Robbie McEwen backs Jai Hindley to deliver at the Vuelta a España

Australian commentator predicting an aggressive final Grand Tour of the season but backs Hindley to come out on top

Robbie McEwen
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Robbie McEwen has backed Giro d'Italia winner Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) to perform well at the Vuelta a España and challenge in the general classification. 

The Australian former star sprinter turned cycling commentator explained that due to the intensity of the recent Tour de France, he cannot envisage riders who rode the Tour challenging for the General Classification (GC) in the Vuelta. 

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Tom Thewlis
News and Features Writer

After previously working in higher education, Tom joined Cycling Weekly in 2022 and hasn't looked back. He's been covering professional cycling ever since; reporting on the ground from some of the sport's biggest races and events, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and the World Championships. His earliest memory of a bike race is watching the Tour on holiday in the early 2000's in the south of France - he even made it on to the podium in Pau afterwards. His favourite place that cycling has taken him is Montréal in Canada.