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It was an all-out war. Froome only had LRP left to slave for him, which led to him getting dropped.
The way Porte chased afterwards was still pretty impressive. He wasn't bad at all. He does seem to have more problems with a super hard race than any other GC contender, though.
Porte didn't really have an off-day back then, IMO. The rest of the Sky doms had been dropped early on. Every single one of them.Leinster said:2013 on Ax 3 Domaines? When Porte caught and dropped Quintana after Froome had already caught and dropped him? Porte blew up the next day because he blew up, not because it was Sky's tactic to let him drift down the standings. Thomas the last couple of years is more an idea of what Sky expect from their 2nd in command; 2 15th places is better than any of Porte's GC finishes as a Sky rider.
It was an all-out war. Froome only had LRP left to slave for him, which led to him getting dropped.
The way Porte chased afterwards was still pretty impressive. He wasn't bad at all. He does seem to have more problems with a super hard race than any other GC contender, though.