Porte - A Massive Opportunity

01 July 2016 11:36

Richie Porte has said that the 2016 Tour De France is a massive opportunity for him.

The Tasmanian who moved to BMC from Team Sky said at the BMC press conference in Saint Lo: "It's nice that I have been allowed to build my season up compared to last year when I was running on fumes.

" This is a massive opportunity and a chance to lead a fantastic team.

"I am still friends with Chris Froome but we are now rivals and we speak mainly about diet etc. I am friends with G (Geraint Thomas) as well but I am not expecting any favours off them nor will they get any from me. There are 197 other bike riders in the race and I'll be focussing on me and not on Froome who is so hard to read."

Source: DSG