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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 10: Escaldes-Engordany to Revel, 196km By Richie PorteNow ... that was some start to a Tour de France stage: straight up a 23-km long mountain in the Pyrénées from the start line, to an altitude of 2,408 metres at the top.The hors category ascent of the Port dEnvalira to its summit 24km into the 196km stage was wicked. At an average gradient of 5.5 percent, its steepest pitch was 7.7 percent near the finish; but by then we had already seen a lot of attacks in a bid to create the days break.It was manic really. After the rest day you never know how you are going to respond. But all in all, I still felt quite good on the bike. I was also one of the first over the top of the climb, after which the main group of the day escaped and soared away to take out the stage.However, boy ... was it cold at the top. We also saw fog on the other side straight away. So I did the traditional thing: grabbed some newspaper from a fan and shoved it down my chest. Its funny, we have all this technology, and we still rely on old newspaper to keep us warm.On the descent we just flew down, despite the fog limiting our vision. I think they probably should have neutralised the descent, it was that bad. No one crashed I think - thankfully. But when you are crossing over borders in a bike race as we did from Andorra into France, there are those skinny little laneways to race through. Borders are pretty dangerous.Still, they didnt stop us Tuesday. We raced full-on down into the fog and and around some dangerously wet corners. But even at the bottom, it was so freezing that I had to put on two jackets.Once the break got away, and with a lot of teams represented in it, the peloton eased up. And we had one of the calmest finishes to a Tour stage I have never experienced. It was a good thing because that finish was dangerous. It was a great day for our BMC team though.The BMC team are leading general classification by more than six minutes. It was another great ride by our Belgian teammate Greg Van Avermaet, who placed fourth. But I was so happy for Aussie Michael Matthews (Orica-BikeExchange) winning.Bling is not just a neighbour in Monaco, he is also one of my best mates. That he won the stage was incredible. Ive said before that we are different types of riders - me a climber and time trial rider, and he a sprinter for the hillier stages. We also have different personalities. But as they say, opposites attract. He was in my wedding party. I was in his. So we are good mates. He is Bling and loves all that thing, while Im totally opposite. But we get along brilliantly.When it is someone who is totally different that wins, you think all the very best for them. One first thing I did after the stage was send him a message of congratulations. 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John McEnroe Group Won-Lost Sets Games Andy Murray 2-0 4-1 30-20 Kei Nishikori 1-1 3-2 27-23 Stan Wawrinka 1-1 2-2 19-24 Marin Cilic 0-2 0-4 17-26 Cilic, on the other hand, has not yet won a set and needs to make drastic improvements to salvage some success from the tournament. Six months half price Upgrade to Sky Sports to watch Man Utd v Arsenal on Saturday and get the first six months half price Nishikori has won seven of the pairs previous 12 meetings, but Cilic prevailed in the last two, at Wimbeldon in July and Basel last month.Nishikori said: Its not going to be easy. He has a great serve. That match [in Basel] he played really aggressive, so I have to really focus to beat Marin. Highlights of Nishikoris epic match with Andy Murray Cilic added: Im going to definitely enjoy the match against Kei.dddddddddddd. I feel that I want to obviously step up a little bit my game. Im feeling that my tennis is not far from being on a good level. So thats another good match against a great player to have.Earlier in Fridays evening session, Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez face Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram in the Fleming/McEnroe Group of the doubles competition. Fleming/McEnroe Group Won-Lost Sets Games H Kontinen/J Peers 2-0 4-0 25-16 R Klaasen/R Ram 1-1 2-2 20-21 F Lopez/M Lopez 1-1 2-3 22-25 P Herbert/N Mahut 0-2 1-4 21-26 Both pairs have won one and lost one so far this week and need a victory to seal passage to the semi-finals.Klaasen and Ram won the only previous encounter between the two pairs.Watch every day of the ATP World Tour Finals, from November 13-20, live on Sky Sports. Full schedule here.Upgrade to Sky Sports now to watch Man Utd v Arsenal this Saturday and get the first six months half price! Also See: Djokovic eases past Goffin Murray targets perfect Sunday Murray beats Nishikori in epic Shots to watch at the O2 ' ' '