Richie Porte puts Olympics snub to the side ahead of Vuelta debut

Richie Porte chases, Tour de France 2012, stage 11

Richie Porte is still bitterly disappointed about being overlooked for Australia's Olympic Games road team as he prepares for his Vuelta a Espana debut from Saturday.

Porte will start tomorrow's 234km San Sebastian classic ahead of his second Grand Tour of the season alongside training partner and Tour de France runner-up Chris Froome.

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Sophie Smith is an Australian journalist, broadcaster and author of Pain & Privilege: Inside Le Tour. She follows the WorldTour circuit, working for British, Australian and US press, and has covered 10 Tours de France.