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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 seven: LIsle Jourdain to Lac de Payolle, 162.5kmWhat about that for a reminder of how the unexpected can happen in the Tour de France; the collapse of the inflatable one kilometre to go arch in stage seven on Friday.It was hard to know what led to the inflatable arch falling as it did, on British rider Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange) seconds before the peloton and I hit the last 1000m stretch of the 159.5km seventh stage.When we got there, the police stopped us and were like, What the hell happened?Richie Portes stage six diaryRiders were trying to get around and underneath it in a rush to re-start their sprint. You just never know what is going to happen in any given situation.Until now, I certainly had never been in a race where this happened ... Well, I have been in races where the 20km to go sign has fallen, but to this extreme and with one kilometre to go in the Tour, never.Although, Im grateful the race jury implemented the three-kilometre to go rule that is not normally in place for mountain stages like this - the first of three in the Pyrénées - where the pelotons time is taken with three kilometres to go due to an incident out of its control inside that mark.I was on the right side of the road when the arch collapsed. We were very lucky. If we were sprinting and the arch fell it would have been dangerous.Not so lucky was Yates. I saw him on the side of the road with his bike stuck in the arch. I was initially with him and Irishman Dan Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) as we got a gap on the peloton near the summit of the Col dAspin.On the descent, Yates was taking some risks; I was not really keen on pushing that much ... not this early in the Tour.It was quite a tricky and fast descent though, and Yates deserved the result he finally got after we were given the same time on the stage - the white jersey of best young rider, that was his aim with the late attack.The jersey had previously been worn by Frenchman Julian Alaphilipe (FDJ)But then again, who could have been ready for what we saw when we got to the last kilometre: the one kilo to go arch down.Forgetting our shock, it still made for a bit of an anti climax for the stage. We would normally have been sprinting for the finish, but then that happens.That drama aside, the stage still ended superbly for us, with our Belgian teammate Greg Van Avermaet keeping the yellow jersey for Saturdays eighth stage in the Pyrénées. Greg raced smart to get into the early break of 29 riders that got up to a five-minute lead. With that advantage up his sleeve he rode as hard as he could to the end of the stage. He extended his overall lead by 39 seconds, to five minutes 50 seconds which was incredible.I thought we might have ridden a little quicker up the Col dAspin, but then no one was really committed. Maybe that is a sign everybody is a bit fatigued by the heat or they are saving it up for stage eight and beyond.You never know. This tour is a bit of a poker match at the moment. Nothing taken away from Greg. His race was still brilliant. It is not often that you see a yellow jersey - especially in the Tour - just jump in the days break as he did. Bruce Armstrong Jersey . Its 1987 and a Brazilian playmaker, known as Mirandinha, is being paraded around St James Park to the passionate Newcastle fans. Curtis Martin Jersey . 4 Villanova with a 96-68 drubbing on Monday. Wragge hit 9-of-14 from behind the arc, matching Kyle Korvers school record for 3-pointers in a game set in 2003, as Creighton (16-3, 6-1 Big East broke a conference record with 21 treys in the rout. http://www.custompatriotsjersey.com/ . - Derek Wolfe says hes finally healthy after suffering a seizure in November that doctors now believe was related to the spinal cord injury he suffered in the preseason. NKeal Harry Jersey Large . Darren Helm scored on Detroits sixth attempt in the shootout and then Jonas Gustavsson stopped Andrew Shaws shot, lifting the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night. Paul Hofer Jersey . -- Catcher Brett Hayes has agreed to a $630,000, one-year contract with the Kansas City Royals, avoiding salary arbitration. (STATS) -- Charleston Southern has moved its home game against Albany State from Saturday to 7 p.m. ET Thursday due to concerns over Hurricane Matthews potential impact.Matthew, currently a Category 4 hurricane, is the most powerful Atlantic tropical storm since 2007. It is expected to make landfaall in Haiti late Monday or early Tuesday.ddddddddddddCharleston Southern, the 2015 Big South Conference champion, is 3-2. Albany State, a Division II program, is 2-3. ' ' '