# Jai Hindley

Jai Hindley (born 5 May 1996) is an Australian professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe. 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.

## Career

After joining the team for the 2018 season, 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. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.
Hindley started the 2020 season well by winning two stages and the general classification in the Herald Sun Tour in February. He started the Giro d'Italia in October. He moved up to third place on the general classification after finishing third on Stage 15. 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. 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. 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.
Hindley withdrew from the 2021 Giro d'Italia prior to the start of stage 14. At the time he was in 25th place more than 17 minutes off the lead.
Hindley moved to the Bora–Hansgrohe team for the 2022 season. 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. 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.

## Major results
### 2013

    Oceania Junior Road Championships
       2nd Road race
       10th Time trial

### 2014

    3rd Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships
    3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships

### 2015

    10th Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Road Championships

### 2016

    1st GP Capodarco
    2nd Overall An Post Rás
       1st Young rider classification
    2nd Taiwan KOM Challenge
    5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
    6th Flèche Ardennaise

### 2017 (2 pro wins)

    1st Overall Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stage 1a (TTT)
    1st Overall Tour of Fuzhou
       1st Stage 4
    2nd Overall Herald Sun Tour
       1st Young rider classification
    2nd Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
    3rd Road race, Oceania Road Championships
    3rd Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
       1st Stage 7
    4th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
    4th Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo
    9th Overall Tour Alsace
    10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
    10th Gran Premio Palio del Recioto

### 2019

    2nd Overall Tour de Pologne

### 2020 (4)

    1st Overall Herald Sun Tour
       1st Mountains classification
       1st Stages 2 & 4
    2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 18
       Held after Stage 20
       Held after Stages 18–20

### 2021

    7th Overall Tour de Pologne

### 2022 (2)

    1st Overall Giro d'Italia
       1st Stage 9
    5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    6th Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
    7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
    10th Overall Vuelta a España

### 2023 (1)

    4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
    7th Overall Tour de France
       1st Stage 5
       Held after Stage 5
    8th Overall Volta a Catalunya

### 2024

    3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    5th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
    10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal

### 2025

    5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
    9th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

### General classification results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results :
| Grand Tour | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | 35 | 2 | DNF | 1 | — | — | |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 18 | — |
| Vuelta a España | 32 | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | |
| Major stage race general classification results ||||||||||||||||
| Stage races | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
| Paris–Nice | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | 13 | — | 5 | 15 | 3 | 5 |
| Volta a Catalunya | 71 | — | NH | DNF | 13 | 8 | — | |
| Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | NH | — | — | — | 12 | |
| Tour de Romandie | — | — | NH | — | — | — | 28 | — |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 20 | — |
| Tour de Suisse | — | — | NH | — | — | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |