Rider Profile
Jai Hindley
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe
![Jai Hindley](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/9kiqUowbzXNCqd8y6YFkre-320-80.jpg)
Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2024 - Red Bull-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
![Tour de France 2023: Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) during the stage 16 time trial to Combloux](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/444UpmPi2n3vLjuRfT7ewa-320-80.jpg)
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
![Tour de France 2023: Jai Hindley heads toward the Mont Blanc finish line on stage 15](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GUzNAk79iL3s9bHhuycA7M-320-80.jpg)
‘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
![Picture by Zac Williams/SWpix.com- 15/07/2023 - Cycling - 2023 Tour de France - Stage 14 Annemasse to Morzine les Portes du Soleil (151.8km) - Jai Hindley, Bora Hansgrohe.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/idZzPjdUJJXhLpybAVtF63-320-80.jpg)
‘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
![Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) comes to the finish on stage 13 of the Tour de France at the Grand Colombier](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4GFcdPiYc4GVsKnzp44eGn-320-80.jpg)
'I was running out of gas' – Hindley remains Tour de France's third man on Grand Colombier
By Barry Ryan published
News Australian limits damage to Pogacar and Vingegaard to retain podium spot
![Australian Jai Hindley of BoraHansgrohe pictured during stage 9 of the Tour de France cycling race a 1824 km race from SaintLeonarddeNoblat to Puy de Dome France Sunday 09 July 2023 This years Tour de France takes place from 01 to 23 July 2023 BELGA PHOTO DIRK WAEM Photo by DIRK WAEM BELGA MAG Belga via AFP Photo by DIRK WAEMBELGA MAGAFP via Getty Images](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/eTz8XWRqBe57zjAD8LkUnD-320-80.jpg)
'Expect the unexpected' - Jai Hindley tips Tour de France GC battle to play out until Paris
By Sophie Smith published
News Bora-Hansgrohe rider 'pretty keen' to take on the Alps but won't divulge the team plan for defining mountain stages ahead
![Connor Lambert](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XBHs9hvsNKY5QJAEFFE4rR-320-80.jpg)
Australian cyclist Connor Lambert killed in training crash in Belgium
By James Moultrie published
News Jai Hindley and Luke Durbridge amongst those paying tribute to the 25-year-old rider
![Jai Hindley finished sixth on stage 6](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N5KbsRtFMzdb9KFUvTmqVi-320-80.jpg)
Jai Hindley 'gave it a red hot crack' but drops to third in Tour de France
By Jackie Tyson published
News 'It was pretty grim to lose the jersey' says Australian climber after valiant fight on stage 6
Blogs
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