{"id":165382,"date":"2018-06-18T08:55:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T08:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/?p=165382"},"modified":"2018-06-18T08:55:18","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T08:55:18","slug":"richie-porte-wins-tour-de-suisse-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2018\/06\/18\/richie-porte-wins-tour-de-suisse-and-other-cool-news-from-the-world-of-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Richie Porte Wins Tour de Suisse and Other Cool News from the World of Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. So, what did you miss?<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Porte seals overall victory<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Nairo Quintana (Movistar) wasn\u2019t able to close the 17-second gap to Porte (BMC) in the final stage time trial. The Australian actually gained 55 seconds on the Colombian and sealed his GC win. It was Jakob Fuglsang who made the best use of the route and jumped from sixth place to second overall, pushing Quintana back to third.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch an honour to finish off all the hard work of the BMC boys over the past 9 days and win Tour de Suisse. Biggest victory of my career!\u201d Porte said after the win.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cI\u2018ve won?!\u201c \u201eYES!!!\u201c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/richie_porte?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@richie_porte<\/a> a few metres after winning the Tour de Suisse!!! Congratz! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tourdesuisse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tourdesuisse<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BMCProteam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BMCProTeam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wBgUajlA5k\">pic.twitter.com\/wBgUajlA5k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tour de Suisse (@tds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tds\/status\/1008353317532160000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Stage 9: Bellinzona &#8211; Bellinzona (34.1km)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1 Stefan K\u00fcng (BMC), in 39-44<br \/>\n2 S\u00f8ren Kragh Andersen (Sunweb), at 19s<br \/>\n3 Tejay Van Garderen (BMC), at 23s<br \/>\n4 Maciej Bodnar (Bora-Hansgrohe), at 26s<br \/>\n5 Michael Matthews (Sunweb), at 26s<br \/>\n6 Pavel Sivakov (Sky), at 37s<br \/>\n7 Cameron Meyer (Mitchelton-Scott), same time<br \/>\n8 Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), at 38s<br \/>\n9 Nikias Arndt (Sunweb), at 44s<br \/>\n10 Nelson Oliveira (Movistar), at 46s<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stefankueng?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@stefankueng<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BMCProteam?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BMCProTeam<\/a> at the press-conference as stage winner! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/tourdesuisse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#tourdesuisse<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rBa87HThCM\">pic.twitter.com\/rBa87HThCM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tour de Suisse (@tds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tds\/status\/1008365636391751681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>General classification<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1 Richie Porte (BMC), in 29-28-05<br \/>\n2 Jakob Fuglsang (Astana), at 1-02<br \/>\n3 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar), at 1:12<br \/>\n4 Enric Mas Nicolau (Quick Step Floors), at 1-20<br \/>\n5 Wilco Kelderman (Sunweb), at 1-21<br \/>\n6 Simon \u0160pilak (Katusha-Alpecin), at 1-47<br \/>\n7 Sam Oomen (Sunweb), at 1-52<br \/>\n8 Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo), at 1-59<br \/>\n9 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates, at 2-27<br \/>\n10 Arthur Vichot (Fra) Groupama \u2013 FDJ, at 2-41<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Hold my beer\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No, no, just a carry on and one personal item. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/100lbs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#100lbs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KijCsS3kVV\">pic.twitter.com\/KijCsS3kVV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Howes (@alex_howes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alex_howes\/status\/1006423471226667008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>Wait. How could he see them?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hotel reception rung <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcelkittel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@marcelkittel<\/a> &amp; I\u2019s room at 1am last night, I answered;<br \/>\u201cHello?\u201d<br \/>\u201cHello sir, do you know you\u2019re in a no smoking room?\u201d<br \/>\u201cYes\u201d<br \/>\u201cCan you stop smoking please&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>1\/2<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Dowsett (@alexdowsett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexdowsett\/status\/1006277547598983168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;it is forbidden\u201d<br \/>\u201cWe\u2019re not smoking\u201d<br \/>\u201cYou are, I can see you\u201d<br \/>\u201cWell you can\u2019t, because we\u2019re not, we\u2019re pro cyclists, we don\u2019t smoke\u201d<br \/>\u201cOh, sorry sir, goodnight\u201d<\/p>\n<p>*Unplugs a phone from wall.<\/p>\n<p>2\/2<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alex Dowsett (@alexdowsett) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexdowsett\/status\/1006277625889902593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<h2><strong>We all suffer from this one!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"embed-controller-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So I was always right&#8230;it does exist! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/alsUUsgyho\">pic.twitter.com\/alsUUsgyho<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andre Greipel (@AndreGreipel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndreGreipel\/status\/1006831947774128131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 13, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async data-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another Monday is here and our news from the world of cycling with it. 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