A month on from his heroic Giro d'Italia victory, Jai Hindley says he’s still processing the feat of becoming just the second Australian to win a Grand Tour.
, Australian cyclist Jai Hindley says he was still processing the feat of becoming just the second Australian to win a Grand Tour.Australian cyclist Jai Hindley says he still "can't believe" he won Giro d'Italia, a month on from the feat
While the 26-year-old cyclist from Perth has not been able to return home to celebrate his win just yet, Hindley has felt the groundswell of support from the Australian sporting community from afar. "I wasn't [in Australia] but I felt a lot of support [from] everyone. It's really nice when you have that support [from] a whole community. It's really, really special."And while things have quietened down off the road, the UCI WorldTeam Bora-Hansgrohe cyclist is more than aware of the significance of his win, which could lead to more opportunities among his sport's elite: "100 per cent [it changes things].
"I always sort of had that self-belief and, yeah, it doesn't really change much in that aspect … but to win a grand tour, I think it would give me a lot more confidence, especially in the next grand tours I do." "It's going to be a really hard race," Hindley said. "A lot of the real strong [general classification] guys will be there, so it's going to be a class field … guys from the Giro, guys who are doing the tour will be there.After the gruelling, three-week race, Hindley says he'll focus on the World Championships, with Australia due to host the event for the first time since 2010, when it was held in Geelong and Melbourne.
"I think everyone on the team will be worthy of this selection and I think they'll take a class team to the race, so — hopefully — I can be there.
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