{"id":313962,"date":"2023-07-05T23:06:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T23:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=313962"},"modified":"2023-07-05T23:58:27","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T23:58:27","slug":"aussies-special-tour-de-france-win-on-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=313962","title":{"rendered":"Aussie's 'special' Tour de France win on debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first mountain stage of the Tour de France<\/a> produced a new race leader \u2014 and he's an Aussie.<\/p>\n

On his Tour de France debut, former Giro d'Italia champion Jai Hindley took the yellow jersey after winning the 162.7km fifth stage that also included a daunting 15.2km grind up Col de Soudet.<\/p>\n

Hindley was part of an early breakaway and became the first Australian leader of the race since Rohan Dennis back in 2015.<\/p>\n

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"I was surprised when I was part of the break, and the bunch didn't really react," Hindley said.<\/p>\n

"We decided to start working in the group and just have fun. Initially my idea was to just get a buffer to the other general classification guys."<\/p>\n

Hindley, who hails from Perth and rides for the Bora-Hansgrohe team, was part of a 36 man group that managed to escape from the pack early on.<\/p>\n

Following several moves from other contenders including Wout van Aert and Julian Alaphilippe, Hindley attacked 4km from the Marie-Blanque summit.<\/p>\n

"On the Soudet I started thinking about a stage win, at the bottom of the climb I also saw my parents which was really special and emotional," Hindley said.<\/p>\n

"When I attacked, everything went so fast, I knew I had a good chance, but I only started really believing on the home straight."<\/p>\n

\"Jai<\/p>\n

After cresting first, Hindley went all in, averaging 55.8kph from the top of the mountain to the finish, with a maximum speed of 82.9kph in the downhill.<\/p>\n

Giulio Ciccone was second, 32 seconds off the pace, with Felix Gall completing the stage podium.<\/p>\n

Defending champion Jonas Vingegaard moved into second place in the general classification, 47 seconds behind Hindley.<\/p>\n

Vingegaard perfectly timed his attack after American teammate Sepp Kuss imposed a fast and exhausting tempo that took its toll on previous second-place sitter Tadej Pogacar, who found out after the finish that his girlfriend had crashed during the women's Giro in Italy, and may have suffered a concussion.<\/p>\n

"It's a bit more of a sad news than losing 50 seconds to Jonas, or one minute," Pogacar said.<\/p>\n

Vingegaard stopped short of celebrating, perfectly aware that the Tour is a three week race of attrition full of twists and turns.<\/p>\n

\"Jai<\/p>\n

"I know Tadej, he never gives up," Vingegaard said.<\/p>\n

"It will be a fight all the way to Paris."<\/p>\n

Vingegaard dethroned Pogacar last year and arrived in top form to defend his title. Poga\u010dar, who rides for UAE Team Emirates, was untouchable earlier this year but a crash two months ago that left him with a broken wrist requiring surgery has hampered his preparations for the Tour.<\/p>\n

"The high mountains have spoken the truth," UAE team principal Mauro Gianetti said.<\/p>\n

"Vingegaard is at the top and Tadej has yet to reach his best. It was only the fifth stage, hopefully we will improve, there is a lot of work to do."<\/p>\n

Pogacar will need to recover quickly since the sixth stage is even more brutal, featuring three big climbs including a mountain top finish.<\/p>\n

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