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

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. Hindley is primarily a climber, notable for winning the

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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

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and

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Career

After joining the team for the 2018 season, Hindley made his debut for at the

2018 Volta ao Algarve The 2018 Volta ao Algarve was a road cycling stage race that took place in the Algarve region of Portugal between 14 and 18 February 2018. It was the 44th edition of the Volta ao Algarve and was rated as a 2.HC event as part of the UCI Europe Tou ...

. In August 2018, he was named in the startlist for the

. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the

2019 Giro d'Italia The 2019 Giro d'Italia was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race organised by RCS Sport that took place mainly in Italy, between 11 May and 2 June 2019. The race was the 102nd edition of the Giro d'Italia and was the first Grand Tour of the ...

. Hindley started the 2020 season well by winning two stages and the general classification in the

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in February. He started the

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

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. He moved up to second place overall after the stage and also took the lead in the young riders classification. He finished second to

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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 The 2021 Giro d'Italia was the 104th edition of the Giro d'Italia, Giro, a three-week Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour cycling stage race. It started on 8 May and finished on 30 May. On 26 May 2019, the race organisers RCS Sport originally annou ...

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 The 2022 Tirreno–Adriatico was a road cycling stage race that took between 7 and 13 March 2022 in Italy. It was the 57th edition of Tirreno–Adriatico and the fifth race of the 2022 UCI World Tour. Teams All 18 UCI WorldTeams and six UCI ...

. Two months later he won his first Grand Tour, the

. 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

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. 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

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, 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

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who won the

. On 5 July 2023, Hindley won Stage 5 of the

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. Hindley was forced to abandon the 2025 Giro d'Italia on May 15, 2025, after being injured in a crash in the Peloton.

Major results

;2013 : Oceania Junior Road Championships ::2nd Silver medal Oceania

Road race ::10th Time trial ;2014 : 3rd Bronze medal Oceania

Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships : 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2015 : 10th Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Road Championships ;2016 : 1st

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: 2nd Overall An Post Rás ::1st Young rider classification : 2nd

Taiwan KOM Challenge The Taiwan KOM Challenge is a one-day road cycling race held annually in Taiwan. Created in 2012, the event is recognized as one of the most difficult cycling races in the world due having nearly 3500m of climbing over a 105 kilometer course. Vinc ...

: 5th Overall

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir () is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Felice Gimondi, Joo ...

: 6th

Flèche Ardennaise The Flèche Ardennaise is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in the province of Liège, Belgium. Since 2010, the race is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ...

;2017 (2 pro wins) : 1st Jersey grena

Overall

Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo is a cycling race held annually in Italy. It was part of UCI Europe Tour, as a category 2.ncup race, in 2011 and 2012, meaning it was part of the UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup The UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup is an annual, sea ...

::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 1a ( TTT) : 1st Overall

Tour of Fuzhou Tour of Fuzhou is a men's one-day cycle racing, cycle race which takes place in China and was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI as 2.1 (rated 2.2 until the 2016 edition) and forms part of the UCI Asia Tour. Overall winners Refe ...

::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Overall

::1st Young rider classification : 2nd

Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano The Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano is an under-23 one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2U. Winners References

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: 3rd

Road race, Oceania Road Championships : 3rd Overall

Giro Ciclistico d'Italia Giro Next Gen, also known as Baby Giro, Girobio, Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23 or Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race created in 1970. The race is considered to be the most important race on Italy's U23 ...

::1st Stage 7 : 4th Overall

Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour Rhône-Alpes () was an administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it is part of the new region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. It is located on the eastern border of the country, towards the south. The region was named after the river Rhône an ...

: 4th

Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo The Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Un ...

: 9th Overall

Tour Alsace The Tour Alsace (or Tour d'Alsace) is a five-day road bicycle race held annually in Alsace, France. It was first held in 2004 and it is a 2.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing co ...

: 10th Overall

: 10th

Gran Premio Palio del Recioto The Gran Premio Palio del Recioto is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Unio ...

;2019 : 2nd Overall

Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (; ), officially abbreviated TdP, is an annual, professional men's Race stage, multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages and is usually around 1,200 km ...

;2020 (4) : 1st Overall

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stages 2 & 4 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 18 ::Held after Stage 20 ::Held after Stages 18–20 ;2021 : 7th Overall

;2022 (2) : 1st Overall

::1st Stage 9 : 5th Overall

Tirreno–Adriatico Tirreno–Adriatico, nicknamed the "Race of the Two Seas", is an elite road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race in Italy, run between the Tyrrhenian Sea, Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coasts. Traditionally held in the early part of th ...

: 6th

Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior The Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior is an elite men's professional road bicycle racing event held in the Province of Jaén, Spain. Its first edition was held in 2022, being part of the UCI Europe Tour, with a 1.1 classification. The race in t ...

: 7th Overall

Vuelta a Burgos Vuelta Ciclista a Burgos is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Burgos (province), Burgos province of Spain. The men's Vuelta a Burgos has been a multi-day stage race as part of the UCI Europe Tour since 2005. In ...

: 10th Overall

;2023 (1) : 4th Overall

Critérium du Dauphiné The Critérium du Dauphiné, before 2010 known as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is an annual cycle sport, cycling road bicycle racing, road race in the Dauphiné region in the southeast of France. The race is run over eight days during ...

: 7th Overall

::1st Stage 5 ::Held after Stage 5 : 8th Overall

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; Tour of Catalonia, ) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of the Basque Country. The race has had ...

;2024 : 3rd Overall

: 5th Overall

Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana The Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (; or Tour of Valencia) is a road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community (''Comunitat Valenciana''), Spain. Its position in the cycling calendar means it is often used as preparation for the sprin ...

: 10th

Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal The Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal is a one-day professional Road bicycle racing, bicycle road race held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its first edition was held on September 12, 2010, as the final event in the 2010 UCI ProTour. The Grand Prix C ...

;2025 : 5th Overall

: 8th Overall

Tour of the Alps The Tour of the Alps is an annual professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in Italy and Austria. First held in 1962, it was named Giro del Trentino () until 2016, and run over four stages in the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region o ...

: 9th Overall

General classification results timeline

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hindley, Jai 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 sportsmen Sportsmen from Western Australia Australian expatriates in Germany