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Alasdair Fotheringham

'It's great to be back at the pointy end of a Grand Tour' – Jai Hindley upbeat as battle for Vuelta a España podium heats up in final week

LA FARRAPONA. LAGOS DE SOMIEDO, SPAIN - SEPTEMBER 06: (L-R) Jai Hindley of Australia and Team Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe and Joao Almeida of Portugal and UAE Team Emirates - XRG compete in the chase group during the La Vuelta - 80th Tour of Spain 2025, Stage 14 a 135.9km stage from Aviles to La Farrapona. Lagos de Somiedo 1711m / #UCIWT / on September 06, 2025 in La Farrapona. Lagos de Somiedo, Spain. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images).

It may be the second rest day morning of the 2025 Vuelta a España, but even if he's 15 days into a Grand Tour, when he talks to the media Jai Hindley's delight at being back in the mix of things in a three-week stage race is still crystal clear to both see and hear – even via conference call.

As the Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe rider had told Cyclingnews at the beginning of the Vuelta a España, since his stage win, 24 hours in yellow but subsequent bad crash in the 2023 Tour de France, he's not had the easiest of runs in the Grand Tours, culminating with his heavy fall and abandon with major concussion in the first week of the 2025 Giro d'Italia.

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