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 18: Sallanches to Megève, France - 17km time trialIt was exactly 7.40pm when I walked in through the front door of our hotel in the Alpine town of Megève where the 18th stage of the Tour de France had finished a little more than two hours earlier.Where did the time go on Thursday?Heaven knows, but it reminded me that on the Tour the real finish line of a stage is not so much the white one you cross near the podium, but more so the point at which you check in to your hotel and finally get into your room. My mind was spinning.?The stage itself was a massive occasion in this Tour with so much on the line for so many, in my case as an opportunity some time on the overall classification.?I had prepared for this mountain time trial.While I still finished fourth at 33 seconds to Chris Froome (SKY) who smashed it to win the stage and extend his lead further, I was a little disappointed at first.After a fast start that led to a pleasing ascent of the climb to 10.5km where I was fastest and for that won the Prix Bernard Hinault, I faded a bit towards the end.Still, it was an honour to get the Bernard Hinault award, not only because it is named after such a legend of the sport, but that my ascent to the 10.5km mark showed again that I am climbing well and with the best.I should be in a good place for the two Alpine stages - on Friday and Saturday - to give all I have to fight for a place on the podium alongside Froome.Lets face it, Froome is so strong here - and his team - and it would take a disaster for him to lose the Tour from here. But a real fight is on the cards for second and third spots overall.There is one minute eight seconds separating me in sixth place overall at 5:00 with second placed Dutchman Bauke Mollema (Trek Segafredo) who is second at 3:52, while 44 seconds lies between me and third pace, currently held by Briton Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange.)You can expect an absolute showdown between as many as five riders for those two spots.But no sooner had we all got the lay of the land after Thursdays time trial, then I somehow became sucked into the vortex of Tour life after a stage that can take valuable time away.The post stage going-ons are a side to the Tour that so many people dont understand.As happy as I was for having got some time on those among the overall classification contenders who had a bad day, I have to say that the time I had to spend near the finish area afterwards was a challenge.?I had not really anticipated it, despite my Tour ambitions.On top of the seemingly endless obligations for the podium ceremony and media interviews, I was also drawn for the anti-doping control for which I could not pee for ages.Finally, I did pee and made it to my hotel - I rode the one kilometre there. But its easy to see how hours suddenly escape you, leaving you behind and chasing time needed for rest.?It does make you think what it would be like to wear the yellow leaders jersey day after day in a Tour as Froome has done since he won stage eight; but then he has got used to it.Now I am in the hotel - showered, fed and resting - I can think about what I want to say on the Tours last two stages that will impact the overall classification for Sundays Paris finale.I still want the podium. Ill fight as hard as I can to try to get it. But its amazing that its going to be decided on two Alpine stages - stage 19 on Friday, 146km from Albertville to Saint Gervais Mont Blanc; and Saturdays stage 20, 146.5km from Megève to Morzine.Taking things day by day seems to be working for me - even after the 1:45 time loss I had on stage two due to a flat tyre and the stage 12 Mont Ventoux debacle when I, Froome and Mollema crashed in to a television motor bike blocked by the crowds with 1.2km to go.That day by day approach is one that Ill be towing right up until we roll out onto the Champs élysées in Paris on Sunday. Wherever I finish, this Tour will have taught me heaps. Steve Grogan Womens Jersey . 10 Texas A&Ms offence dominated as usual against SMU. Tedy Bruschi Youth Jersey . -- On the field, it was business as usual for Jameis Winston and No. https://www.patriotssportsgoods.com/Womens-John-Hannah-Inverted-Jersey/ . 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