Rob Hayles Explained

Rob Hayles
Fullname:Robert John Hayles
Birth Date:1973 1, df=yes
Birth Place:Portsmouth, England[1]
Height:1.86m (06.1feet)[2]
Weight:800NaN0
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Track & Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:1994
Amateurteam1:Team Haverhill-Taylor's Foundry
Amateuryears2:1995
Amateurteam2:All Media-Futurama
Amateuryears3:1996–1997
Amateurteam3:Team Ambrosia
Amateuryears4:1998
Amateurteam4:Team Brite
Amateuryears5:1999
Amateurteam5:Tony Doyle Ltd-Clarkes Contracts
Proyears1:2001–2003
Proyears2:2005
Proyears3:2007
Proteam3:Team KLR-Parker International
Proyears4:2009
Proyears5:2010–2011
Majorwins:
RoadOne-day races and Classics
  • Track
  • Madison, World Championships (2005)
  • Team pursuit, World Championships (2005)

    • Robert John Hayles (born 21 January 1973) is a former track and road racing cyclist, who rode for Great Britain and England on the track and several professional teams on the road. Hayles competed in the team pursuit and Madison events, until his retirement in 2011.[3] He now occasionally provides studio-based analysis of cycle races for British Eurosport.[4]

    Career

    He first represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, where he rode the team pursuit. Hayles represented England in the points race and team pursuit at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won silver in the individual pursuit. He was a member of the pursuit team that came third, and rode the Madison with Bradley Wiggins, finishing fourth.

    From 2001 to 2003 Hayles rode for the team in France.

    During this time Hayles rode the Paris–Roubaix classic, one of cycling's five 'monuments', three times but was unable to finish the race on any occasion. Hayles still reports to love the paved classic despite his own poor fortune.

    In March 2008 he was withdrawn from the Great Britain team at the world track championships in Manchester,[5] and was suspended for 14 days after a blood test showed a haematocrit 0.3% above the limit. His licence was restored after two weeks.[6] The rules regarding haematocrit testing for track cycling were subsequently changed as the resting period before an event can cause the red cell volume to exceed 50%, with subsequent blood tests often proving the riders to be clean.

    He won the 2008 national road championships but was not selected to represent Great Britain in the Beijing Olympics.[7]

    On 1 November 2008 he returned to the team pursuit for the Manchester round of the World Cup series.

    Personal life

    As a child, Hayles lived in Cowplain, Hampshire and attended Padnell Junior School. Hayles' father John Hayles, who died in 2016, was an amateur racing cyclist who became a professional wrestler in his twenties.[8] Hayles lives in Hayfield, Derbyshire, with his wife, former Olympic swimmer Vicky Horner, and their daughter, born 23 January 2006.[9] [10]

    Major results

    Road

    1996
  • Tour de Langkawi
  • 1st Stages 2 (TTT) & 7
    1997
  • 2nd Overall Premier Calendar
    2000
  • 1st National Criterium Championships
    2004
  • 1st Stage 7 Tour de Normandie
    2008
  • 1st Road race, National Championships
  • 1st Beaumont Trophy
  • 1st Tour of Pendle
  • 1st Blackpool Grand Prix[11]
  • 2nd National Criterium Championships
    2009
  • 2nd National Criterium Championships
  • 2nd Colne Town Centre Grand Prix[12]

    Track

    1993
  • 1st Kilo, National Championships
    1994
  • National Championships
  • 1st Kilo
  • 1st Madison (with Bryan Steel)
  • 2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
    1995
  • 1st Madison, National Championships (with Russell Williams)
    1996
  • 1st Points race, National Championships
    1997
  • National Championships
  • 1st Points race
  • 1st Individual pursuit
  • 1st Madison (with Russell Williams)
    1998
  • National Championships
  • 1st Points race
  • 1st Individual Pursuit
  • 1st Madison (with Jon Clay)
  • 2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
    1999
  • National Championships
  • 1st Points race
  • 1st Individual pursuit
  • 1st Madison (with Bradley Wiggins)
    2000
  • National Championships
  • 1st Points race
  • 1st Individual pursuit
  • UCI World Championships
  • 2nd Team pursuit
  • 3rd Individual pursuit
  • 2nd Six Days of Grenoble (with Bradley Wiggins)
  • 3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
    2003
  • 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
  • 3rd Individual pursuit, National Championships
    2004
  • UCI World Championships
  • 2nd Individual pursuit
  • 2nd Team pursuit
  • Olympic Games
  • 2nd Team pursuit
  • 3rd Madison (with Bradley Wiggins)
    2005
  • UCI World Championships
  • 1st Madison (with Mark Cavendish)
  • 1st Team pursuit
    2006
  • Commonwealth Games
  • 1st Team pursuit
  • 2nd Individual pursuit
  • 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

    Further reading

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Rob Hayles – Olympic Record. British Olympic Association. 21 August 2008. 24 February 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100224232408/http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=1573. dead.
    2. Web site: Official website of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth . 21 August 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080803151446/http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=104155 . 3 August 2008 . dead . dmy-all .
    3. News: Three-time Olympic medallist Rob Hayles retires from cycling. 31 October 2011. 27 January 2012. BBC Sport. BBC.
    4. News: Tour de France 2012: British Eurosport live schedule. Nigel. Wynn. 15 June 2012. Cycling Weekly.
    5. Web site: Hayles suspended after blood test. BBC Sport. 26 March 2008.
    6. Web site: Hayles gets racing licence back. BBC Sport. 11 April 2008.
    7. Web site: Cycling: Rowing ace Romero takes aim for Beijing cycling gold. The Independent. 9 July 2008.
    8. News: Bowden . Alex . Portsmouth cycling stalwart and ex-wrestler John Hayles – father of Rob – dies . road.cc . 11 November 2016.
    9. Tim Maloney (29 January 2006). Hayles is a dad. cyclingnews.com
    10. Web site: Rob Hayles Profile. Mission Sports Management.
    11. Web site: Cycle Fest is a winner for Fylde . . 7 July 2008 . . 17 June 2014 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221141/http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/local/cycle-fest-is-a-winner-for-fylde-1-429326 . dead .
    12. Web site: Colne Town Centre Grand Prix . Hickmott . Larry . 14 July 2009 . . 10 March 2019.

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