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OYONNAX, FRANCE - JULY 16: Tony Gallopin of France and Lotto Belisol celebrates as his solo breakaway eludes the peloton in the final meters to win the eleventh stage of the 2014 Tour de France, a 188km stage between Besancon and Oyonnax, on July 16, 2014 in Oyonnax, France. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Porte steady as Gallopin takes stage

FRENCHMAN Tony Gallopin has won the 11th stage of the Tour de France, while Aussie hopeful Richie Porte remains second overall.

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Australia's Richie Porte rides in the pack during the 161.50 km tenth stage of the 101st edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 14, 2014 between Mulhouse and La Planche des Belles Filles ski resort, eastern France. AFP PHOTO / LIONEL BONAVENTURE

Porte suddenly our big Tour hope

RICHIE Porte has long been seen as Cadel Evans’ heir apparent when it comes to Australia’s next great Tour de France hope.

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CYCLING - Australia's Spring Queen Anna Meares preparing for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Pictured at the Adelaide Super-Drome. Photo Sarah Reed

Meares to complete decade of dominance

NEXT month will mark 10 years since Anna Meares won her first Olympic gold medal.

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LA PLANCHE DES BELLES FILLES, FRANCE - JULY 14: Richie Porte of Australia and Team SKY crosses the finish line on stage ten of the 2014 Tour de France, a 162km stage between Mulhouse and La Planche des Belles Filles, on July 14, 2014 in La Planche des Belles, France. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)

Porte: It’s up to us to attack Nibali

TEAM Sky leader Richie Porte says it’s now up to him and his teammates to attack Tour de France yellow jersey holder Vincenzo Nibali.

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Don’t play chicken with a Lamborghini

VIDEO: A WOMAN at a bike race thought she could dash across the road in front of the peloton. She forgot about the Lamborghini pace car.

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ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 25: Australian cyclist Richie Porte of Team Sky celebrates after being presented with a trophy for winning Stage Five of the Tour Down Under on January 25, 2014 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Morne de Klerk/Getty Images)

Could this Aussie win the Tour de France?

THIS might be Richie Porte’s Steven Bradbury moment. Initially a long shot to win cycling’s most prestigious event, the Tasmanian is suddenly second favourite.

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Aussie cyclists shake off health issues

CYCLISTS Shane Perkins and Peter Lewis say they will push past separate health concerns in order to compete at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

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KRUTH, FRANCE - JULY 14: Richie Porte (C) of Australia and Team Sky follows teammate Vasil Kiryienka (R) of Belarus and Team Sky on the climb of the Col d'Oderen during stage ten of the 2014 Le Tour de France from Mulhouse to La Planche des Belles Filles on July 14, 2014 in Kruth, France. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Coffee Ride #40 with Reece Homfray

IT WOULD be remiss not to open this week’s edition of The Coffee Ride with anything other than Tasmanian Richie Porte who finds himself in the race of his life.

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Australia's Richie Porte crosses the finish line of the tenth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 161.5 kilometers (100.4 miles) with start in Mulhouse and finish in La Planche des Belles Filles, France, Monday, July 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Porte sorry for ‘fighter’ Contador’s withdrawal

RICHIE PORTE has offered his commiserations to Alberto Contador after the tour favourite was bundled out of the Tour de France with a leg fracture

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Porte storms to second in Tour

VINCENZO Nibali has reclaimed the Tour de France leader’s yellow jersey as Australia’s Richie Porte launched himself into second place overall.

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Stage 3 will produce TDU carnage: Turtur

THE Tour Down Under is set to become a more serious climber’s race than ever with a second major hilltop finish added to the 2015 event.

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Germany's Tony Martin (L) and Italy's Alessandro De Marchi ride in a breakaway during the 170 km ninth stage of the 101st edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 13, 2014 between Gerardmer and Mulhouse, eastern France. AFP PHOTO / ERIC FEFERBERG

Martin wins stage, Porte stays in touch

GERMANY’S Tony Martin has scored a solo victory in the ninth stage of the Tour de France, while Tasmanian Richie Porte has dropped to fifth overall.

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Australia's Richie Porte takes the start of the 161 km eighth stage of the 101st edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 12, 2014 between Tomblaine and Gerardmer La Mauselaine, eastern France. AFP PHOTO / JEFF PACHOUD

Porte up to third in Tour de France

A STRONG climb has lifted Aussie Richie Porte to third place overall after the first mountain stage of the Tour de France.

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Cyclist Lance Armstrong on a short ride to stretch his legs after arriving for the Tour Down Under in Adelaide, South Australia.

Aussie cyclists ‘cheats, cowards’

EXCLUSIVE: THE cyclist who first questioned Lance Armstong’s Tour de France performances has hit out at Australian riders for staying silent over doping.

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Britain's Christopher Froome gets into his team car as he abandons the race following a third consecutive crash in two days during the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 155 kilometers (96.3 miles) with start in Ypres, Belgium, and finish in Arenberg, France, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. The stage initially contained nine sectors of cobblestone roads dreaded by the majority of the riders in the pack especially under wet conditions, the organization decided to cancel two of the nine stretches because of the weather. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)

Froome confirms double fracture

REIGNING Tour de France champion Chris Froome has explained the extent of his hand injuries from crashes at the prestigious race.

