Jai Hindley (born 5 May 1996) is an Australian professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeamRed 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.
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 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]
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