Porte vows to reach Paris after illness wrecks his Tour de France ambitions

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Tasmanian hopes his teammates can fly the Team Sky flag in the Pyrenees

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Riche Porte (Sky)(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

Team Sky's Richie Porte has vowed he will continue to fight on at the Tour de France despite losing more than 13 minutes in the overall classification during the two Alpine stages; stage 13 to Chamrousse and stage 14 to Risoul.

Stephen Farrand
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Stephen is one of the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.