“Found His Way Into the Group”: As Australian Cyclist Wins Stage 5 of the Tour de France, 7-Time American Champion Puts Him in Company of Other Potential Winners

It is the first week of July and the Tour de France 2023 is underway in Europe. As Cyclists from various parts of the world are pushing their stamina and battling it out on the hilly terrains of Western Europe, every new day brings new excitement. As stage 5 of the race recently concluded, a new winner emerged out of the competitors. Australian cyclist Jai Hindley became the first Australian in 8 years to win a stage and take a lead, as he joins Philipsen, Yates, and defending champion Jonas Vingegaard as potential candidates to win the overall championship. A former American cyclist, a legend in his field, has his say on the matter.

Lance Armstrong, who won the Tour de France a record 7 times, is closely following this year’s contest. The man who has had his fair share of controversies in his time is now well past those days of regret and is enjoying the competition this year. After Hindley won stage 5, Armstrong is seeing him as a potential winner now.

Jai Hindley’s energy on the latest stage of the Tour de France left a mark on Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong hosts a podcast with his friends called THEMOVE, where he and his co-hosts discuss and break down various events from their lives and from the world of cycling. In one of the latest episodes, the 51-year-old was discussing stage 5 of the Tour de France this year, and inevitably Hindley came up in the discussion.

Armstrong took to his Instagram stories and shared a snippet from the episode, where he said, “Boy nothing disappointed 33 riders almost from the gun and Jai Hindley found his way into that group…” Armstrong was interrupted at this point by his co-host who also expressed that Hindley’s win wasn’t expected and happened out of the blue.

One more tough competitor gets added to the race

Armstrong has so far given his take on every stage of the race. He previously talked about how impressed he was with Philipsen and called him the fastest guy among all the competitors. While Armstrong hasn’t really gone back on his word yet, Hindley’s stellar performance on the latest stage is sure to make him reconsider the competition one more time.

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Adam Yates and Victor Lafay of Great Britain and France had won the stage 1 and 2 of the race respectively. After that, it was Philipsen’s dominance in the next two stages. Also, potentially dangerous competitors are defending champion Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar, Wout Van Aert, etc. Armstrong believes that Hindley is very much part of that group now.

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