Jai Hindley (Mitchelton-Scott) is just one stage away from winning the Tour of Fuzhou after the Australian picked up the Queen stage and moved into the overall lead with just one day remaining.
Hindley sat fifth overall coming into stage 4, but on the final climb he followed a number of moves before unleashing his own attack with seven kilometers remaining. Ka Hoo Fung finished second, on the same time, and sits four seconds down on Hindley before Sunday’s final stage.
“It was super nice to win today,” said Hindley. “It feels good to be able to give something back to the team that has given me so much support over the past couple of years.
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“On tomorrow’s final stage we will do everything we can as a team to defend the jersey and the race lead.”
Hindley has enjoyed a long but fruitful season and is set to move into the WorldTour next year as part of Sunweb. He raced the Tour Down Under in January and backed that up with second place at the Herald Sun Tour. He then travelled to Europe and finished second at the GP Industria & Commercio. He followed that with fourth overall at the Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour and an impressive stage win and third overall at the Baby Giro.
In August the Australian finished 10th in the Tour de l’Avenir but he has found his form once more at the Tour of Fuzhou.
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