Chris Froome feeds off Richie Porte's strength

Chris Froome and Richie Porte, Tour de France 2013, stage 14

Richie Porte proved on the slopes of Alpe d'Huez today how important team mates can be. On the final climb at the end of a hard day for Team Sky, Porte rode up to his leader Chris Froome and then fetched food for him from the team car.

It was a move that cost both himself and Froome a 20 second time penalty (and director sportive Nicolas Portal a 1,000 Swiss franc fine) as riders are not allowed to feed from their team cars in the last 20 kilometres.

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