Richard Julian "Richie" Porte is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on Team Sky. In his first year at ProTour level, Porte won the young rider classification at the 2010 Giro d'Italia, and featured prominently in the general classification at several stage races. Porte moved to Team Sky for the 2012 season, and quickly made an impact, winning the Volta ao Algarve. In 2013, Porte achieved his biggest victory to date, winning two stages and the overall classification in the 2013 Paris?Nice. He is known for his individual time trial ability as well as his excellent climbing ability. He served as a super-domestique for Chris Froome in the 2013 Tour de France. The following year Porte took over as leader of Team Sky during the 2014 Tour de France after Froome crashed out of the race. 

January 30th, 1985 in Launceston (Age 39) as Richard Julian Porte