Having started the final stage of the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Criterium du Dauphine in second place overall, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Richie Porte looked poised for his third WorldTour podium finish of the season.However the Australian slipped to fourth with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale) and Etixx-Quick Step's 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Dan Martin moving up on the podium as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Chris Froome celebrated his 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:third win at the Tour de France dress rehearsal.

Fourth in the prologue, Porte moved into second on stage 1 before briefly dropping to third after stage 4 then jumping back into second. The BMC rider crossed the line in ninth place on the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:seventh and final stage in Superdévoluy with his podium pl𒆙ace disappearing following a tangle with Froome𝓡 as he explained.

"I found myself almost in the barriers and had to stop and that's wh🔯en the group went and that's when my podium was lost," Porte said of the incident. "It's just one of those things. I was there all week and today I had a much better day, so it's just a shame to finish on such a bad note. But I think it will keep me hungry for July."

In WorldTour races so far in 2016, Porte started with second at the Tour Down Under, third at Paris-N♓ice, fourth at Volta Ciclista a Catalunya having lost his podium place on the final stage and was then a DNS at Tour de Romandie prior to the Dauphine. 

"I thought I may have still finished third," said Porte who was second behind then teammate Froome 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:at the 2013 Dauphine. "To almost crash in the last 500 meters of the whole race is a disappointing wa🍌y to end a fantastic week. It's just a racing incident. Everyone's on📖 the limit and it's just one of those things that happen."

While Porte was disappointed to slip to fourth, he can take solace in the fact that his performance is a good indicator ahead of the Tour and could see BMC back him as its chief GC rider in July. On the eve of the Dauphine, Porte 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:told Cyclingnews he was "looking forward to going there and testing myself against some of the big Tour favourites". Having gone head-to-head with Froome and finished ahead of Alberto Contador (Tink♋off), the 30-year-old meet his pre-race aim.

"Yesterday I had a bit of a bad day but I didn't lose that much," Porte said. "Today I felt great. It was a hard stage, and a hard race in general, but I bounced back really well. I'm quite happy with the form and the way things are lining upജ for July." 

Sports director Valerio Piva echoed Porte's disappointment to have misseﷺd the podium but was pleased to see the Australian in form and support from a strong team.

"We had second place on GC heading into today and we lost it in the last sprint. From this mistake we missed out on the podium which is really unfortunate. It's a big disappointment for both Richie and the team. His performance here was very good," Piva said. "He was again at the top level today, he was there all day, jumping in the movement with Frooܫme, Contador and Bardet. Then everything camp back and we had 20 riders or so on the final climb. We are disappointed but we are also really happy to be here with a strong leader and a team that worked really well together.

"Richie's condition is good. He didn't have꧙ the best day yesterday but recovered well to come back good today, which is a great sign for the Tour de France. He deserved to be on the p🥀odium so it's a shame that it didn't happen that way."