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Richie Porte climbs back into Tour de France contention after missing daughter’s birth – ABC News

Richie Porte says it “hurts more than words” to miss the birth of his daughter, after riding himself back into Tour de France contention on a brutal first Pyrenees stage.

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Richie Porte has put a disappointing stage seven result behind him to climb back into contention in the first Pyrenees stage of the Tour de France and he did so with news of the birth of his daughter fresh in his mind.
Shortly before starting the eighth stage, the first of the Pyrenean mountain stages, Porte posted a message on Instagram announcing the birth of his daughter, Eloise.
“While yesterday was bitterly disappointing on the bike my wife Gemma and I had this little bundle of joy arriv…

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