Jai Hindley

Jai Hindley (born 5 May 1996) is an Australian professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . He has been successful in the Giro d'Italia, finishing first overall in 2022 and second in 2020.
Career
After joining the team for the 2018 season, Hindley made his debut for 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 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
General classification results timeline
References
External links
1996 births
Living people
Australian Tour de France stage winners
Australian Giro d'Italia stage winners
Australian male cyclists
Cyclists from Perth, Western Australia
Giro d'Italia winners
21st-century Australian people
Sportsmen from Western Australia