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Jai Hindley's Giro d'Italia title makes him only the second Australian cyclist after Cadel Evans to win one of the three Grand Tours.

HINDLEY JOINS AUSTRALIAN CYCLING GREATS

JAI HINDLEY

* DOB: 5/5/96, Perth

* National under-23 rider 2016, joined professional team Sunweb 2018

* Joined BORA-hansgrohe 2022

* Won two Giro d'Italia stages, 2nd overall 2020, overall winner 2022

* Won 2020 Herald Sun Tour (Victoria) and 2017 Tour of Fuzhou (China)

* Five Grand Tour starts - four Giro d'Italia and one Vuelta a Espana

AUSTRALIAN TOP OVERALL HIGHLIGHTS IN GRAND TOURS

* Cycling's three-week Grand Tours are the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) and Vuelta a Espana (Tour of Spain)

* 1981 - Phil Anderson becomes the first non-European to wear the maillot jaune (yellow jersey) as leader in the Tour de France

* 1982 - Anderson 5th overall in Tour de France

* 2002 - Cadel Evans first Australian to wear the maglia rosa (pink jersey) as leader in the Giro d'Italia

* 2005 - Brad McGee first Australian to wear the red jersey as leader in the Vuelta a Espana

* 2007-08 - Cadel Evans 2nd Tour de France

* 2009 - Cadel Evans 3rd Vuelta a Espana

* 2011 - Cadel Evans wins Tour de France, Australian cycling's first Grand Tour title

* 2013 - Cadel Evans 3rd Giro d"Italia

* 2020 - Jai Hindley 2nd Giro d'Italia

* 2020 - Richie Porte 3rd Tour de France

* 2021 - Ben O'Connor 4th Tour de France

* 2021 - Jack Haig 3rd Vuelta a Espana

* 2022 - Jai Hindley wins Giro d'Italia, Australian cycling's second Grand Tour title