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Australia's Richie Porte, the new Sky team lead rider after Britain's Christopher Froome abandoned race in the fifth stage following a crash, rides with teammate Danny Pate of the U.S., left, during the sixth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 194 kilometers (120.5 miles) with start in Arras and finish in Reims, France, Thursday, July 10, 2014. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Porte races to sixth place in Tour

AUSTRALIAN Richie Porte has improved two places to sixth overall after the seventh stage of the Tour de France won by Italian Matteo Trentin.

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TOPSHOTS Germany's Andre Greipel celebrates as he crosses the finish line at the end of the 194 km sixth stage of the 101st edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 10, 2014 between Arras and Reims, northern France. AFP PHOTO / LIONEL BONAVENTURE

Greipel grinning, Porte support thinning

SPRINTER Andre Greipel won a drizzly sixth stage of the Tour de France, as crashes robbed Richie Porte and Alberto Contador of key support riders.

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YORK, ENGLAND - JULY 06: Chris Froome of Great Britain and Team Sky looks on during sign in prior to stage two of the 2014 Le Tour de France from York to Sheffield on July 6, 2014 in York, United Kingdom. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Froome crashes out in cobble chaos

DEFENDING champion Chris Froome has crashed out of the Tour de France, with Australian Richie Porte now set to lead Team Sky.

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YPRES, BELGIUM - JULY 09: Richie Porte of Australia and Team SKY crosses the finish line during the fifth stage of the 2014 Tour de France, a 155km stage between Ypres and Arenberg Porte du Hainaut, on July 9, 2014 in Ypres, Belgium. (Photo by Harry Engels/Getty Images)

Porte becomes Sky’s leading man

AUSTRALIA’S Richie Porte will take over as Team Sky’s leader in the Tour de France after defending champion Chris Froome crashed out.

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Comment: Cobbles have place in Tour

CHRIS Froome’s race-ending crash in the Tour de France is a tragedy and has sparked debate over having cobblestones in a three-week Grand Tour.

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LE TOUQUET-PARIS-PLAGE, FRANCE - JULY 08: Jesus Herrada Lopez (L) of Spain and the Movistar Team and Bauke Mollema (R) of The Netherlands and the Belkin Pro Cycling Team pick themselves up off the road after being in a crash involving Chris Froome of Great Britain and Team Sky just after the start of stage four of the 2014 Le Tour de France from Le Touquet-Paris-Plage to Lille on July 8, 2014 in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Froome crashes at Tour de France

REIGNING champion Chris Froome has crashed in the Tour de France, as Marcel Kittel wins the fourth stage.

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Coffee Ride #39 with Reece Homfray

AS MUCH as Matt Goss would love to be at the Tour de France this week, it’s with a degree of acceptance and understanding that he is instead training around his Monaco home.

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Injured Schleck pulls out of Tour

FORMER Tour de France winner Andy Schleck pulled out of the race ahead of Tuesday’s fourth stage because of an injured knee.

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Tour set for a rough ride on cobbles

CHRIS Froome isn’t known for his humour, but he was in good form when talking about Wednesday night’s Stage 5 of the Tour de France.

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Stage winner Germany's Marcel Kittel celebrates on the podium after winning the 155 km third stage of the 101st edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 7, 2014 between Cambridge and London, southwestern England. AFP PHOTO / ERIC FEFERBERG

Marcel Kittel wins in London

GERMANY’S Marcel Kittel has won the third stage of the Tour de France, in front of crowds so large they brought down another four riders.

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The worst Tour de France crashes

CARS slamming riders into barbed wire fences and dogs strolling in front of the peloton are among the worst crashes seen at the Tour de France.

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MUGLA, TURKEY - APRIL 30: Mark Renshaw of Australia and Omega Pharma-Quickstep poses on the podium after the 4th stage of the 50th Presidential Cycling Tour a 132 km stage between Fethiye to Marmaris on April 30, 2014, in the Eagean resorty city of Mugla, Turkey. (Photo by Ozgu Ozdemir - Velo/Getty Images)

Renshaw grabs chance without Cav

MARK Renshaw had his chance to shine after years of leading out the world’s best sprinters, following Mark Cavendish’s Tour de France-ending crash.

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Australia's Simon Gerrans leaves the signature ceremony at the departure village in York, prior to the beginning of during the 201 km second stage of the 101th edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 6, 2014 between York and Sheffield, northern England. AFP PHOTO / ERIC FEFERBERG

Cav’s apology doesn’t ease pain: Gerrans

MARK Cavendish has apologised for causing the crash that brought Simon Gerrans down in the Tour de France’s opening stage, but Aussie still disappointed.

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Italy's Vincenzo Nibali puts his overall leader yellow jersey on the podium at the end of the 201 km second stage of the 101th edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 6, 2014 between York and Sheffield, northern England. AFP PHOTO / ERIC FEFERBERG

Podium girl snubs Tour de France stage winner

SNAP! Italian cyclist Vincenzo Nibali’s victory in the second stage of the Tour de France didn’t impress this girl much. She completely rejected him.

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Tour de Selfish: Fans risk rider safety

THE Tour de France has encountered an unexpected problem which organisers fear could end in tragedy — “selfies”.

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