Katusha win in Italy and Norway in the same day. We have the Giro d’Italia and the Tour of Norway to catch-up with – we have all the reports, results, rider quotes and that all important video action. Top Story is puncture-gate and in other news we preview the World Ports Classic and the European Road Championships, plus the Giant-Alpecin long-list for the Tour and Marco Haller re-signs for Katusha.TOP STORY: Porte’s 2 Minute PenaltyIn stage 10 of the Giro d’Italia Sky’s Richie Porte punctures with 6 kilometers to go and had no teammates with him, so his Australian friend on the Orica-GreenEDGE team, Simon Clarke, gave him his front wheel. Four Sky riders came back for Porte, but as the commissars left a gap between the peloton and the cars (known in the trade as a ‘barrage’), Porte lost 47 seconds which meant he was at 1:09 to Alberto Contador on the overall standing. After the stage, the commissars jury also fined the two riders 200 Swiss Francs and penalized them two minutes, Porte now dropped to 12th overall at 3:09. Sky boss, David Brailsford, said: It just goes to show you that you can either live by the letter of the law or the spirit of the law. The law is the law and Brailsford will have to accept that. If this had happened between Katusha and Astana for instance, or if Valverde gave his wheel to Contador (which I doubt would happen anyway), the ‘Twitterati’ would be...
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