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Richie Porte sitting comfortably in absence of usual Tour de France noise – The Guardian

The Australian entered this year’s race relatively under the radar the Trek-Segafredo rider is making that work to his advantage

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The ghost of Tour de France past still haunts Richie Porte, but the Australian is on track for a vintage campaign this year, entering the first rest day in the best position he has been in. The Trek-Segafredo rider crashed out of the 2017 and 2018 Tours on stage nine but cleared it and the Pyrenees without incident on Sunday . He now sits 11th overall one minute and 53 second adrift of new race leader Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma).
The 35-year-old stayed on the back of, but in touch with, a four-…

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