# Rob Hayles

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. He now occasionally provides studio-based analysis of cycle races for British Eurosport.

## 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 Cofidis 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In March 2008, he was withdrawn from the Great Britain team at the world track championships in Manchester, and was suspended for 14 days after a blood test showed a haematocrit 0.3% above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. 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.
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. Hayles lives in Hayfield, Derbyshire, with his wife, former Olympic swimmer Vicky Horner, and their daughter, born 23 January 2006.

## 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
    2nd National Criterium Championships

#### 2009

    2nd National Criterium Championships
    2nd Colne Town Centre Grand Prix

### 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