Richie Porte: another year, another mishap for cycling’s unluckiest man | Kieran Pender
16 July 2018 03:14
The Australian is 33 and the march of time will soon pose an insurmountable obstacle to his Tour de France aspirationsIn 2014, it was pneumonia. In 2016, it was an untimely puncture. In 2017, it was a horror crash at 70kph on a steep descent. On Sunday, Richie Porte’s latest attempt at the Tour de France yellow jersey was prematurely ended by an innocuous pile-up early on stage nine which left the Tasmanian clutching his right shoulder. The pained facial expression said it all. As tears emerged from underneath his mirrored sunglasses, it was clear that Porte’s efforts to claim the grandest prize in cycling would be undone by misfortune. Related: Richie Porte out of Tour de France after crash on stage nine Related: Chaos on the cobbles as Degenkolb wins Tour de France stage nine in Roubaix Continue readingread full article
