Porte wins Paris-Nice fifth stage to lead overall
- Published: 9 Mar 2013 at 01.49
- Online news: World
Australia's Team Sky rider Richie Porte broke clear to win the fifth stage of the Paris-Nice race at the mountaintop finish on La Montagne de Lure on Friday and seize the overall lead.
Richie Porte competes during the last summit of the fifth stage of the 71st Paris-Nice cycling race on March 8, 2013. Porte broke clear to win the fifth stage of the Paris-Nice race at the mountaintop finish on La Montagne de Lure and seize the overall lead.
Porte attacked on the final kilometre of the 176km ride from Chateauneauf-du-Pape to finish 26 seconds ahead of Russian veteran Denis Menchov, with Andrew Talansky of the United States in third.
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