(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 18, 2013, British Sky cycling team manager Nicolas Portal (L) speaks to journalists at the end of the 172,5 km 18th stage of the 100th edition of the Tour de France cycling race on July 18, 2013, between Gap and Alpe-d'Huez, French Alps. - Nicolas Portal, the sports director of British cycling outfit Team Ineos, died suddenly at his home in Andorra aged 40, his team said on March 3, 2020. Portal took part in the Tour de France six times as a rider and retired in 2010 after diagnosis of an irregular heartbeat. (Photo by Jo?l SAGET / AFP)