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Australian cyclist (born 1996)

Jai Hindley

Hindley at the 2023 Tour de France
Personal information
Born (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 28)Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight 60 kg (130 lb; 9 st 6 lb)[1]
Team information
Current team Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Climber
Professional teams
2016 Attaque Team Gusto
2017 Mitchelton Scott
2018–2021 Team Sunweb[2][3][4]
2022– Bora–Hansgrohe
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 1 individual stage (2023) Giro d'Italia General classification (2022) 2 individual stages (2020, 2022)

Jai Hindley (born 5 May 1996) is an Australian professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe.[5] Hindley is primarily a climber, notable for winning the Giro d'Italia in 2022. He was the first Australian to win the general classification, and only the second Australian to win a Grand Tour after Cadel Evans. Hindley has also finished top 10 in the Tour de France and Vuelta a España.

After joining the team for the 2018 season,[6] Hindley made his debut for Team Sunweb at the 2018 Volta ao Algarve. In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España.[7] In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.[8]

Hindley started the 2020 season well by winning two stages and the general classification in the Herald Sun Tour in February.[9] He started the Giro d'Italia in October. He moved up to third place on the general classification after finishing third on Stage 15.[10] He won stage 18 which was considered the "Queen stage" crossing the Stelvio Pass. He moved up to second place overall after the stage and also took the lead in the young riders classification.[11] He finished second to Tao Geoghegan Hart on the mountainous stage 20 to move into the overall lead with the same time as Geoghegan Hart.[12] The final stage of the Giro was a 15.7 kilometre time trial. Hindley finished with a time 39 seconds slower than Geoghegan Hart, which meant Hindley finished the Giro in second place overall.[13]

Hindley (left) at the 2022 Giro d'Italia

Hindley withdrew from the 2021 Giro d'Italia prior to the start of stage 14.[14] At the time he was in 25th place more than 17 minutes off the lead.[15]

Hindley moved to the Bora–Hansgrohe team for the 2022 season.[16] Early in the season he managed a top 5 finish in the 2022 Tirreno–Adriatico. Two months later he won his first Grand Tour, the Giro d'Italia.[17] Hindley rode strongly during the first two weeks of the race and won stage 9, a high mountain stage. For the majority of the third week he stood in 2nd place, just a few seconds behind Richard Carapaz. On the penultimate mountain stage he was able to drop all of the GC contenders including Carapaz and ride himself into the lead with a comfortable margin going into the final ITT. For the second time in his career he rode the final ITT of the Giro d'Italia while wearing the Maglia Rosa, but this time he seized the moment and won the race. He is the first Australian to win the Giro and just the second Australian to win a grand tour, following Cadel Evans who won the Tour de France.

On 5 July 2023, Hindley won Stage 5 of the Tour de France by 32 seconds. His lead at the finish line put him in first place in the General Classification earning him the Yellow Jersey for the start of Stage 6.[18]

General classification results timeline

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Legend

— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
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  2. ^ "Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters". Cyclingnews.com. 23 November 2018. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Team DSM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ^ "BORA – HANSGROHE". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Bystrom joins Kristoff in move to UAE Team Emirates – News shorts". Cyclingnews.com. 28 August 2017. Archived from the original on 7 October 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Team Sunweb today announced signing the Australian duo of Jai Hindley and Michael Storer, who will join the German WorldTour team in 2018.
  7. ^ "2018: 73rd Vuelta a España: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Archived from the original on 5 December 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  8. ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Herald Sun Tour victory confirms Hindley's leadership mettle". SBS Cycling Central. 9 February 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  10. ^ "Jai Hindley moves to 3rd place in Giro d'Italia after stage 15". Ride Media. 19 October 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  11. ^ "Giro d'Italia: Hindley wins queen stage at Laghi di Cancano". CyclingNews. 22 October 2020. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Giro d'Italia: Geoghegan Hart wins stage 20 on Sestriere". CyclingNews. 24 October 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Tao Geoghegan Hart wins 2020 Giro d'Italia". CyclingNews. 25 October 2020. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Hindley waves goodbye to 2021 Giro". SBS Cycling Central. 23 May 2021. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  15. ^ Report, Race (21 May 2021). "2021 Giro Stage 13". Bike Race Info. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  16. ^ "Hindley confirmed as GC leader with new team BORA-hansgrohe". SBS Sport. 5 August 2021. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  17. ^ Nehr, Zach (31 May 2022). "Power Analysis: How Jai Hindley Won the Giro d'Italia". Velo News by Outside Magazine. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  18. ^ "With Jai Hindley, it's Aussie rules again! - Tour de France 2023". www.letour.fr. Archived from the original on 5 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.