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Richie Porte selects young cyclist award grants

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The Mark Gunter Photographer of the Year Awards is driven by the desire to help others, with funds raised from entries going to two charitable causes. Over the four years of the competition, thousands of dollars have been raised for cancer research, and thousands more has gone to the assistance of young cyclists – a …

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Richie Porte wins the Tour Down Under after being dethroned on Willunga

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WILLUNGA HILL, Australia (CT) – Richie Porte’s reign on Willunga Hill has finally come to an end. Today, for the first time in seven years, the Tasmanian wasn’t the first across the line atop the Tour Down Under’s most famous climb. But Porte wasn’t too disappointed — his second place on the stage was enough …

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Richie Porte calls for uphill time trial at the Tour Down Under

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Tour Down Under champion Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) has called on incoming race director Stuart O’Grady to add a time trial to the event’s 2021 edition. “I’ve already asked Stuart O’Grady next year to put the freeway in as a time trial, an uphill time trial,” Porte said Sunday after winning his second title. “I think …

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‘Really sketchy’: Ewan doubles up on nervous stage 4 of the Tour Down Under

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MURRAY BRIDGE, Australia (CT) – You could sense the tension in the bunch. Domestiques bringing their leaders up to the front as the pace increased. Riders squeezed off the bitumen and onto the gravel verge. Rivals nudging each other out of the way, battling for space. A handful of late crashes that saw riders bouncing …

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Porte surges to Tour Down Under lead, but the race is far from over

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PARACOMBE, Australia (CT) – If history is anything to go by, Richie Porte (Trek-Segafredo) is on his way to winning the 2020 Tour Down Under. On the race’s last two visits to Paracombe, the stage winner there became the overall champion. Today, Porte made his bid to extend that record. Just as he did in …

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Richie Porte selects young cyclist award grants

Richie Porte wins the Tour Down Under after being dethroned on Willunga

Richie Porte calls for uphill time trial at the Tour Down Under

‘Really sketchy’: Ewan doubles up on nervous stage 4 of the Tour Down Under

Porte surges to Tour Down Under lead, but the race is far from over

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