
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.