Long road to Porte rebuild

RICHIE Porte hopes to be back on the road soon after a broken collarbone ended his Tour de France campaign on the same notorious stage that was his undoing last year.

The Australian cycling star was caught in a crash just 10km into the 156.5km stage nine from Arras Citadelle to Roubaix on Sunday.

Porte and other riders had been wary ahead of the infamous cobblestone sections but his crash happened well before he hit any of them. Porte fractured his right collarbone.