Richie Porte - what do we know about him?

[deeno1975]

Just watched the end of stage, pity the cameras didn't catch the "wheel change" but when doing a team time trial to get back to the peloton Porte didn't contribute at all despite him being the guy who is going to "attack the time trial". Surely with his giro in the balance he should have been the one driving at the front.. strange... The RV will be glowing the day before the TT.

 

[sniper]

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The RV will be glowing the day before the TT.

 

[S2Sturges]

Porte: Team Sky are fired up to gain back time at Giro d'Italia, says the headline...
Now Sky have permission to go full *** and make for "exciting racing"... Feck....

 

[SeriousSam]

Imagine Richie getting it all back with a single glorious doped up time trial

 

[Froomster]

Richie and Dale in the RV, discussing what to do when you get a puncture:

 

[The Hitch]

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Imagine Richie getting it all back with a single glorious doped up time trial

Maybe brunyeelsfraud will then explain how scientifically the wheel change was good for Porte and pre planned because Sky's team of super scientists found that anger = an extra 100 watts and over a 60km time trial that produces a bigger gap than the 2 minutes Porte lost #science.

 

[Bannockburn]

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Could it be that everyone topped up with bag or two except lil Richie who believed in the 2011 gentleman's agreement that the era of doping over?

Wait, I thought the gentleman's agreement was in 1999. And again in 2006. Then again in 2008. Now there was one in 2011 as well???

 

[robertmooreheadlane]

What does surprise me is the plethora of people stating the rules are too much for anyone to know
The UCI regulations for road races are only 121 pages and of those about 6 pages are actually for the riders and about another 15 for the teams and DS to know, The rest is all about putting on different types of race and logistics (hell there is a 4 page section on the line up of the cars in the caravan for petes sake)
So anyone who says that the riders can't know all the rules is just plain daft
and anyone who has had to listen to the diatribe of boll@cks coming from sir dave about how they spend so much more time than anyone else going over the details and fine print can now see that it is all rubbish.
Any sports director in their right mind would know the rules and make sure his team do as well.

And for those of you that say the rule is rubbish is was brought in to stop teams arranging to have spare riders (for cash) for bigger teams before the time of the caravan and neutral service vehicles.

 

[Catwhoorg]

When I used to play rugby the rules wee a little different, two of the key differences between a free kick and penalty were:
A free kick can be charged down (as long as you start 10m back)
At a free kick the ball is live if it is picked up from the mark and then touched to the ground.


Knowing the rules, meant that on a couple of occasions after the opponents placed the ball down, I ran collected the ball and headed off down the field. At the very junior level I played at, maybe this was excusable a little.

I learnt the rule after seeing the same situation occur at an International, England against I think it was France.


It was a heat of the moment decision, not necessarily knowing or thinking about (if you knew) the intricacies of the rules is excusable to a degree.

I bet everyone takes this lesson to heart though.

 

[proffate]

Richie Porte says Sky is fired up to get the time back. I'm looking forward to observing the physiological effects of being "fired up" while riding a bike in the mountains. Floyd got "fired up" after losing time in 2006 and put on a great show. Is this the new code word?

 

[deeno1975]

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When I used to play rugby the rules wee a little different, two of the key differences between a free kick and penalty were:
A free kick can be charged down (as long as you start 10m back)
At a free kick the ball is live if it is picked up from the mark and then touched to the ground.


Knowing the rules, meant that on a couple of occasions after the opponents placed the ball down, I ran collected the ball and headed off down the field. At the very junior level I played at, maybe this was excusable a little.

I learnt the rule after seeing the same situation occur at an International, England against I think it was France.


It was a heat of the moment decision, not necessarily knowing or thinking about (if you knew) the intricacies of the rules is excusable to a degree.

I bet everyone takes this lesson to heart though.

Porte was not aware of the rule, should he be, most probably given the teams supposed approach to detail... either way the rule was broken and the penalty applied. For me I never knew the rule existed but then again I'm not making my livelihood from the sport. I have some sympathy for Porte.

Didn't Brailford go on about that cheating, 'I'll cheat here but I'm not going to cheat over there; I'll cheat on a Monday but not on a Tuesday. ..." therefore he should have no argument with this only take it on the chin rather than moaning about the spirit of the rule etc...

 

[Tommy79]

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Didn't Brailford go on about that cheating, 'I'll cheat here but I'm not going to cheat over there; I'll cheat on a Monday but not on a Tuesday. ..." therefore he should have no argument with this only take it on the chin rather than moaning about the spirit of the rule etc...

Blimey, you got a link to that interview?

 

[ebandit]

sod the spirit of the law what about team spirit................did the team sky rider seen in pics not like 'lil richie enough to give him a wheel?

if richie prefers his mates at OGE i'm hoping he will sod off there next year

Mark L

 

[nayr497]

Gotta love Millar and Vaughters chiming in...yeah, you guys don't like rules being enforced, do you?

I can't believe how many of the racers are pissed about this. He broke a rule. You make your own luck. The little jerk has three weeks to do something about it, if one puncture loses him the race, that means he wasn't strong enough. Punctures have played a part in cycle racing from the start. The team should have had someone with him and he should have refused the wheel.

 

[S2Sturges]

Looks like Porte has called it a day, or spit the dummy, judging by the way he soft pedalled in on today's sprint stage, two plus more minutes behind because of that crash..... the big question... Who gets the shagging wagon now..?

 

[mrhender]

From team perspective -There's no reason for him to stay here just to get another top-ten..

Unless they bet on dramatic circumstances and/or a 3-4 minute gain on AC/Aru tomorrow bringing his chances back to life...

I think he will retire tomorrow with some sort of illness...

 

[the delgados]

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Looks like Porte has called it a day, or spit the dummy, judging by the way he soft pedalled in on today's sprint stage, two plus more minutes behind because of that crash..... the big question... Who gets the shagging wagon now..?

Simon Clarke?

 

[No_Balls]

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For a team self-proclaimed for their attention to details they dont pay much attention to their team leader. Whats the marginal gain here?

 

[Alpechraxler]

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For a team self-proclaimed for their attention to details they dont pay much attention to their team leader. Whats the marginal gain here?

so you mean they all should ride a 54 frame and have a quickadjuster beneath the saddle ?

 

[Fearless Greg Lemond]

Ritchie will be doing a Wigans soon, back to domestique duties for the soon to be Sir Froome.

 

[mrhender]

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Ritchie will be doing a Wigans soon, back to domestique duties for the soon to be Sir Froome.

Naah.. Froome will never receive knighthood...

I reckon they aint got the nerves to go all in on Froome...

While un-knighted he is still (should it be necessary) to be explained as the kenyan who stole a British passport...

Also it seems Sky have gotten the terrible disese called miscalculated gains...

 

[No_Balls]

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For a team self-proclaimed for their attention to details they dont pay much attention to their team leader. Whats the marginal gain here?

so you mean they all should ride a 54 frame and have a quickadjuster beneath the saddle ?

No. I mean that they could pay a little more attention to their leader.

 

[Rollthedice]

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For a team self-proclaimed for their attention to details they dont pay much attention to their team leader. Whats the marginal gain here?

so you mean they all should ride a 54 frame and have a quickadjuster beneath the saddle ?

No. I mean that they could pay a little more attention to their leader.

Since their leader spends his nights in a different place they seem to forget his face the other day.

 

[danielovichdk2]

I came to wonder if Richie ever did get a name for himself in triathlon ? Any race data on him from that time ? I can't find anything.

 

[Dear Wiggo]

Me either. I read he could run sub 30 in an Oly tri but never found any results.