Richie Porte gets ready to support Chris Froome in Tour de France title bid

Chris Froome and Richie Porte, Criterium du Dauphine 2013, stage eight
(Image credit: Watson)

Sky's Richie Porte rode around Annecy, France, this morning in the best possible position ahead of the Tour de France. He is sitting shotgun to red-hot favourite, Chris Froome while gaining experience to win the race for himself in the future.

"We train together a lot and spend a lot of time with each other," Porte told Cycling Weekly via telephone yesterday. "Every day we are at home in Monaco, we go out together. That's a fair bit of time."

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.