Richie Porte - what do we know about him?

[icefire]

Hey,those times are long gone,Richie looks like is back to TDF 2013 level.

I'm eagerly waiting for a repeat of his performance in Peyresourde-Col d'Azet-Ancizan.

 

[zigmeister]

I tell you guys what, Richie did a heck of a job bringing Froomey back up to Contador yesterday on the climb. They burned up a few Sky guys, then Porte on the front...job done.

So, Contador could barely hold Froome's wheel, yet Contador could just drop Porte and the team at will on the climbs and they were useless.

There is some weird contradictions. Since Froome is superhuman and can drop anybody pretty much, how did Porte pull Froome back up to Contador???

 

[darwin553]

I tell you guys what, Richie did a heck of a job bringing Froomey back up to Contador yesterday on the climb. They burned up a few Sky guys, then Porte on the front...job done.

So, Contador could barely hold Froome's wheel, yet Contador could just drop Porte and the team at will on the climbs and they were useless.

There is some weird contradictions. Since Froome is superhuman and can drop anybody pretty much, how did Porte pull Froome back up to Contador???

Because Porte is a team leader in 80% of the teams out there.

 

[thehog]

Because Porte is a team leader in 80% of the teams out there.

Maybe we'll find out in the new book... (yes another one! must bleed those bots dry)

 

[thehog]

Several training camps at altitude followed and he slowly found his feet at the Dauphiné last month. Despite not showing his best condition in recent months, Porte believes that he is heading to Yorkshire in form.

“I’m going really well on the bike and my weight is down on twelve months ago. It wasn’t great to have the Giro as my big goal and not race it, but I’m fresh and I’m going into the Tour in better shape than I was last year. It is what it is, and I would have preferred to do the Giro for myself, but it’s still easy to get excited by the prospect of being in top form for the Tour."

“I was in good form and then I had gastro and wasn’t able to start the next day," Porte said of his Tirreno-Adriatico abandon. "Then I got sick and I had issues with my set up on my bike, things that shouldn’t have happened, and it’s not been easy but the team has been good with me and we’ve chipped away at the problems. I’m in a good place. I’m where I need to be.”

Richie will make magical recovery?

 

[thrawn]

Richie will make magical recovery?

And lost more weight!

 

[Benotti69]

Maybe we'll find out in the new book... (yes another one! must bleed those bots dry)

Wonder is Brenden Gallagher angling for a job from Murdoch/ST? Walsh gonna be 60 next year!

 

[Fzotrlool]

Richie will make magical recovery?

“I’m going really well on the bike and my weight is down on twelve months ago. It wasn’t great to have the Giro as my big goal and not race it, but I’m fresh and I’m going into the Tour in better shape than I was last year. It is what it is, and I would have preferred to do the Giro for myself, but it’s still easy to get excited by the prospect of being in top form for the Tour."

It seems like. Surprise, surprise. Porte 2014 = Froome 2013? Then think of how strong Froome is going to be.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

“I’m going really well on the bike and my weight is down on twelve months ago. It wasn’t great to have the Giro as my big goal and not race it, but I’m fresh and I’m going into the Tour in better shape than I was last year. It is what it is, and I would have preferred to do the Giro for myself, but it’s still easy to get excited by the prospect of being in top form for the Tour."

It seems like. Surprise, surprise. Porte 2014 = Froome 2013? Then think of how strong Froome is going to be.

He's said that sort of thing already this year, and been smashed before the final climb on stages, so I ain't believing it until the fat lady sings.

 

[Fzotrlool]

He's said that sort of thing already this year, and been smashed before the final climb on stages, so I ain't believing it until the fat lady sings.

He will be intimidating at stage 10, I think even he will win the stage. Think 2012, just with Froome in the role of Wiggo and Contador as Evans.

After that he might slowly start to "fade" as last year. But will still be the third strongest climber.

 

[purcell]

Maybe we'll find out in the new book... (yes another one! must bleed those bots dry)

So how will that be different than this ...

http://www.amazon.com/Lance-Armstro...id=1404323512&sr=1-6&keywords=lance+armstrong
"The Lance Armstrong Performance Program"


Just take the old covers off, glue on a new one and **** ..........

 

[DirtyWorks]

He's said that sort of thing already this year, and been smashed before the final climb on stages, so I ain't believing it until the fat lady sings.

While I agree, I'm fascinated at how difficult 2014 has been for Sky's TdF riders.

