Richie Porte

Richie Porte
Porte at the 2017 Paris–Nice
Personal information
Full nameRichard Julian Porte[1]
NicknameTasmanian Devil
Fish
The King of Willunga Hill[2]
Born (1985-01-30) 30 January 1985 (age 39)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Height1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[3]
Weight62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)[3]
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur teams
2007AC Sammarinese–Gruppo Lupi
2008Mastromarco Sensi Grassi
2009Bedogni–Grassi–Natalini
Professional teams
2008–2009Praties
2010–2011Team Saxo Bank
2012–2015Team Sky[4]
2016–2018BMC Racing Team
2019–2020Trek–Segafredo[5][6]
2021–2022Ineos Grenadiers[7][8]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 TTT stage (2018)
Giro d'Italia
Young rider classification (2010)

Stage races

Paris–Nice (2013, 2015)
Volta a Catalunya (2015)
Tour de Romandie (2017)
Tour de Suisse (2018)
Critérium du Dauphiné (2021)
Tour Down Under (2017, 2020)
Giro del Trentino (2015)
Volta ao Algarve (2012)

Single-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2015)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing Team Sky
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Tuscany Team time trial

Richard Julian Porte (born 30 January 1985) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer who competed as a professional from 2008 to 2022. His successes include wins at 8 World Tour stage races: Paris–Nice in 2013 and 2015, the Volta a Catalunya in 2015, the Tour de Romandie in 2017, the Tour Down Under in 2017 and 2020, the Tour de Suisse in 2018 and the Critérium du Dauphiné in 2021.[9] In Grand Tours, he won the young rider classification at the 2010 Giro d'Italia, his first year at UCI ProTour level, and finished on the podium of the 2020 Tour de France, but was also frequently hit by illnesses and injuries.[10]

  1. ^ "Porte wins GP Felino". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  2. ^ Giuliani, Simone; Ostanek, Daniel (19 January 2024). "Willunga Hill – The history of the Tour Down Under's most iconic climb". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Richie Porte profile". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
  4. ^ "Team Sky (SKY) – GBR". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Trek-Segafredo announce complete 2020 men's roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  7. ^ "Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  8. ^ Benson, Daniel (25 September 2020). "Richie Porte signs with Ineos Grenadiers". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Richie Porte: My goal is to try at least win a bike race this year, somewhere". VeloNews. 4 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Richie Porte: another Tour, another mishap for cycling's unluckiest man". The Guardian. 2018.