Hayley Simmonds
{{short description|British bicycle racer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Hayley Simmonds
| image = Quaregnon - Le Samyn des Dames & Le Samyn, 2 mars 2016, départ (B092).JPG
| image_size =
| caption = Simmonds in 2016
| fullname = Hayley Rebecca Simmonds
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|7|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Redditch, United Kingdom
| height = {{height|cm=165}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/hayley-simmonds| title=Hayley Simmonds| website=teamengland.org|accessdate=2018-04-10}}
| weight = {{convert|55|kg|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = {{UCI team code|AWO}}
| disciplines = {{unbulleted list|Road|Track}}
| role = Rider
| ridertype = Time trialist
| amateuryears1 = 2012
| amateurteam1 = Cambridge University CC
| amateuryears2 = 2013
| amateurteam2 = GB Cycles.co.uk
| amateuryears3 = 2014–2015
| amateurteam3 = Velosport Pasta Montegrappa
| proyears1 = 2016
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|UHC2|2016}}
| proyears2 = 2017–2018
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|WNT|2017}}
| proyears3 = 2019
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|BTC|2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.directvelo.com/equipe/3386/btc-city-ljubljana#riders-2019|title=BTC City Ljubljana|language=French|work=Directvelo|publisher=Association Le Peloton|accessdate=7 February 2019}}
| proyears4 = 2020
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|CTL|2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14167/2003425/258|title=Ciclotel|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=22 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122203100/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14167/2003425/258|archivedate=22 January 2020}}
| proyears5 = 2021–
| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|CAMS|2021-2022}}
| majorwins = One-day races and Classics
:National Time Trial Championships (2015, 2016)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's road cycling}}
{{MedalCountry|{{flagu|Great Britain}}}}
{{MedalComp|European Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Minsk|Time trial}}
{{MedalCountry|{{flagu|England}}}}
{{MedalComp|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Gold Coast|Time trial}}
| show-medals = no
}}
Hayley Rebecca Simmonds (born 22 July 1988) is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team {{UCI team code|CAMS}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15405/2003427/277|title=CAMS-Tifosi|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=19 January 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119192519/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15405/2003427/277|archivedate=19 January 2021}}
Career
Simmonds attended King's School, Worcester from 1999 until 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.ksw.org.uk/news/2015/nov/26/our-23rd-barnabas-speaker-hayley-simmonds-cr-99-06|accessdate=26 November 2015|title=OUR 23RD BARNABAS SPEAKER – HAYLEY SIMMONDS (CR 99-06)|publisher=King's School, Worcester|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126233438/http://www.ksw.org.uk/news/2015/nov/26/our-23rd-barnabas-speaker-hayley-simmonds-cr-99-06|archivedate=26 November 2015}} She studied Natural Sciences at Newnham College, Cambridge, and completed a doctorate in Experimental Chemistry at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 2016. She was originally a rower at Cambridge, taking part in the 2009 reserve crew Boat Race, before switching to cycling in 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/36896441|title=Hayley Simmonds: PhD and British time trial champion – but not at Rio|author-last=Scowen|author-first=Callum|publisher=BBC Sport|date=25 August 2016|access-date=12 October 2021}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Hayley-Simmonds-enjoying-seamless-transition/story-24509002-detail/story.html|title=Hayley Simmonds enjoying seamless transition from rowing to cycling as she follows in the footsteps of Rebecca Romero|work=Cambridge News|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007073655/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Hayley-Simmonds-enjoying-seamless-transition/story-24509002-detail/story.html|archivedate=2015-10-07}}
In 2015, she won the British National Time Trial Championships,{{cite web|url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/nationalroadchampionships/article/20150625-roadchamps-Report---British-Cycling-National-Road-Championships---Time-Trials-0|title=Simmonds and Davies take British time trial titles|work=British Cycling}} and in August 2015 she set a new British national 10 mile time record with a time of 19:46.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/hayley-simmonds-sets-new-10-mile-time-trial-record-186536|title=Hayley Simmonds sets new 10 mile time trial record|work=Cycling Weekly|date=9 August 2015 }} Simmonds joined the {{UCI team code|UHC2|2016}} team in January 2016, however in June of that year she announced that she was leaving the team after struggling to find an efficient position on their Wilier Triestina time trial bicycles.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/hayley-simmonds-leaves-unitedhealthcare-failing-find-good-position-time-trial-bike-234058 |title=Hayley Simmonds leaves UnitedHealthcare after failing to find good position on time trial bike |last1=Rogers |first1=Owen|date=18 June 2016 |website=Cycling Weekly|access-date=18 June 2016}}
In November 2020, Simmonds signed a contract with {{UCI team code|CAMS|2021a}}, for the 2021 season.{{cite news|first=Larry|last=Hickmott|url=https://www.velouk.net/2020/11/25/team-news-cams-tifosi/|title=Team News: CAMS-Tifosi|work=VeloUK|publisher=LH Publishing|date=25 November 2020|accessdate=25 November 2020}}
Major results
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;2013
: 1st Pedalpushers Circuit Race League No. 4
: 2nd Hog Hill Summer Series 9
: 3rd Individual pursuit, British Universities & Colleges Sport Track Championships
;2014
: RTTC National Time Trial Championships
::1st 10-mile
::1st 50-mile
::2nd 25-mile
: East London Velo Hog Hill Summer Series
::1st Races 2 & 4
: 1st Individual pursuit, British Universities & Colleges Sport Track Championships
: 10th Chrono des Nations
;2015
: National Road Championships
::1st 20px Time trial
::10th Road race
: RTTC National Time Trial Championships
::1st 25-mile
::1st 100-mile
: 1st Overall Holme Valley Wheelers Stage Race
::1st Stage 3
: Redbridge CC Summer Series
::1st Rounds 7 & 9
: British Universities & Colleges Sport Track Championships
::1st Points race
::1st Individual pursuit
: 2nd National Hill Climb Championships
::2nd Road race, British Universities & Colleges Sport Road Championships
: 3rd Chrono Champenois
: 8th Chrono des Nations
;2016
: 1st 20px Time trial, National Road Championships
: 2nd Chrono des Nations
: 6th Chrono Champenois
;2017
: 2nd Taiwan KOM Challenge{{cite news|last1=Fruch|first1=Franck|title=Taiwan KOM Challenge — Emma Pooley toujours au sommet|url=http://www.velo101.com/feminines/article/taiwan-kom-challenge-emma-pooley-toujours-au-sommet--18439|accessdate=14 April 2018|work=Velo101|date=20 October 2017}}
: 3rd National Hill Climb Championships
: 3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
::1st Stage 3
: 3rd Chrono des Nations
: National Road Championships
::4th Time trial
::8th Road race
: 4th Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT
: 9th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
: 10th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
;2018
: 2nd Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT
::3rd 15px Time trial
::10th Road race
: 3rd Chrono Champenois
: 8th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
;2019
: 1st 20px National Hill Climb Championships
: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
: 3rd 15px Time trial, European Games
: 4th Chrono Champenois
: 4th Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT
: 6th Chrono des Nations
: 7th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
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References
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External links
- {{CQ Ranking}}
- {{ProCyclingStats}}
- {{Cycling Archives}}
- {{Team England|hayley-simmonds}}
- {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|cycling-road/athlete-profile-n6033425-hayley-simmonds}}
{{CAMS–Tifosi riders}}
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Category:English female cyclists
Category:British female cyclists
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
Category:Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Cyclists at the 2019 European Games
Category:European Games medalists in cycling
Category:European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
Category:Sportspeople from Redditch
Category:People educated at King's School, Worcester
Category:Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge
Category:Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Germany