Richie Porte says it 'hurts more than words' to miss the birth of his daughter, after riding himself back into Tour de France contention on a brutal first Pyrenees stage.
Richie Porte has put a disappointing stage seven result behind him to climb back into contention in the first Pyrenees stage of the Tour de France — and he did so with news of the birth of his daughter fresh in his mind.
"While yesterday was bitterly disappointing on the bike my wife Gemma and I had this little bundle of joy arrive," Porte wrote."Hurts more than words can express to miss the birth of your child but thank you [to my team] Trek Segafredo for being so supportive.He later told SBS that it had been a "weird last couple of days" and that he'd had his wife's labour on his mind throughout the seventh stage of the race.
However, he countered strongly on a tough stage eight, even attacking his general classification rivals on the final climb of the day up the Col de Peyresourde.The 35-year-old was reigned in after his brief attack and made up no time on race leader Adam Yates, however he still finished in the main group of favourites, 6 minutes 40 seconds behind breakaway stage winner, Frenchman Nans Peters.
The former wearer of the white jersey for best young rider, Tadej Pogacar, clawed back 40 seconds after also being affected by the split in the peloton on stage seven.
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