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Tour de France 2020: Porte’s podium ‘such a journey’ – SBS
Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) produced his best Tour de France performance, avoiding the crashes that have marred previous attempts at the Tour de France general classification.
The Tour de France podium had seemed like it was beyond Porte after previous Julys in France found the Tasmanian dogged by poor luck, crashes and bad days that cost him valuable chances at a top Tour placing.
All that remained was the final stage in Paris, what some call the procession in Paris, and while the race starts out with slow riding, pictures being taken and chat in the peloton, the final 60 kilometres is as fast as any normal race.
“This stage is not a procession as they say,” said P…
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