Less than 1 month before the start of the Tour de France, Jai Hindley and Primo Logric, as team-mates of Bora Hansgrohe, started both the second stage race and the fourth race day at Stage 1 of the Criterium du Dauphine.

The Australian Giro winner is set to settle as an important super domestic coming to the Grand Department Store in Florence for Roglic after the Slovenians moved from Jumbo Visma to German outfits last summer. 

However, the lack of experience together made the pre-tour, form marking Dauphiné even more important to build chemistry in the race and ensure that all the work done in the preparation is not wasted.

"I haven't raced with him much, but I just spent 3 weeks in the mountains, so it was very cozy," Hindley told Cycling News before Stage 1 at Saint・Prusain・sur・Siur. "But he's a good person and I think he's good to work with.

"It's massive [to build chemistry]. It's kind of like a final dress rehearsal. If you are good here, usually you will be good on tour and hopefully we are good.

The always elusive Roglich his bi to respond to a scrum of reporters waiting for him before jetting back to the team bus in the rain

But he, Hindley and teammate Aleksandr Vlasov came inside themselves and asked how they were before the tour. It is the mountain that shows what is shaped like. 

The trio presented a formidable GC outfit prepared to take on the likes of Tadeji Pogachal (UAE Team Emirates) on the tour, and Logric's Palmares was joined by Hindley, the 2022 Giro champion, and Vlasov, the former fifth-place finisher on the tour. He is speaking as the fourth Grand Tour winner.

So it was no surprise to see Australia's confidence heading towards a tough eight-day stage race that should present the perfect Amuse Bouche in the 34.3km Stage 4 time trial.

All of these lead to the brutally backloaded parcours in stages 6, 7 and 8. All of them feature summit finishes, and 2 of them are hose category Climb Up. More recently, the 2024 Criterium du Dauphine will surely be decided. 

"We want to try to win," Hindley said frankly to the expectations of a strong team of Mullet, similar to the provisional roster of the Tour de France. 

The versatile work of Marco Haller, Nico Denz, Matteo Sobrero and Bob Jungels will be employed by climbers before the summit of Collet D'Allevard (11.2% at 8.1 km), Samoëns1600 (10% at 9.3 km) and Plateau des Glières (9.4% at 7.1 km) ends next weekend.

In the face of the likes of Sepp Kuss (Visma-leasing bicycles), Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers), Juan Ayuso (UAE Tea Emirates) and perhaps Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick-Step), Hindley believes Bora-Hansgrohe's multi-leader strategy is good, even though Rogliú is the team's focus. We believe that this will be a great opportunity for us to work together. 

The arrival at Bora, Slovenia, marked a change in the role of Hindley, who was the only leader on the tour last year, won the stage, wore a yellow jersey and finished 7th overall despite a tough crash in the second week. 

"It removes a lot of pressure," Hindley said of his reworked role in the team. "But I also think having multiple guys and multiple options is also good for the team.

Hindley and Rogic are fresh from the back of building their relationship at a long altitude camp in Sierra Nevada with most of the tour team, and the Australians are happy with where his form was 27 days before the tour.

"Not too shabby, it was a pretty solid camp," Hindley said of his form toward the Dauphine, where he was fourth last year, before making a solid debut on the tour. "Also, it was like 3 weeks, so I think we laid some good foundations for the next few months. "

Whether it is Hindley, Roglich or Vlasov, the German team is aiming high for a tour that comes with ownership and sponsorship coming in from Red Bull in all parts of the team boss Ralph Denk's plans to become the latest super team of cycling. It's a great place to start.