When Jai Hindley's move to Sunweb was announced late last month, a childhood dream became a reality for the West Australian. The 21-year-old signed a three-year contract with the squad on the back of two successful years in the U23 ranks that included third at the Baby Giro and two-top overall results at the Tour de l'Avenir.
"I don't think I've done anything too outrageous. I've backed up from last year and the progression has been good as I've grown as a person and a rider," Hindley told Cyclingnews of his 2017 season.
Hindley's first year in the U23 ranks with the Australian national team included victory at the GP Capodarco, second overall at the An Post Ras and fifth overall in Tour de l'Avenir. For 2017, Hindley and his teammates raced for the Mitchelton-Scott team that also doubled as a national set up for European races. Starting with 25th overall on his WorldTour debut at the Tour Down Under, Hindley then rode to second place overall at the Herald Sun Tour to suggest he was on track for another successful season.
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"It feels like last year or something. I was pretty happy with that ride and it set me up really well for the start of the year, coming over here with confidence and knowing what I can do," he said of the Sun Tour result.
Although Hindley wasn't winning, he was playing a key role for teammates Michael Storer and Lucas Hamilton in the early season before lining out for his debut at the Baby Giro.
"The Giro was really fun. It is a few internationals teams and a few Italian teams as well so it is a really different peloton and you don't get to race that bunch of people a lot of the time," he said of the race. "It was pretty aggressive racing and fast and fun. Racing in Italy is always pretty fun. We did a whole heap of work for the race like going up to altitude and everyone trained pretty hard."
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