2012 and 2013 Sky was making the rest of the peloton look like amateurs in stage races. 2014 comes along and almost nothing worked for the stage racing squad.

It will be interesting to see which Sky shows up in Yorkshire. Well, actually, the first mountain top finish.

Still I'm hoping the second day around Yorkshire is sufficiently difficult to the point riders not paying attention get bit for it.

 

[thehog]

Make him stop....!

 

[Ventoux Boar]

While I agree, I'm fascinated at how difficult 2014 has been for Sky's TdF riders.

2012 and 2013 Sky was making the rest of the peloton look like amateurs in stage races. 2014 comes along and almost nothing worked for the stage racing squad.

It will be interesting to see which Sky shows up in Yorkshire. Well, actually, the first mountain top finish.

Still I'm hoping the second day around Yorkshire is sufficiently difficult to the point riders not paying attention get bit for it.

Your hindsight is distorted by the 'dominance' and '6 month super-peak' narratives. 2014 has continued the relative decline of Kerrison's team since delivering a TTT squad for Wiggo against a weak 2012 field.

The 2013 Classics preparation 'experiment' was a disaster, roundly criticised by riders. Giro 2013 MIA. Tour 2013 MIA - amateurish support of the jersey on stages. Giro 2014 MIA. Approaching the Tour, only Nieve looks rock solid, and they've had riders withrawing from races all over the place.

How is this an impressive record?

 

[doperhopper]

Oh dear Richie. You know what's more telling about "how it is" than a Richie P utterance? Data. We can look at the characteristics of Grand Tour Champions and guess what? Froome is a big ****ing outlier in that he's shown absolutely nothing prior to becoming the best GC rider in the world.

Well I guess there is super secret power data where he did 7w/kg in training on one of those rare days he wasn't struck down by Bazhilla.

even Liestrong got WC title before his Ballzilla

 

[movingtarget]

While I agree, I'm fascinated at how difficult 2014 has been for Sky's TdF riders.

2012 and 2013 Sky was making the rest of the peloton look like amateurs in stage races. 2014 comes along and almost nothing worked for the stage racing squad.

It will be interesting to see which Sky shows up in Yorkshire. Well, actually, the first mountain top finish.

Still I'm hoping the second day around Yorkshire is sufficiently difficult to the point riders not paying attention get bit for it.

They will still be better than Saxo. Rogers and Majka did the Giro. Kreuziger missing, Roche up and down. Be interesting to see Garmin's tactics after the unexpected Dauphine win. It seems, the more chaotic the racing the worse it is for Sky.

 

[18-Valve. (pithy)]

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/04/australian-cyclist-richie-porte-ready-mark


"Tactically, it can also work out for me – I might have my own opportunities in this race if I don't lose time," Porte said.

"Alberto showed in Dauphine (last month's Criterium du Dauphine race) he's happy to follow Chris around. If that's the case, come the third week then that's going to play into my hands. I do have some ambitions going into this race of riding for a good finish."

..................

 

[the sceptic]

Make him stop....!

You cant stop Little Richie.

 

[thehog]

You cant stop Little Richie.

They've got to stop mixing the EPO with his McDonald's Happy meals.

Let's hope he gets to keep his free toy.

 

[mrhender]

You cant stop Little Richie.

No private jet for Team SKY..

Hmm that's a marginal loss

EDIT: Or the team has grown rapidly -Marginal gain

 

[42x16ss]

They will still be better than Saxo. Rogers and Majka did the Giro. Kreuziger missing, Roche up and down. Be interesting to see Garmin's tactics after the unexpected Dauphine win. It seems, the more chaotic the racing the worse it is for Sky.

Garmin will go with scorched earth tactics IMO. The problem is that their squad is short another good climber. If Martin was good to go they could really put this race out of whack, hopefully Dennis and Slagter can do a decent job.

 

[thehook]

No private jet for SKY? WTF? How can they recover without there own pillows and pineapple juice!

 

[thehog]

Zoom in on that photo and look who's in the bathroom at the back of the plane.

Is that the Dawg?!

 

[Froomster]

MC: I don't think Chris really understood that Richie was putting sugar pills into Chris' prednisone bottles.

CF: No, I knew...wait, what??

MC: Yeah, and Carbo Gain in your vege juice.

CF: Whimper!

 

[Froomster]

MC: I don't think that Chris fully understood that Richie put Vaseline on Chris' tyres.

CF: No, I understo...hang on, what??

MC: Not all the way around, and only when it was wet.

CF: But when I had a crash, he came...errr...hmmm....whimper!