Porte Withdraws From Giro D'Italia Due to Injury

The Australian hurt his hip and knee after being one of around 20 riders brought down in a high-speed pile-up in wet conditions.
He finished the stage two minutes down on the winner, and he then fell out of contention completely by losing another four minutes on stage 14's individual time trial on Saturday and 27 minutes on a mountainous 15th stage on Sunday.
The injury compounded a dreadful second week of the race for Porte,