What is Nicolas Portal?
[[File:Nicolas Portal Giro 2011.jpg|thumb|200px|Portal at the 2011 [[Giro d'Italia]]]] '''Nicolas Portal''' (23 April 1979 – 3 March 2020) was a [[French people|French]] ''directeur sportif'' ([[Athletic director|sporting director]]) and professional road bicycle racer. He was born in [[Auch]]. He won a stage at the [[Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]] in 2004. He suffered from [[cardiac arrhythmia]] during the 2009 season. He retired in 2010. As a ''directeur sportif'' for [[Team Ineos|Team Sky]], he helped guide [[Chris Froome]] to four [[Tour de France]] titles. On 3 March 2020, Portal died due to either [[cardiac arrest]] or a heart attack at his home in [[Andorra]]. He was 40.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/article/2020/03/04/team-ineos-sporting-director-portal-dies-aged-40|title=Team Ineos sporting director Portal dies aged 40|publisher=[[Reuters]]|website=SBS|date=4 March 2020|access-date=4 March 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{Commonscat}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Portal, Nicolas}} [[Category:1979 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:French cyclists]] [[Category:People from Gers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Occitanie]] {{Sports-bio-stub}}