Jai Hindley has cycled up the Dolomites and pedalled into a podium position in the Giro d'Italia with two days and 331 km to go of the three-week 3 469 km race.
The Australian and his Bora-Hansgrohe team managed stage 19 superbly, staying in touch with various breakaways before pulling clear on the final climb of Thymen Arensman, who had begun the day in third.
Hindley finished the stage sixth, 43 seconds behind stage winner Sepp Kuss. More importantly he was 62 seconds ahead of Arensman. That transformed a 33-second deficit to a 29 seconds advantage over the Netcompany-INEOS rider who dropped to fourth.
Jonas Vingegaard, Kuss's Visma Lease-A-Bike teammate, remains overall leader having come fifth on the stage with Felix Gall (Decathlon CMA-CGM) still second, albeit a distant four minutes, three seconds adrift of the Dane.
