The recent flurry of rider transfers has somewhat overshadowed the fact that one of the biggest signings of the season - Richie Porte from Team Sky to BMC – already took place several months ago.
Since then Porte has almost been a ghost on the racing and media scene but on Thursday evening the Australian talked to Cyclingnews about his 2016 campaign; why he has moved to BMC; his Tour de France ambitions and of course the question that has dominated his summer: how is it going to work between him and Tejay van Garderen at the Tour de France?
"Obviously I'm not leaving Sky and joining BMC just to target the Giro," Porte tells Cyclingnews straight off the bat.
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"I'm not leaving a team that I've been so happy at to go and ride the Giro again next season. I want to peak for July and the Tour de France."
That's settled that. Instead of targeting the Giro d'Italia in 2016, as he has done in the last two years, Porte will hope to have a full run at the Tour de France in summer and although his full race programme has yet to be confirmed or announced it’s fair to suggest that he will enjoy a typical pre-Tour race schedule with a few alterations – such as the Tour Down Under – mixed in.
"And with it being an Olympic year, I'd love to do the Games. From what I've heard it's going to be a hard course out in Rio and one that suits the climbers both for the road race and the time trial," Porte said.
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