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There were no ill feelings in the Team Sky camp at the end of the final day at 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Critérium International but there could have easily been reason for some post-stage words between 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Richie Porte and the day's stage 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chris Froome. Froome's attack on the day's final climb saw the🅺 recent Paris-Nice winner Porte lose out but unlike a certain moment in last year's Tour de France where Froome supposedly attacked Bradley Wiggins, this was all part of the strategy and it was executed to perfection, according to both riders and team director Nicolas Portal.

Porte begun Stage 3 from Porto-Vecchio to Col de l'Ospedale resplendent in yellow and appeared on track to follow-up f🔯rom his victory at Paris-Nice however, the Australian would end the day in second-place both on the stage and the final classౠification after Froome stole the show in the final five kilometers of racing.

Despite missing out on his second overall victory of the year Porte appeared satisfied with the result. The team walked away with a one-two victory and claimed two of the✅ three stages. The entire race couldn't have gone any better according💝 to eventual winner Froome. A sentiment echoed by his teammate Porte.

"The staꦉge panned out more or less how we expected. The plan was to control the race throughout the day. It was a huge job an༒d we really put pressure on the other teams," said Froome on his .

"Richie and I didn't havღe to make any big efforts untilℱ right at the end there. The team did that work for us and all we had to do was finish it off," he added.

"I didn't really intend to attack on the clim🦹b, but when the gap widened between myself and Richie, I felt I ꦉcould go on, so I went for it.

"It was that quick think𓄧ing between us 🍬which brought about the victory and we couldn't ask for any more than a one-two on the stage and GC."

Porte paid tribute to the tꦛireless efforts of his other teammates who sort to set-up the expec💧ted victory for Porte while instead it was Froome who got given the nod to stretch his legs.

"Tactically we were spot on today. The team were absolutely incredible and it's just a shame you don't get to see all the work guys like Joe [Dombroꦕwski], Jon 🎉[Tiernan-Locke], Xabi [Zandio], Kosta [Siutsou] and Vasil [Kiryienka] do to get us to that point where Froomey and I can attack at the end," said Porte.

"Froomey set a hard tempo after Kiryienka's mammoth turn and I thought I'd let a small gap go to see what happened, and that was the last we saw of Froomey, he w🌠as gone (laughs).

"It wasn't planned but it worked out perfe🌞ctly. We ride together every day so we know each other so well, and when he went nobody reacted so he had to contin✱ue.

"As I said yesterday, the only important thing was that Team Sky won today. It's always special to get a one-two on the podium, especially given the strength oꦯf the field we had here, and we're super happy."

Building for the Tour de France

The overall win at the 2.HC gave Froome a much needed confidence boost after 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:missing out on the overall at Tirreno-Adriatic♚o. With Froome expected to lead his Sky team at this year's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France and teammate Wiggins firstly aiming at the Giro d'It💖alia, the win ဣcouldn't have come at a better time.

"The way this team has performed over the weekend has given me huge confidence as we continue building towards the Tour de France. There were plenty of attacks today but the guys reacted brilliantly to every situa꧂tion," said Froome.

"The squad as a whole here at Team Sky is p🐟icking up momentum with every race we enter and the results we're ge♏tting across the board is what motivates us to keep improving. It's special to be part of."

Team director Portal was quick to extinguish any inter-team problems going so far as to call Froome and Porte "b꧋est friends". This friendship could prove vital to the team in the coming month𝓡s as the team looks to build a loyal squad ahead of the Grand Départ.

"This is a perfect result for them because they are best friends and it will be a great memory for them to look back on in the future," he sa🤪id.

"The result wil🐼l have given them both a massive confidence boost as well because none of the other riders could react to their effort♈s. They've proved they're at a different level to the likes of Schleck, Evans and Talansky at the moment and that's got to bode well as they continue to improve for the summer."