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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:Stage14: Montélimar to Villars les DombesA tilt of the lid to Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) who on Saturday, and in a bunch sprint, won the 14th stage of the Tour de France - 208.5km from Montélimar to Villars des Dombes.That was Cavendishs fourth stage victory in this years Tour, and also the 30th Tour stage win of his career, leaving him four wins short of Eddy Merckxs all-time record of 34.The pursuit of Merckxs record - one of so many - should provide Cavendish with some great motivation for next year, the year after the Rio Olympics in which he will race on the track for Team GB in the omnium event and also as fifth rider for the 4000m teams pursuit.Its great to see what he is doing, and back here winning. It is great for the sport - and him.He is actually a genuinely good fella. And I reckon that despite the plaudits that come his way, he is still under rated for what he has achieved.People forget very quickly when there are dips in a riders career. He is obviously happy with where he is at. His mojo is back. Its always great to see people get the rewards for hard work and drive. Cav is a case in point.That was a tough stage on Saturday too, despite the relatively slow place from the start.It was characterised with hard dead roads of which the first 100km seemed to take forever. But after those first kilometres, the rest of a niggly stage fortunately went by pretty quick.The Tour being the Tour, the last six to four kilometres of the day were also pretty stressful. So what made them so hard, you ask? In conditions like what we got where there was a stiff head wind, the bunch was so spread out. When it is a head wind like it was, everyone wants to sit on the wheel to be protected. This make the peloton a couple of hundred metres long. When it is like that there are also surges which make it better that you are at the front. Todays route was also up and down ... not anything like how the official road book read.There was no time for real chat, even though the peloton appeared to take it slow. It was all head down. There was simply no easy way to get through the stage. But these days, I expect the worst and hope for the best ... and thankful to get through without incident.I dont think television would have done today justice, to be honest; with how hard it was; especially the day after the time trial and everything. It was a good stage to tick off. As for Sundays 160km 15th stage from Bourg-en-Bresse to Culoz in the Jura mountains? That is a stage that could exert plenty of punishment on the peloton, from first to last.The stage features six solid climbs and a descent to the finish. We havent done any actual reconnaissance of this stage route, but Ive ridden the Grand Colombier, so I know it.That its a stage that will suit climbers, counts for plenty - for myself especially, and others. That includes another who is earning praise right now, Dutchman Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) who is second overall to Chris Froome (Sky). Mollema has finished in the Tours top 10 before. So Ive always known he is strong. But Mollema showed how so on the stage 12 to Mont Ventoux. When Froome and I were away, he was the guy who came across. And then he did a good time trial on Friday. So I would say he is definitely a threat for Froome.As for myself, am I still aiming for the podium? For sure, provided I can stay fit, healthy and problem free. That is not as easy as first thought, as Ive experienced too many times and last did on Friday in the chaotic finale on Mont Ventoux. That crash into the motorbike with Froome and Mollema could have seriously injured me, but it still left me pretty sore.I did not hit my chin on my way down as many thought. It was more like my throat. But it still hurt and I was sore during Friday time trial. But its amazing the difference a day can make. I certainly felt a lot better on the bike on Saturday than I did in Fridays time trial.That was also probably because of the better position I was in than on a time trial bike. But saying that, all in all the Tour is starting to take its toll. It does feel like the 14th stage has passed. To think there are seven more stages to go, and most of them amongst the hardest. Which all means if you are watching, there should still be plenty of great racing to come.Cheap Giants Jerseys . He just needed to be his best twisting, turning acrobatic self. 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Tuesdays surgery at Atlantas Piedmont Hospital was performed by Dr. Xavier Duralde and Hawks team physician Dr. Michael Bernot.Just over a fortnight ago North Queenslands bid for back-to-back NRL premierships appeared in tatters.The Cowboys had just been beaten by the lowly Sydney Roosters 22-10 - their third loss in a row - and any hope of a top-four finish seemed gone.Fast forward two weeks and the Cowboys are back on track.Victories over the Warriors and Canterbury mean the premiers will finish fourth with a win over Gold Coast at home on Saturday, giving them a double chance in the finals.Centre Justin ONeill admits the teams confidence took a hammering during the run of defeats and says they had to rediscover their desire to turn things around.The fire in our belly definitely came back in our last couple of games, he said.That was something we were lacking aa little bit.dddddddddddd That hunger to win games and do whatever it took to win.The last couple of games has really helped get confidence and morale back up around the club.No club has gone back-to-back in a unified rugby league competition since Brisbane in 1992-93.The Cowboys have long stated that defending their title is a driving force and ONeill admits securing a top-four finish will go a long way to achieving that ambition.It was definitely a goal for us, he said.We definitely wanted to finish in the top four. Weve put ourselves in a good position to do that and the rest is going to be up to ourselves. ' ' '