The Australian Tour de France hopes that Porte keeps his promise at the sixth stage

Mûr-de-Bretagne : The hope of the Australian Tour de France Richie Porte had penciled in Thursday's rise of stage six, the Mûr de Bretagne, as a "good" test "for contenders like him. A good runner who is strong today will be as strong in the last two weeks, "added Tasmanian, 33, before the 181 km stage between Brest and the summit of the climb of two miles begins

A little over four hours later, forecasts from Porte rang loudly and loudly.He was one of the eight contenders in the Tour to gain valuable time that could prove vital when the Tour arrives in Paris on July 29.

Daniel Martin (Emirats United Arab Emirates), Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) and Mikel Landa (Movistar), the British Adam Yates (Mitchelton-Scott), the Welsh Geraint Thomas (Sky), the Colombian Nairo Quintana (Movistar), the Italian Vincenzo Nibali ( Bahrain-Merida) and the Danish Jacob Fuglsang (Astana) 19659002] Martin won the by a second of Frenchman Pierre Latour (AG2R-La Mondiale) and 3 out of a group of 13 riders which included Valverde (3rd) Yates (6th), Thomas (9th), Porte (11th), Quintana (13th), Nibali ( 14th) and Fuglsang (15th); as well as the Belgian teammate of Porte and the general leader of the race, Greg Van Avermaet (12th) who kept the yellow jersey.