Jai Hindley

Jai Hindley (born 5 May 1996) is an Australian professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam . Hindley is primarily a climber, notable for winning the 2022 Giro d'Italia. 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 Sunweb (2018–2021) 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.

Bora (2022–present) 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 dropped 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. Later in the season he rode in the 2022 Vuelta.

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. He finished the Tour in seventh place overall.

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

10th Time trial 2014

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 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 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 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 4th Overall Vuelta a España 5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 8th Overall Tour of the Alps 9th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2026 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia

General classification results timeline Grand Tour general classification results Grand Tour 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Giro d'Italia — 352 DNF1 — — DNF3 Tour de France — — — — —7 18 — 15 Vuelta a España 32 — — —10 — —4 —Major stage race general classification results Stage races 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Paris–Nice — — — 18 — — — — — Tirreno–Adriatico — — 13 —5 1535 22 Volta a Catalunya 71 —NH DNF 138 — — 17 Tour of the Basque Country — — — — — 12 — — Tour de Romandie — — — — — 28 — — Critérium du Dauphiné — — — — —4 20 — — Tour de Suisse — —NH — — — — — —

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish