Jai Hindley

Jai Hindley (born 5 May 1996) is an Australian professional cyclist who rides for UCI WorldTeam. His biggest achievement is winning Giro d'Italia in 2022.

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 Silver medal Oceania.svg Road race
 * 10th Time trial


 * 2014
 * 3rd Bronze medal Oceania.svg 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 Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * 2nd Taiwan KOM Challenge
 * 5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
 * 6th Flèche Ardennaise


 * 2017 (2 pro wins)
 * 1st Jersey grena.svg Overall Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo
 * 1st Mountains classification
 * 1st Stage 1a (TTT)
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Fuzhou
 * 1st Stage 4
 * 2nd Overall Herald Sun Tour
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * 2nd Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano
 * 3rd Bronze medal Oceania.svg 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 Jersey yellow.svg Overall Herald Sun Tour
 * 1st Jersey blackdots.png Mountains classification
 * 1st Stages 2 & 4
 * 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stage 18
 * Held Jersey pink.svg after Stage 20
 * Held Jersey white.svg after Stages 18–20


 * 2021
 * 7th Overall Tour de Pologne


 * 2022 (2)
 * 1st Jersey pink.svg 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 Jersey yellow.svg after Stage 5
 * 8th Overall Volta a Catalunya


 * 2024
 * 3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 5th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana