Rider Profile
Jai Hindley
Bora-Hansgrohe
Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2024 - Bora-Hansgrohe
- 2023 - Bora-Hansgrohe
- 2022 - Bora-Hansgrohe
- 2021 - Team DSM
- 2020 - Team Sunweb
- 2019 - Team Sunweb
- 2018 - Team Sunweb
- 2017 - Mitchelton-Scott
- 2017 - UniSA-Australia
Biography:
Jai Hindley worked his way from Western Australia, first racing in Europe as a 17 year old for the Australian national team then securing a spot on Continental team Attaque Team Gusto in 2016, where he came fifth overall at the Tour de l’Avenir, before moving to the Mitchelton-Scott development team in 2017. There he took his first UCI victories, winning both a stage and the overall at the Tour of Fuzhou and came second overall at the Herald Sun Tour.
The move to the WorldTour came in 2018 with Team Sunweb where after solid opening seasons he then shot to prominence in 2020. Early season he delivered two stage victories at the Jayco Herald Sun Tour and claimed the overall as well. Hindley then finished the COVID-19 interrupted season with a breakthrough performance at the Giro d’Italia. The rider from Perth won stage 18 and shifted into the maglia rosa on the second last day of racing. The time trial didn’t run in his favour, with Tao Geoghegan Hart claiming the overall race victory by 39 seconds, but Hindley held on to second overall. It was a result that heralded his arrival as a serious GC challenger.
2021 turned out to be a tough year, with injuries and illness, an abandon at the Giro d’Italia and a number of other races too. However, 2022 bought a switch to Bora-Hansgrohe and was a year of bouncing back.
In 2022 Hindley steadily climbed up the overall rankings at the Giro d’Italia, again finding himself in the pink leader’s jersey on the second last day of competition with just the individual time trial standing between him and Grand Tour victory. This time, however, he wasn’t letting go of the top spot and became the first Australian to claim the maglia rosa.
The 2022 victor didn’t defend his title in 2023, instead opting to take on his first Tour de France. There Hindley stepped into the yellow jersey for a day after he won stage 5 and he ultimately finished in seventh place overall.
Key Results
Giro d'Italia overall winner (2022)
Giro d'Italia second overall (2020)
Tour de France stage win (2023)
Giro d'Italia stage win (2020 and 2022)
Jayco Herald Sun Tour overall (2020)
Jayco Herald Sun Tour stages (2 in 2020)
Tour of Fuzhou overall (2017)
Related Articles
‘Really happy with my personal performance’ - Hindley on third place at Tirreno-Adriatico
By Lyne Lamoureux published
News First podium finish since 2022 Giro d’Italia is massive confidence boost
All for Roglic as Bora-Hansgrohe send Hindley and Vlasov to 2024 Tour de France
By Stephen Farrand published
News 'We shouldn't be afraid' says Slovenian as he takes aim at yellow jersey with new team
'Without tunnel vision, you get left in the dust' - Jai Hindley and the loneliness of the Grand Tour contender
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Interview Australian on the Tour de France, altitude camps and sharing leadership
Denk: Bora-Hansgrohe's Primoz Roglic signing 'inspiring' for Tour de France goals
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
news Roglic 'not really happy with how things were run in the Vuelta a España' says Bora-Hansgrohe team manager
Jai Hindley promises to return to Tour de France to battle for podium
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Australian heading for seventh on final GC, 'no regrets' after stage win and day in yellow
Podium slips further away as Jai Hindley's injuries weigh in Tour de France time trial
By Sophie Smith published
News 'We’ll have to sit together, talk together and find a plan' says DS Gasparotto as Australian holds fifth spot on GC but gaps widen
‘I just got smoked today’: Injured Hindley feels the pinch on Mont Blanc
By Sophie Smith published
News Australian rides through pain to reach Tour’s second rest day in fifth overall
‘Pain in my backside’ - Hindley takes hit in crash-marred Tour de France stage 14
By Sophie Smith published
News Australian slips from third to fourth overall after being injured in a mass pileup that temporarily neutralized race
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