Porte’s eyes on fifth TDU

RICHIE Porte has welcomed the pressure coming back on him for this week’s Santos Tour Down Under (TDU), if not to defend his title, then to win on Old Willunga Hill for a fifth year in a row.

The BMC leader starts today’s race as favourite for the ochre jersey but will be looking to avoid trouble and splits in the bunch on a sprinterfriendly Stage 1 from Port Adelaide to Lyndoch. No rider has gone back-toback in the TDU’s 19-year history and Porte wants to change that.