Jay Vine

Career In December 2020, Vine was initially announced to be joining UCI Continental team for the 2021 season. However, as a result of winning the 2020 Zwift Academy program, he earned a professional contract with Belgian UCI ProTeam .

Vine made his Grand Tour debut in the 2021 Vuelta a España, ultimately placing 73rd. He also featured in several breakaways, the most notable of which were on stages 12 and 14. On stage 12, he was the last remaining rider of a late breakaway attempt and was caught inside the final kilometre. Two stages later, with left, Vine dropped back to his team car, and as he was collecting something, he drifted into the side of the car and crashed. He suffered moderate road rash but was able to recover and place third on the summit finish to Pico Villuercas. As a result of his performances during the Vuelta, extended his contract by two years.

On 26 February 2022, Vine won the men's race at the 2022 UCI Cycling Esports World Championships.

In August 2022, Vine rode his second Grand Tour at the Vuelta. On stage six, which finished atop the climb of Pico Jano, Vine attacked from the GC group at around from the finish. After catching and passing Mark Padun, the remaining lone breakaway rider, Vine held off the GC contenders to win the stage, taking his first win as a professional. He finished 15 and 16 seconds ahead of Remco Evenepoel and Enric Mas, respectively. Two days later, on the race's second mountaintop finish, Vine got into the break that contested the stage win. On the final climb of Collau Fancuaya, Vine dropped his breakaway companions to take his second stage win of the race, taking the lead in the mountains classification in the process. He crashed out of the race on stage 18 while wearing the polka dot jersey.

In April 2024, Vine fractured a cervical and two thoracic vertebrae in a crash during the Tour of the Basque Country. It was feared that he might never walk again, but he was back racing four months later in the 2024 Vuelta a España where he won the mountains classification for the first time. He went on to represent Australia at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich, winning a gold medal in the mixed team relay along with fellow Canberran Michael Matthews. He was named men's athlete of the year in the 2024 Canberra Sports Awards.

On 28 August 2025, Vine won the 6th stage of the 2025 Vuelta a España, thus moving into the lead in the race's mountains classification (the polka dot jersey). He was named men's athlete of the year in the 2025 Canberra Sports Awards.

In January 2026, Vine won the General Classification of the 2026 Tour Down Under, despite a crash on the final stage following a kangaroo hopping into the peloton, in which Vine broke his wrist.

Personal life

Vine and his wife Bre, fellow cyclist/full time manager support, On 14 August 2024, just before his start at the 2024 Vuelta a España, they welcomed their first son.

Major results

2019 1st Overall Tour of the Tropics 1st Stage 3 3rd Overall New Zealand Cycle Classic 7th Road race, Oceania Road Championships 2020 1st Stage 1 Australian National Road Series 2nd Peaks Challenge Falls Creek 5th Overall Herald Sun Tour 2021 2nd Overall Tour of Turkey 2022 (2 pro wins)

Vuelta a España 1st Stages 6 & 8 Held after Stages 8–17 1st Mountains classification, Étoile de Bessèges 2nd Overall Tour of Turkey 2nd Overall Tour of Norway 2023 (3) 1st Time trial, National Road Championships 1st Overall Tour Down Under Tour of Turkey 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 7 8th Overall Vuelta a Burgos 2024 (1) UCI Road World Championships 1st Team relay 5th Time trial Vuelta a España 1st Mountains classification Combativity award Stage 15 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Vuelta a Burgos 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Paris–Nice 2025 (5) UCI Road World Championships 1st Team relay

Vuelta a España 1st Mountains classification 1st Stages 5 (TTT), 6 & 10 Combativity award Stage 6 Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 1st Points classification 1st Stages 3 & 5 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships 2nd Chrono des Nations 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie 1st Points classification 1st Stage 3 3rd Trofeo Tessile & Moda 9th Giro di Lombardia 2026 (3) 1st Time trial, National Road Championships 1st Overall Tour Down Under 1st Stage 2

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Giro d'Italia — — 34 — DNF DNF Tour de France — — — — — Vuelta a España 73 DNF DNF 57 30

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish