Australian cycling star Richie Porte says his wife was OK with him missing the birth of their daughter to compete at the Tour de France, so long as he did not sit at the back of the peloton.
Richie Porte had his wife's blessing to miss the birth of their daughter to compete in this year's Tour de France, but it came with an important caveat.Richie Porte locked up third spot on the podium with a strong time trial in the penultimate stageHe said she told him: "Go to the Tour [but] if you're at the back of the peloton, I'll be a little bit pissed"
"[She] said to me, 'Go to the Tour, do your thing … [but] if I turn the television on and you're at the back of the peloton, I'll be a little bit pissed,'" he said. "I came here and I knew I had a mission to achieve. To miss the birth — I feel like this goes a little bit of the way to make it worthwhile."
Gemma Porte, who met her husband when he was at Team Sky between 2012 and 2016, was tuning in from home with"I need a drink … how much can you drink whilst breastfeeding exactly?" she joked on Twitter.In the wake of his historic performance, Richie Porte recalled his childhood days watching Le Tour at all hours of the night and early morning back in Tasmania.
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