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Throughout the Tour de France, Australian professional cyclist Richie Porte will be checking in. Here is his latest entry, as told to ESPN contributor Rupert Guinness:Stage 11: Carcassonne to Montpellier.A big thumbs up to Tour de France organisers for shortening the climb up Mont Ventoux for Thursdays 12th stage finish because of the forecast gale winds causing safety concerns.It would probably suit me better where Im placed overall [14th at 2:22] to race the full sixteen kilometres to the top rather than six less to Chalet Reynard where we will now race to.But you only had to see the images of cyclists trying to ride on Mont Ventoux Thursday to understand what the hazards would be were we to race in such conditions. People couldnt even stand up there, let alone ride up there. So it wouldnt make sense to race up there.Wednesdays 11th stage from Carcassonne to Montpellier gave us enough of a test with the wind. It was absolutely crazy, and the impact was clear with the sight of echelons, and finally with how the stage unfolded with Peter Sagan attacking 10km from the finish with Tinkoff teammate Maciej Bodnar, Tour leader Chris Froome and his Sky teammate Geraint Thomas.What can I say? It was one of those days where you never got any chance to get a break. When we came out of kilometre zero you could see Sky out in front almost sprinting.But even at the front there were guys crashing. It was full concentration the whole time. I did not ease up once. I hardly looked down at my power meter of anything like that.There were just so many crashes and splits in the peloton. Then the neutral service car ran out of water, after we couldnt get water from the team cars. It was just a mess of a stage.When Sagan went, it wasnt so much that people missed the move. It was positioning. I tried to close the gap after Sagan went, but I couldnt get across. I was actually on the wheel of Fabian Cancellara (Trek-Segafredo) at one point as well, and he couldnt close it. They were absolutely motoring out there in that move, and chapeau for Sagan winning.You never know, they might pay for that effort in the stage to Mont Ventoux as well. It was a hard effort out there, but then I guess it was also a hard effort for us back in the peloton.What can we expect then with the climb up Mont Ventoux ending after 10 kilometres?With winds expected to be higher than on Wednesday, and blowing before the stage reaches Mont Ventoux it should still be a full-on crazy stage. There could be early carnage if the wind blows as expected. Thankfully, BMC is one of the best teams to handle the wind.But all the teams know what they will be faced with. Some will always try to make it harder than it has to be. The sprinters teams should take a bit more of a back seat which would lead to a more of a controlled affair for the general classification riders and their teams.As for the climb up Mont Ventoux? With it being shortened, the race will explode big time at the bottom. At the finish I dont expect there will be as many big a gaps on the general classification as there would be were the stage to finish at the summit. But then with the added explosiveness of the race on a shorter it is still going to be real hard to the finish line.My tip? There will still be plenty to talk about long after the sun sets over Provence.Fake Vapormax For Sale . After Gasquet beat fifth-seeded Ivan Dodig of Croatia 7-5, 6-3, Tsonga followed up with a 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2 win against sixth-seeded Edouard Roger-Vasselin in an all-French match. 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The Anahim Lake, B.C., native was stellar in making 39 saves in his home province and Lars Eller got credit for a bizarre short-handed winner as the Canadiens defeated the Canucks 4-1.Mercedes chairman Niki Lauda has clarified remarks he made about Lewis Hamiltons conduct in Baku and the relationship the British driver has with Nico Rosberg.In an interview with Servus TV, Lauda said Hamilton damaged his driver room after crashing in qualifying in Baku and lied when he claimed his relationship with teammate Nico Rosberg was really, really good. Mercedes has since issued a statement clarifying the comments of its chairman and claiming they were taken out of context.The statement said: Following his appearance on a television discussion show on Servus TV recorded prior to last weekends Austrian GP, Niki Lauda would like to set the record straight and state the following:Lewis Hamilton did not in any way damage a hotel rroom or his private driver room at the circuit during the race weekend in Baku; andLewis Hamilton did not lie about his relationship with team-mate Nico Rosberg.ddddddddddddiki regrets any misunderstanding caused by comments that have been blown wildly out of proportion compared with the casual context in which they were made.The broadcast of Laudas comments followed a controversial collision between Hamilton and Rosberg as they fought over the lead of the Austrian Grand Prix. Mercedes is considering introducing team orders ahead of this weekends British Grand Prix to prevent a repeat happening this season.? 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