# Mathew Hayman

Mathew Hayman (born 20 April 1978) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2019 for the Rabobank, Team Sky and Mitchelton–Scott teams. During his career, Hayman was an experienced and respected domestique, as he typically took on a supporting role within his team. Hayman was also a specialist in the cobbled classics, and was the winner of Paris–Roubaix in 2016. Following his retirement from racing after the 2019 Tour Down Under, Hayman remained with the Mitchelton–Scott team as a part-time directeur sportif alongside a "special projects" position.

## Personal life

Hayman was born in western Sydney, but the family was living near Goulburn in country New South Wales when he became interested in cycling, largely due to his older brother. He started racing in Canberra, and, following his brother, moved to Europe to further a potential cycling career in 1997. He raced as an amateur with Rabobank's under-23 team, based in The Netherlands. In 2006 he married Kym Shirley, an Australian professional cyclist. The couple has a son, born in 2011, and twins born in 2017.

## Career

Hayman turned professional in 2000 with Rabobank, after three years racing as an amateur in Europe. He completed his first Paris–Roubaix the same year. He stayed with Rabobank for ten years, achieving a number of good results during that time. Hayman has refused to discuss Dr Geert Leinders when asked about his time at Rabobank. Riding for Australia in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne as a domestique in support of Allan Davis, it was Hayman who came away with the gold medal in the road race.
At the end of 2009 Hayman left Rabobank for the challenge of helping to form a new professional cycling team, then known as Team Sky. Hayman left Team Sky at the end of the 2013 season, and joined Orica–GreenEDGE for the 2014 season.
On 10 April 2016, he won Paris–Roubaix, the eighth professional victory of his career and his 15th time participating in Paris-Roubaix. He was part of a breakaway of 16 riders that escaped from the peloton in the early stages of the race, which was later joined by a group which was formed after the peloton broke up following a crash 115 km from the finish. In the closing stages Hayman managed to close the gap on a select group of riders attacking from the lead group, and in the final sprint at Roubaix Velodrome, he beat Tom Boonen, Ian Stannard, Sep Vanmarcke and Edvald Boasson Hagen. His first reaction was one of disbelief: "I can’t believe it [...] This is my favorite race, it's a race I dream of every year. This year I didn’t even dare to dream."
On 18 September 2018 Hayman announced that he intended to retire after the 2019 Tour Down Under.

## Career achievements
### Major results
#### 1996

    2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Junior Road Championships
    2nd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

#### 1999

    1st Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
    2nd Overall Olympia's Tour
       1st Stage 3b (TTT)
    3rd Omloop der Kempen

#### 2000

    5th Overall Sparkassen Giro Bochum
    6th Overall Guldensporentweedaagse

#### 2001

    1st Trofeo Soller
    1st Overall Challenge Mallorca
       1st Sprints classification
       1st Stage 5
    6th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
    7th Milano–Torino

#### 2002

    6th Henk Vos Memorial
    9th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
    10th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

#### 2003

    10th Gent–Wevelgem

#### 2004

    4th Tour de Rijke
    10th Overall Sachsen Tour
    10th Schaal Sels-Merksem

#### 2005

    1st Overall Sachsen Tour
    8th Overall Three Days of De Panne
    8th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
    8th Dwars door Vlaanderen
    10th Trofeo Calvià

#### 2006

    1st Road race, Commonwealth Games
    2nd Profronde van Fryslan
    3rd Overall Oddset-Rundfahrt

#### 2007

    4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
    5th Tour de Rijke
    7th Profronde van Fryslan
    9th Overall Tour of Qatar

#### 2008

    10th Ronde van het Groene Hart

#### 2009

    4th Gent–Wevelgem
    7th Trofeo Inca
    8th Dwars door Vlaanderen
    8th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
    10th Tour de Rijke

#### 2010

    5th Dwars door Vlaanderen

#### 2011

    1st Paris–Bourges
    3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
    6th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
    10th Paris–Roubaix

#### 2012

    8th Paris–Roubaix

#### 2013

    3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen

#### 2016

    1st Paris–Roubaix

### Grand Tour results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results timeline :
| Grand Tour | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Giro d'Italia | 91 | — | — | — | 136 | — | DNF | — | 105 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | 135 | 151 | 108 |
| Vuelta a España | — | 137 | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 130 | — | — | — |

### Classics & Monuments results timelines

Classics results timeline :
| Classic | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | DNF | 22 | DNF | — | 32 | 22 | 15 | 60 | 27 | 100 | 3 | 24 | — | — | — | DNF | 50 | DNF |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | 63 | 45 | — | — | 27 | — | 25 | 20 | 93 | — | 26 | 46 | 92 | — | — | — | — | 66 | 33 |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | — | 26 | 36 | 60 | 8 | — | 4 | 46 | 8 | 5 | 4 | — | — | 55 | — | — | 27 | 100 |
| E3 Harelbeke | — | — | — | 36 | — | 22 | — | DNF | — | DNF | — | — | — | 28 | DNF | 74 | — | 37 | 47 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | 40 | 50 | 41 | 10 | — | 25 | — | — | 80 | 4 | 27 | 125 | 68 | 36 | — | 18 | — | 98 | 97 |
| Scheldeprijs | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | — | 92 | — | 153 | 31 | 38 | 107 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 82 | 96 | 108 | 90 | DNF | DNF | 84 | 124 | — |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 144 | — | — |
| Paris–Tours | — | — | 58 | 82 | 40 | 36 | 14 | 89 | — | 119 | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | 131 | — | |
| Milano–Torino | — | 7 | 125 | — | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Monuments results timeline :
| Monument | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | 154 | — | 121 | 86 | — | 93 | 129 | — | DNF | — | DNF | 62 | — | 137 | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | 70 | 82 | — | 47 | 90 | 68 | — | 60 | 13 | 21 | 79 | DNF | 51 | 39 | — | 91 | 83 |
| Paris–Roubaix | 65 | 49 | HD | 26 | — | 78 | 23 | — | 113 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 52 | 51 | 76 | 1 | 11 | 22 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 141 | — | — | — |
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Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| HD | Hors delai (out of time limit) |
| DNF | Did not finish |