Jai Hindley has won U23 races in Italy and finished top-five at the Tour de l'Avenir, but it was his second place finish at the Herald Sun Tour on the fabled Falls Creek climb that truly announced the West Australian to the cycling world.
With Damien Howson (Orica-Scott) and Kenny Elissonde (Team Sky) off the front and fighting for stage honours, Hindley made up part of a select front group that contained defending champion Chris Froome (Team Sky), Esteban Chaves (Orica-Scott) and four of Hindley's Australian national teammates.
Showing no signs of intimidation, Hindley attacked off the front of the group and didn't look back
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"It was pretty scary coming into that last [kilometre]. I didn't know if I was going to catch up to Kenny or if Froome was going to fly past me, so it was head down and give it everything really," said Hindley, still coming to terms with what he'd done to move into second place on GC.
"It is pretty epic hey? Just racing those guys - just an unreal day."
Along with fellow climbers Lucas Hamilton and Michael Storer, Hindley found out before Christmas that he would be part of the Australian team that would compete in the Tour Down Under, the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and the Herald Sun Tour. While he and team are setting their sights on performing in Europe, the block of racing on Australian soil provides Hindley and his teammates an opportunity to test themselves against some of the best WorldTour riders, albeit in their early season condition. This fact was not lost on Hindley.
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