Richie Porte

Vincenzo Nibali’s Tour victory comes at the end of three weeks of chaos that left only the strong standing

Though Porte struggled throughout the 2014 Tour, Sky boss Brailsford thinks he has the ability and leadership skills to captain a grand-tour campaign

Absent Chris Froome, with deputy Richie Porte losing ground, Sky finds itself racing in one-day mode, hoping to catch a break

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After winning the last two editions of the Tour de France, Sky's hopes of repeating ended when Richie Porte faded at Chamrousse

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Richie Porte's tenacious style is further encouraging his Sky teammates to get behind him in his push for the Tour win

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Tony Gallopin attacks twice in the final kilometers of stage 11 at the Tour, which leads to France’s second stage win

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Porte is not afraid to yell and push to get though the peloton in key moments. Doing so, Porte could fight Nibali for the Tour GC

Richie Porte made his way into third overall Saturday, with a persevering ride in the Vosges. What's up next for the new captain?

Alberto Contador and his Tinkoff-Saxo bank attacked to reshuffle the GC deck in the first of three hard days across the soggy Vosges

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Porte went from domestique to leader in seconds during a disastrous stage 6. Can he carry the hopes of Sky at the Tour?

Stage 5 was a wet and wild mini Paris-Roubaix that did what most teams cannot: rattle the Team Sky machine

2012 Tour winner Bradley Wiggins is left off Sky's Tour squad that sees the return of Danny Pate for the first time since 2011

Chris Froome secures his second straight Tour de Romandie victory with a win in the finishing time trial

Several riders on the British squad have been sidelined because of crashes, illnesses, and even anti-doping issues

The Sky rider headlines a strong field at the six-day race in Switzerland that begins Tuesday

Tasmanian will skip the Italian tour after a spring of setbacks

Porte tells the Sydney Morning Herald that a stomach bug has complicated his plans to race for the maglia rosa

Tasmanian Sky rider withdraws from second consecutive race with undisclosed illness

Porte says there are horses for every course and Tirreno-Adriatico offers the most appealing route to the grand tours contenders in 2014

The absence of Chris Froome makes for a more unpredictable GC in Italy

Tour de France organizer angered after Sky moves the defending Paris-Nice champion to Italy to replace Chris Froome, who is dealing with back inflammation

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The four-day race starts with a race against the clock on April 22

Matthew Beaudin lays out his thoughts on the 2014 cycling season, and they include a Richie Porte win at the Giro d'Italia

Jens Voigt goes on the attack ... twice ... and Tasmanian Porte takes the stage

Orica-GreenEdge had the numbers in the final four-man escape and Gerrans pulled off the victory ahead of Evans and Porte

Team Sky made winning look inevitable, and they couldn't have done it without the selfless sacrifices by Porte

The only confirmed 2014 race dates for Richie Porte are the Tour Down Under and the Giro d'Italia, where he will race for GC

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Five riders will start the Giro in May with real hopes of upsetting the Italians in their home tour

After the Italian tour, he will return to his domestique role and assist Chris Froome in the Tour de France

The Omega Pharma-Quick Step rider has won the last two editions of the Tour of Beijing, which started in 2011

British Tour winner survives a tumultuous day, but Joe Dombrowski loses five seconds and trio of Tour men sheds more than four minutes

The Sky teammates will be rebuilding form ahead of the final WorldTour races and the world championships

The last two Tour de France champions bring a solid team with them to each race

A number of riders that finished the Tour de France will line up for Saturday's one-day classic in Spain

The 28-year-old's Tour victory, combined with the top performances of other 20-somethings, confirmed there is a new breed of racers

Was there a more valuable rider to his team in this entire Tour de France than Sky’s Richie Porte?

Tasmanian's work on l'Alpe d'Huez saves the Tour for a bonking Chris Froome

Like Froome before him, Porte trains for the captaincy by working selflessly as a lieutenant

Sky principal Dave Brailsford says he wants the team to start doing more races in North America

Chris Froome's rivals, however, look to the upcoming mountain stages to make up time on him

UCI boss says it's unfair to compare riders of this generation to those of the past that relied on doping for their performances

This will not be a repeat of Sky's stroll across France last year. Froome remains the man to beat — but he is beatable

Porte said stage 9 "was a bit of a war. ... Everyone saw that. It was an amazing stage"

Sky came under attack on stage 9 and lost second over plus one helper. But Porte says they'll bounce back

Froome's lieutenant says Sky's dominance shouldn't surprise anyone, and promises more beatdowns

The 36-year-old Canadian is the oldest Tour de France rookie of the modern era

The Australian team's GC program remains a long-term project as the squad prepares to lose the jersey when the Tour hits the mountains

U.S.-based squad lost decisive seconds in the team time trial and is now on the offensive

Sky captain is the big winner in Nice and a number of his rivals find themselves on a back foot before the Pyrénées

Jonathan Vaughters says the distance between the British super squad and the peloton is smaller in 2013, which is good for fans

Richie Porte defends friend, roommate Chris Froome against detractors, confirms USA Pro Challenge start

Spaniard says Sky's Chris Froome will be the man to beat in the three-week race

Richie Porte says he understands “the pecking order” on Sky, which has him working for Chris Froome at the Tour de France

Sky names its nine-man roster for the Tour de France, which includes Richie Porte, Edvald Boasson Hagen, and Geraint Thomas

Garmin-Sharp rider wants to learn about the race and finish; in the future, he'll set more lofty expectations

German blasts ASO for including the climb and descent in the 2013 route

Froome sees a half-dozen contenders for the Tour title. But with Porte and an even stronger Sky at his side, he looks hard to beat

Chris Froome has been impressive at the Critérium du Dauphiné, but his supporting cast has been equally so

American rider solos up the final climb, only to be caught with 200 meters left

The Giro d'Italia champion says the route for this year's world championships road race is the "hardest in recent years"

Chris Froome and Alberto Contador are the two favorites at the eight-day Criterium du Dauphine, which has a mountainous route throughout

Details of the contract are not released, but Sky boss says Porte will have more responsibility

After steamrolling through the first part of 2013, Chris Froome appears to be the man to beat at the Tour

Sky re-tools for Flèche Wallonne, Liège–Bastogne–Liège with stage racing aces

American rider was originally on Sky's tentative Giro roster, but both parties decided it was "too much, too soon"

Young American said riding on a different bike with different shoes and cleats is partly to blame

The Colombian proves stronger than Porte in a rain-soaked final time trial to take the overall victory

GCN's Daniel Lloyd recaps the action from the Tour of Flanders and the first stage of the Tour of the Basque Country.

Sky rider wins stage 3 and slides into the GC lead with three days of racing left

Sky captain said he feels no pressure at this week's Tour of the Basque Country as he keeps the podium in his sights

Contador is looking for his first GC win of 2013 while Porte is enjoying the form of his career