Porte reflects one year after Giro success

Richie Porte leads, Giro d'Italia 2010, stage 13

Australian Richie Porte made headlines one year ago exactly when the Giro d'Italia finished in L'Aquila. Today, just north up the road in Le Marche, he controlled the race for leader and team-mate, Alberto Contador.

"Last year, nothing really went wrong for me," he told Cycling Weekly. "Easier being an unknown? For sure, when I look back on it now."

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