A punctured front tyre threatens to derail Richie Porte's hopes of a Tour de France top three finish before the Australian displays tremendous heart for a second straight day to fightback and finish with the race leaders.
Richie Porte was forced to fight back from adversity on stage 14 of the Tour de France to keep his hopes of a podium finish alive.Primoz Roglic maintained his 57 second lead over fellow Slovenian Tadej Pogacar with two stages of the Tour de France remaining
The Australian was riding in the pack chasing the breakaway of Polish stage winner Michal Kwiatkowski and his Ineos teammate Richard Carapaz of Ecuador when potential disaster hit. While that was happening race leaders Primoz Roglic, Tadej Pogacar and Miguel Angel Lopez pushed on, dropping the Australian to around 45 seconds behind.
And while the Colombian rider is renowned for his skills in the mountains, only a flat stage 19 leg and a final time trial, which could see Porte pull back a lot of time, remain in the race.
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