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Tour de France: Richie Porte survives late drama to hold fourth overall – Cyclingnews.com
Puncture on the gravel section almost costs Australian on GC
Richie Porte (Trek Segafredo) almost saw his hopes of a top-five in the Tour de France ride away from him on stage 18 of the race due to a mechanical but after a frantic chase the Australian saved his fourth place overall with three days remaining.
Porte survived the final mountain stage of this years Tour and the final spread of Alpine climbs only to be undone by a front-wheel puncture on the treacherous gravel section atop the final climb of the Plateau des Glières with 30km to go. The Austra…
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