Trek-Segafredo's Richie Porte became a father for the second time, but was unable to witness the birth of his daughter as he is currently competing in the Tour de France.

On Friday, he lost nearly a minute and a half to the other favorites on a relatively flat but windy stage, but bounced back to finish with the GC contenders on Saturday's stage 8, Roudenvielle.

"Yesterday [Friday] my wife started having contractions, so the last couple of days have been a bit weird. I had it in the back of my mind all day that maybe we would have another baby before the finish of the stage," Porte said in a video interview released by Trek Segafredo on Saturday.

"My wife Gemma and I have a new baby named Eloise. Obviously, I would have loved to be there for the birth, but right now the goal is to tool, and it's going to be a long two weeks, but I'm looking forward to getting home and seeing my baby."

"Going into the Tour, I knew that there was a chance that I wouldn't be able to be there for the birth, and no parent wants that. [Yesterday was frustrating, but it's funny, you have a baby and the Tour is a game. It's not that I won't be motivated for the next few days or weeks, but it really all weighs on me.

Bauke Mollema, the co-leader of Porte and Trek-Segafredo, will be the first to be in the lead in Friday's stage between Millau and Lavaur, with Primoš Roglic (Jumbo Visma), Eoghan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), and race leader Adam Yates ( Mitchelton-Scott) and others by 1:21, Porte was able to catch up to the main contenders on Saturday, the first day of the Pyrenees.

Porte is now 13th overall, 1:34 behind Yates and 1:31 behind favorite Roglic. Morema is in 14th place overall, another 38 seconds behind his teammate.

"Yesterday was hard and disappointing on the bike, but a little bundle of joy came to my wife Gemma and I," Porte also wrote on Instagram with a photo of his new daughter.

"Missing the birth of our child is hard beyond words, but thank you to everyone at Trek-Segafredo for your support. It's going to be a long and mentally demanding race now, but after Paris, the biggest present awaits us."