Richie Porte

On Sunday at the Tour de France, Richie Porte confirms that this is his final season with the British Sky outfit.

Mum's the word for Richie Porte and BMC racing, but it seems very likely that the Tasmanian will leave Team Sky for BMC Racing in 2016

Several notable riders are left off the team's lineup, including American veteran Danny Pate

Team Sky is committed to improving its top riders' sleep and hygiene by using a motorhome instead of low-budget hotels

David Brailsford says that Richie Porte has proven himself as one of the world's top stage racers even though he abandoned the Giro

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The Sky rider entered the race as a favorite to win, but a crash, injuries, and a time penalty squashed his hopes for pink

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Despite lingering aches and pains from a spill on Friday, and sitting well down on the overall, Richie Porte continues in the Giro d'Italia

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Richie Porte injures knee in crash at the end of stage 13, effectively ending his hopes to contend for the Giro d'Italia overall

The Tinkoff-Saxo rider aims to take back the pink jersey from Fabio Aru before entering the Giro's final, mountainous stretch

UCI president Brian Cookson says jury's ruling to dock Porte two minutes in the Giro was a fair decision, that Sky should know the rules

Team Sky boss says he wants the race jury to be more consistent in how it applies rules after his Giro leader is penalized two minutes

The Orica-GreenEdge rider says he was merely helping his friend by giving Richie Porte a wheel late in stage 10

Richie Porte broke the rules by taking a wheel from Simon Clarke, but should the UCI have imposed such a steep penalty?

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Fellow pro riders, team managers, journalists, and other pundits sound off on the UCI jury's decision to penalize Porte in Giro stage 10

Richie Porte's bad day at the Giro gets worse as the race jury decides to penalize the GC favorite for receiving aid from an Orica rider

GC hopeful Richie Porte suffers setback in what was expected to be a quiet stage after Monday's rest day, but he's ready to keep fighting

With the first week of the Italian grand tour in the books, three riders have emerged as the leading trio chasing the pink jersey

Alberto Contador adjusts time trial position to ease pressure on his injured shoulder ahead of Saturday's potentially decisive stage 14

Richie Porte is 22 seconds behind race leader Alberto Contador as he looks for his first grand tour victory

Successful in one-week races earlier this year, Richie Porte is now trying to manage his assets and his supporting cast across three weeks

With mountains on the horizon, a banged up Contador endures the Giro's longest day in the saddle to retain pink and to fight another day

Richie Porte delivers a strong performance in stage 5, but his contingent of support riders is noticeably thin on the final climb

Contador can't resist the urge to ride at the front and challenge his GC rivals with an attack on the Giro's first mountaintop finish

Giro favorites cross swords on first major summit finish as young Slovenian Jan Polanc escapes alone to win the day

It's a home away from home away from home: The Richie-Mobile will let Porte rest on the road

Sky's Richie Porte facing his best ever grand tour opportunity after an impressive start to the 2015 season

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The early season has given away little about the condition of the 'fab four' GC kings who have shown equal parts brilliance and mediocrity

The squad will work for the Tasmanian starting this weekend as he attempts to win his first grand tour

Alberto Contador starts the 2015 Giro as the five-star favorite, but nearly dozen riders will be nipping at his heels for the pink jersey

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Paolo Tiralongo wins Trentino stage 4 from breakaway, and Richie Porte finishes safely in the bunch to seal up the overall race victory

After falling behind in Wednesday's stage 2, Domenico Pozzovivo takes a stage victory on the third day of racing at Giro del Trentino

Froome, Nibali, and Quintana all tested their legs at the midweek Ardennes classic

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A convincing victory in stage 2 of the Giro del Trentino has Richie Porte looking well-positioned for success at next month's Giro d'Italia

Richie Porte rode into the Giro del Trentino race lead with a stage 2 victory atop the Brentonico climb

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Richie Porte survives a final assault from stage-winner Alejandro Valverde to take the overall title in the Volta a Catalunya

Sergei Chernetski overhauled late attacker Julian Alaphilippe to win stage 6 of the Volta a Catalunya as Richie Porte kept the overall lead

Alejandro Valverde takes his second stage win in Volta a Catalunya, moving up to fourth overall as Richie Porte assumes race lead

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American Tejay van Garderen takes first win of the season a day after a harrowing crash in the Volta a Catalunya

Domenico Pozzovivo claims his first win in nearly three years with a bold attack out of a group of GC favorites at the end of stage 3

The Tasmanian recently won Paris-Nice and will next race the Volta a Catalunya starting Monday

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Richie Porte was on the deck Saturday and on the podium Sunday, bouncing back to win the final time trial and the overall at Paris-Nice

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Porte is now second on the GC, 1 second behind Michal Kwiatkowski

The Paris-Nice route this year will offer something for everyone in the peloton

Evans receives heaps of praise from fellow riders at the first-annual Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race in Australia

Organizers, fans, and riders want the Tour Down Under to stay in January, but the UCI is considering other options

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Rohan Dennis stays out of trouble on the final circuit race through Adelaide to head an all-Australian podium at the Santos Tour Under

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Richie Porte made his move on the second and final climb to win the stage, but Rohan Dennis fought back to hold the leader's jersey

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The Spaniard comes from behind in the final 50 meters to take the win

The 2015 UCI WorldTour kicks off this week with the Santos Tour Down Under, and Richie Porte is looking like the top GC contender going in

A trimmed-down Richie Porte looks to bounce back after an illness-shortened 2014 season that saw his confidence take "a fair ol’ beating"

The six-day race in South Australia gets underway January 20

Heinrich Haussler out-sprints neo-pro sensation Caleb Ewan to capture the win

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After a rainy ride at time trial nationals, Bobridge and Dennis look to be on track for a run at the hour record later this winter

Richie Porte gets his season off to a strong start with a victory in the Australian national time trial championship

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A healthy Richie Porte is writing off his 2014 season to bad luck, and is already looking ahead to next year with renewed motivation

Health problems take their toll on the Sky rider, who started the season with grand tour podium aspirations