Rob Hayles

Rob Hayles

Hayles, photographed in 2007
Personal information
Full name	Robert John Hayles
Born	21 January 1973 (1973-01-21) (age 39) Portsmouth, England[1]
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[2]
Weight	80 kg (180 lb)[2]
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Track & Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team(s)
1994 1995 1996–1997 1998 1999	Team Haverhill-Taylor's Foundry All Media-Futurama Team Ambrosia Team Brite Tony Doyle Ltd-Clarkes Contracts
Professional team(s)
2001–2003 2005 2007 2008–2009 2010–2011	Cofidis Recycling.co.uk-MG X-Power Team KLR-Parker International-Dolan Bikes Team Halfords Bikehut Endura Racing
Major wins
British National Road Race Championships (2008)
Medal record Competitor for  Great Britain Track cycling Olympic Games Silver 2004 Athens Team pursuit Bronze 2004 Athens Madison Bronze 2000 Sydney Team pursuit Commonwealth Games Gold 2006 Melbourne Team pursuit Silver 2006 Melbourne Individual pursuit World Championships Gold 2005 Los Angeles Team pursuit Gold 2005 Los Angeles Madison Silver 2006 Bordeaux Team pursuit Silver 2004 Melbourne Individual pursuit Silver 2004 Melbourne Team pursuit Silver 2003 Stuttgart Team pursuit Silver 2000 Manchester Team pursuit Bronze 2000 Manchester Individual pursuit
Infobox last updated on 27 January 2012

Robert John "Rob" 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 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 pursuit. He was in pursuit team that came third and rode the madison with Bradley Wiggins, finishing fourth.^[1]

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

In March 2008 he was withdrawn from the Great Britain team at the world track championships in Manchester,^[4] and was suspended for 14 days after a blood test showed a haematocrit 0.3%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.^[5]

He won the 2008 national road championships but was not selected squad for the Beijing Olympics.^[6]

On 1 November 2008 he returned to the team pursuit for the Manchester round of the World Cup series. He lives in Horndean, Hampshire with his wife and daughter.^[7]

Major Results

2000

Bronze Team Pursuit – Olympics

Bronze Pursuit – World Championship

Silver Team Pursuit – World Championships

2003

Silver Team Pursuit – World Championship

Bronze Pursuit, National Championship

2004

Silver Individual Pursuit, World Championship, Melbourne

Silver Team Pursuit, World Championship, Melbourne

Silver Team Pursuit, Olympics, Athens (with Cummings, Manning & Wiggins)

Bronze Madison, Olympics, Athens (with Wiggins)^[8]

2005

Gold Team Pursuit, World Championship, Los Angeles (with Cummings, Newton & Manning)

Gold Madison, World Championship, Los Angeles (with Cavendish)^[9]

2006

Silver 4,000m Individual Pursuit, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne

Gold 4,000m Team Pursuit, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne

Silver Team Pursuit, World Championship, Bordeaux

2008

Tour of Pendle

Beaumont Trophy Road Race

British National Road Race Championships

British National Track Championship Results

See also

• Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Individual Pursuit Men
• Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Team Pursuit Men
• Cycling at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
• Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Madison Men

References

External links

• Official website