(1985-01-30) 30 January 1985 (age 39) Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Height
1.72 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)[3]
Weight
62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)[3]
Team information
Current team
Retired
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Rider type
All-rounder
Amateur teams
2007
AC Sammarinese–Gruppo Lupi
2008
Mastromarco Sensi Grassi
2009
Bedogni–Grassi–Natalini
Professional teams
2008–2009
Praties
2010–2011
Team Saxo Bank
2012–2015
Team Sky[4]
2016–2018
BMC Racing Team
2019–2020
Trek–Segafredo[5][6]
2021–2022
Ineos 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
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]
^"Porte wins GP Felino". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 11 August 2009. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
^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.
^ ab"Richie Porte profile". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2013.
^"Team Sky (SKY) – GBR". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
^"Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
^"Trek-Segafredo announce complete 2020 men's roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
^"Ineos Grenadiers". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
^Benson, Daniel (25 September 2020). "Richie Porte signs with Ineos Grenadiers". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^"Richie Porte: My goal is to try at least win a bike race this year, somewhere". VeloNews. 4 February 2022.
^"Richie Porte: another Tour, another mishap for cycling's unluckiest man". The Guardian. 2018.
professional cycling. Wikimedia Commons has media related to RichiePorte. Official website RichiePorte at ProCyclingStats RichiePorte at Cycling Archives...
general classification. RichiePorte abandoned the Tirreno–Adriatico and the Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, resulting in Porte not competing in the Giro...
Italy John Cyril Porte, British/Irish aviator RichiePorte, Australian professional cyclist who competes for Team BMC Toyota Porte, an automobile Port...
2011 Cadel Evans & RichiePorte are only riders to finish tour on podium. Cadel did this 3 times (1st 2011 & 2nd 2007–08). Porte was 3rd in 2020. Phil...
countryman Primož Roglič (Team Jumbo–Visma) finished second, while Australian RichiePorte (Trek–Segafredo) came third. Alexander Kristoff won the bunch sprint...
of RichiePorte, and finishing eighth overall. Thomas was again scheduled to support Porte at Paris–Nice, but an injury to Froome meant that Porte was...
2001), André Greipel (2008 and 2010), Daryl Impey (2018 and 2019) and RichiePorte (2017 and 2020) have won the Tour Down Under twice; Impey is the only...
finishing third in Ax3 Domaines behind Chris Froome and RichiePorte. However, the next day, Porte lost over 15 minutes which moved Valverde into second...
other riders considered contenders for the general classification were RichiePorte (BMC Racing Team), Thibaut Pinot (FDJ), Fabio Aru (Astana), Vincenzo...
contenders for the general classification alongside Tao Geoghegan Hart, RichiePorte, and Tour winner Geraint Thomas. After the other three riders were involved...
Championships in January, finishing 38 seconds clear of his closest rival, RichiePorte. He then won the sixth stage individual time trial at May's Tour of California...
Katusha 2016 Colombia Nairo Quintana Movistar Team 2017 Australia RichiePorte BMC Racing Team 2018 Slovenia Primož Roglič LottoNL–Jumbo 2019 Slovenia...
2006 - Mayor Ray Gilbert OAM JP & Edith Gilbert JP 2019 - Richard "Richie" Julian Porte Local Government Areas of South Australia List of Adelaide suburbs...
to take a 45-second overall lead ahead of teammate RichiePorte. Yates held this lead over Porte for the remainder of the race, with Geraint Thomas ultimately...
Nibali (Bahrain–Merida), RichiePorte (BMC Racing Team), Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team) and Adam Yates (Mitchelton–Scott). Porte's best result in the Tour...
National Time Trial Championships, Rohan Dennis Stage 5 Tour Down Under, RichiePorte Stage 4 (ITT) Vuelta a Andalucía, Tejay van Garderen Vuelta a Murcia...
Time Trial World Championship. For the 2016 season, the team signed RichiePorte. He scored podiums at the Tour Down Under and Paris–Nice to finish 7th...
Dan Martin (UAE Team Emirates), Enric Mas (Deceuninck–Quick-Step), RichiePorte (Trek–Segafredo), Rigoberto Urán and Tejay van Garderen (both EF Education...
first time, out-sprinting Lampre–ISD's Matthew Lloyd and Team Sky's RichiePorte for victory. Later in the month he won the Tour Down Under for the second...
Australia Team BridgeLane 2020 RichiePorte Australia Trek–Segafredo Australia St George Continental Cycling Team 2021 RichiePorte Australia Ineos Grenadiers...
new WIGGINS squad after the 2015 Paris–Roubaix in April. On 8 January, RichiePorte scored the team's first victory of the season by winning the Australian...
2013). "RichiePorte attacks into yellow on La Montagne de Lure". VeloNation. Retrieved 2 June 2022. Atkins, Ben (10 March 2013). "RichiePorte confirms...
for the general classification. His closest rivals were thought to be RichiePorte (BMC Racing Team), Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team), Alberto Contador (Trek–Segafredo)...
but made up for it by taking the stage victory on Stage 3, distancing RichiePorte and Mikel Landa by five seconds after attacking with two kilometers remaining...
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