going to ride for Orica?
If so, I predict a dramatic reduction in "behind the scenes" footage contained in future Backstage Pass episodes.

 

[Alexandre B.]

I can't stop laughing.