Rob Hayles

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{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Rob Hayles

| image = Tour Series 2009 (3589284061) (cropped).jpg

| caption = Hayles at the 2009 Tour Series in Milton Keynes

| fullname = Robert John Hayles

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1973|1|21}}

| birth_place = Portsmouth, England{{cite web| url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=1573| title=Rob Hayles – Olympic Record| publisher=British Olympic Association| access-date=21 August 2008| archive-date=24 February 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100224232408/http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=1573| url-status=dead}}

| height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|abbr=on}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=104155 |title=Official website of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth |access-date=21 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803151446/http://melbourne2006.com.au/Participants/Participants?ID=104155 |archive-date=3 August 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

| weight = {{convert|80|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Track & Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| 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

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|COF|2001}}

| proyears2 = 2005

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|RCS|2005}}

| proyears3 = 2007

| proteam3 = Team KLR-Parker International

| proyears4 = 2009

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|HAF|2009}}

| proyears5 = 2010–2011

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|EDR|2010}}

| majorwins = ;Road

One-day races and Classics

:{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (2008)}}

;Track

: World Championships

::Madison (2005)

::Team pursuit (2005)

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{GBR2}} }}

}}

Robert John Hayles (born 21 January 1973) is an English 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.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cycling/15493481.stm|title=Three-time Olympic medallist Rob Hayles retires from cycling|date=31 October 2011|access-date=27 January 2012|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC}} He now occasionally provides studio-based analysis of cycle races for British Eurosport.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/533456/tour-de-france-2012-british-eurosport-live-schedule.html|title=Tour de France 2012: British Eurosport live schedule|first=Nigel|last=Wynn|date=15 June 2012|work=Cycling Weekly}}

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 {{UCI team code|COF|2001}} 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.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}

In March 2008, he was withdrawn from the Great Britain team at the world track championships in Manchester,{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7315034.stm| title=Hayles suspended after blood test| publisher=BBC Sport| date=26 March 2008}} 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.{{cite web| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7329985.stm| title=Hayles gets racing licence back| publisher=BBC Sport| date=11 April 2008}} 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.{{cn|date=September 2019}}

He won the 2008 national road championships but was not selected to represent Great Britain in the Beijing Olympics.{{cite web| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/cycling-rowing-ace-romero-takes-aim-for-beijing-cycling-gold-862816.html| title=Cycling: Rowing ace Romero takes aim for Beijing cycling gold| work=The Independent| date=9 July 2008}}

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.{{cite news |last1=Bowden |first1=Alex |title=Portsmouth cycling stalwart and ex-wrestler John Hayles – father of Rob – dies |url=https://road.cc/content/news/210922-portsmouth-cycling-stalwart-and-ex-wrestler-john-hayles-%E2%80%93-father-rob-%E2%80%93-dies |work=road.cc |date=11 November 2016}} Hayles lives in Hayfield, Derbyshire, with his wife, former Olympic swimmer Vicky Horner, and their daughter, born 23 January 2006.Tim Maloney (29 January 2006). [http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hayles-is-a-dad Hayles is a dad]. cyclingnews.com{{cite web| url=http://www.missionsportsmanagement.co.uk/robhayles/| title=Rob Hayles Profile| publisher=Mission Sports Management}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Major results

=Road=

;1996

: Tour de Langkawi

::1st Stages 2 (TTT) & 7

;1997

: 2nd Overall Premier Calendar

;2000

: 1st 20px National Criterium Championships

;2004

: 1st Stage 7 Tour de Normandie

;2008

: 1st 20px Road race, National Championships

: 1st Beaumont Trophy

: 1st Tour of Pendle

: 1st Blackpool Grand Prix{{cite web |url=http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/local/cycle-fest-is-a-winner-for-fylde-1-429326 |title=Cycle Fest is a winner for Fylde |author= |date=7 July 2008 |website=Blackpool Gazette |access-date=17 June 2014 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221141/http://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/news/local/cycle-fest-is-a-winner-for-fylde-1-429326 |url-status=dead }}

: 2nd National Criterium Championships

;2009

: 2nd National Criterium Championships

: 2nd Colne Town Centre Grand Prix{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/road/article/roa20090714-road-Colne-Grand-Prix-Colne-0 |title=Colne Town Centre Grand Prix |last=Hickmott |first=Larry |date=14 July 2009 |website=British Cycling |access-date=10 March 2019}}