Richie Porte - what do we know about him?

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lrp looking to sign a new contract

all he did today

was shake his money makers

start queuing out side the team sky bus
take a number and stand in line
 
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Alexandre B. said:
I can't stop laughing.
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I saw that too.

Made me giggle.
 
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Chasing down Quintana like he did after setting the pace, how is that possible, it is not like Quintana is not one of the best climbers in the world or anything. Rocket fuel is very good for sky this tour, very good because undoubtedly the rest have some good stuff as well but Sky seemed to have got the mix perfect this time.
 
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TheGreenMonkey said:
Chasing down Quintana like he did after setting the pace, how is that possible, it is not like Quintana is not one of the best climbers in the world or anything. Rocket fuel is very good for sky this tour, very good because undoubtedly the rest have some good stuff as well but Sky seemed to have got the mix perfect this time.


Marginal Gains®. You just can't fake it, when you've got it.
 
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Scarponi said:
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


Whats LRP on then?
 
Jun 15, 2009
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obviously being back in the team hotel has shown LRP the error of his ways at the Giro and normal service has resumed.
expect the post Ax3 ride with suitable time lost - clearly it won't be by DB's decree either :rolleyes:
 
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Archibald said:
obviously being back in the team hotel has shown LRP the error of his ways at the Giro and normal service has resumed.
expect the post Ax3 ride with suitable time lost - clearly it won't be by DB's decree either :rolleyes:
Why? He's 45 minutes back this time, not 2nd on GC. He can go full ret@rd every stage from here on in now.
 
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42x16ss said:
Archibald said:
obviously being back in the team hotel has shown LRP the error of his ways at the Giro and normal service has resumed.
expect the post Ax3 ride with suitable time lost - clearly it won't be by DB's decree either :rolleyes:
Why? He's 45 minutes back this time, not 2nd on GC. He can go full ret@rd every stage from here on in now.
oops, missed that bit :eek:
so it's a case of "here's one we prepared earlier"...
 
Jul 24, 2009
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Richie took 5 seconds out of Nairo today,
if he takes 5 minutes out of him on each
of the next 10 stages he could podium.
The smug b@star@d.
 
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TheGreenMonkey said:
Chasing down Quintana like he did after setting the pace, how is that possible, it is not like Quintana is not one of the best climbers in the world or anything. Rocket fuel is very good for sky this tour, very good because undoubtedly the rest have some good stuff as well but Sky seemed to have got the mix perfect this time.

He has been rolling in on every stage while Quintana has had to fight for every second, he has been hiding in the peloton waiting for the mountains, that is his job. He was not on the front for long before Froome attacked, Thomas did the bulk of the work. Porte did the same in 2013. Valverde did not help Quintana at all. Movistar's tactics were ***. Porte did not complete the Giro and soft pedaled for a few days after his chances were gone and he hurt his knee. Contador's fatigue is more understandable.
 
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Richie derped 5 derps out of Nairo today
If he derps 5 derps out of him on each
of the next 10 derps he could derp de derp derp.

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Dear Wiggo said:
Richie derped 5 derps out of Nairo today
If he derps 5 derps out of him on each
of the next 10 derps he could derp de derp derp.

that may well be more mellifluous wiggo, but bin ya artistic licence, his name is LRP, the LRP that could
 
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movingtarget said:
TheGreenMonkey said:
Chasing down Quintana like he did after setting the pace, how is that possible, it is not like Quintana is not one of the best climbers in the world or anything. Rocket fuel is very good for sky this tour, very good because undoubtedly the rest have some good stuff as well but Sky seemed to have got the mix perfect this time.

He has been rolling in on every stage while Quintana has had to fight for every second, he has been hiding in the peloton waiting for the mountains, that is his job. He was not on the front for long before Froome attacked, Thomas did the bulk of the work. Porte did the same in 2013. Valverde did not help Quintana at all. Movistar's tactics were ***. Porte did not complete the Giro and soft pedaled for a few days after his chances were gone and he hurt his knee. Contador's fatigue is more understandable.
So it should be expected that Porte should be the first sky bot to be dropped. After all he didn't even compete this year at all.
 
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Sasquatch said:
Captain_Obvious said:
Supposedly (...) Richie is not the brightest pickle in the jar.

But what do I know.

Nah you're right there.

LRP is not only Tasmanian, but Northern Tasmanian, which is about as intellectually challenged as you'll find outside of the US Deep South.

As an Australian with Tasmanian relatives, I feel entitled to point this out :D
 
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movingtarget said:
TheGreenMonkey said:
Chasing down Quintana like he did after setting the pace, how is that possible, it is not like Quintana is not one of the best climbers in the world or anything. Rocket fuel is very good for sky this tour, very good because undoubtedly the rest have some good stuff as well but Sky seemed to have got the mix perfect this time.

He has been rolling in on every stage while Quintana has had to fight for every second, he has been hiding in the peloton waiting for the mountains, that is his job. He was not on the front for long before Froome attacked, Thomas did the bulk of the work. Porte did the same in 2013. Valverde did not help Quintana at all. Movistar's tactics were ***. Porte did not complete the Giro and soft pedaled for a few days after his chances were gone and he hurt his knee. Contador's fatigue is more understandable.
Lol omg. Nationalism can justify anything.

If Porte hasn't been fighting for every second and is 44 minutes down then that also means hr had no motivation. Quintana was fighting for gc, needed to go as far into the pain barrier as he could. Porte is down on gc and couldn't even get the stage since froome was in front.
 
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pedromiguelmartins said:
So it should be expected that Porte should be the first sky bot to be dropped. After all he didn't even compete this year at all.

its ferkin LRP pedro miguel
 
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Poursuivant said:
Scarponi said:
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


Whats LRP on then?

He's on his bike, busting his ass six hours a day... What are you on?

Etc. :D
 
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Porte just said on ITV he was dropping back in the peloton and got the call on the radio to chase after Quintana.

So basically he had the power to just catch Quintana at will despite deliberately giving him a headstart.
 
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The Hitch said:
Porte just said on ITV he was dropping back in the peloton and got the call on the radio to chase after Quintana.

So basically he had the power to just catch Quintana at will despite deliberately giving him a headstart.
Interestingly, that also shows Sky's domestiques will softpedal even when they're among the very strongest. To keep things plausible?
 

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