He’ll be remembered as one of the best one-week racers of his generation. But it was in shorter races that Porte truly made a name for himself. And in 2020, he managed to reach the final podium at the Tour de France himself. While Porte never ended up winning a Grand Tour, he proved instrumental in helping his teammates do so. Those results painted a picture of a Grand Tour champion in the making. Porte’s neo-pro season was remarkable – he took his first ProTour win, then finished seventh at the Giro d’Italia (his first Grand Tour), spent a few days in pink, and ended up winning the best young rider classification. Thus began 13 years in the ProTour/WorldTour.
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A win in the time trial at the Baby Giro in 2009 earned Porte a contract with top-tier team Saxo Bank for 2010. From 2007 to 2009 he split his time between racing in the Italian amateur system and with the Praties team in Australia. After 13 years spent competing at the highest level of the sport, and after 33 professional victories, the 37-year-old Tasmanian is very much ready to be done with racing.Īs Porte rides off into the sunset, to what he hopes will be “a normal life”, we wanted to take the opportunity to look back at what has been a wonderful career.Ī triathlete in his early years, Porte turned to cycling seriously in 2006. When the Tour of Britain came to a premature conclusion last Thursday evening, so ended the career of Richie Porte.
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