# Rob Hayles

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{{Short description|British cyclist (born 1973)}}
{{About|the cyclist, Rob Hayles|Robert Hayles, Australian entrepreneur|Eustace Robert Hayles}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Rob Hayles
| image = Tour Series 2009 (3589284061) (cropped).jpg
| caption = Hayles at the 2009 [Tour Series](/source/Tour_Series) in Milton Keynes
| fullname = Robert John Hayles
| nickname = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1973|1|21}}
| birth_place = [Portsmouth](/source/Portsmouth), England<ref name="olympics">{{cite web| url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/athleterecord.aspx?at=1573| title=Rob Hayles&nbsp;– 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}}</ref>
| height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|abbr=on}}<ref name="melbourne2006">{{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 }}</ref>
| weight = {{convert|80|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="melbourne2006" />
| currentteam = 
| 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](/source/Classic_cycle_races)'''
:{{nowrap|[National Road Race Championships](/source/British_National_Road_Race_Championships) (2008)}}
;Track
: '''[World Championships](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)'''
::[Madison](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_madison) (2005)
::[Team pursuit](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit) (2005)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{GBR2}} }}
{{MedalSport| Men's [track cycling](/source/track_cycling)}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver|[2004 Athens](/source/2004_Summer_Olympics)|[Team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2004 Athens](/source/2004_Summer_Olympics)|[Madison](/source/Cycling_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2000 Sydney](/source/2000_Summer_Olympics)|[Team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold|[2006 Melbourne](/source/Cycling_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games)|[Team pursuit](/source/Team_pursuit)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2006 Melbourne](/source/Cycling_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games)|[Individual pursuit](/source/Individual_pursuit)}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|[2005 Los Angeles](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)|[Team pursuit](/source/Team_pursuit)}}
{{MedalGold|[2005 Los Angeles](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)|Madison}}
{{MedalSilver|[2006 Bordeaux](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)|[Team pursuit](/source/Team_pursuit)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2004 Melbourne](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)|[Individual pursuit](/source/Individual_pursuit)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2004 Melbourne](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)|[Team pursuit](/source/Team_pursuit)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2003 Stuttgart](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)|[Team pursuit](/source/Team_pursuit)}}
{{MedalSilver|[2000 Manchester](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)|[Team pursuit](/source/Team_pursuit)}}
{{MedalBronze|[2000 Manchester](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)|[Individual pursuit](/source/Individual_pursuit)}}
}}

'''Robert John Hayles''' (born 21 January 1973) is an English [track](/source/track_cyclist) 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](/source/team_pursuit) and [Madison](/source/Madison_(cycling)) events, until his retirement in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/15493481|title=Three-time Olympic medallist Rob Hayles retires from cycling|date=31 October 2011|access-date=27 January 2012|work=[BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport)|publisher=[BBC](/source/BBC)}}</ref> He now occasionally provides [studio-based analysis](/source/sports_analyst) of cycle races for [British Eurosport](/source/British_Eurosport).<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==Career==
He first represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games in [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta) in [1996](/source/1996_Summer_Olympics), where he rode the team pursuit. Hayles represented England in the points race and team pursuit at the [1998 Commonwealth Games](/source/1998_Commonwealth_Games). At the [2000 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/Bradley_Wiggins), finishing fourth.<ref name="olympics" />

From 2001 to 2003, Hayles rode for the {{UCI team code|COF|2001}} team in France.

During this time Hayles rode the [Paris–Roubaix](/source/Paris%E2%80%93Roubaix) 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](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships) in Manchester,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7315034.stm| title=Hayles suspended after blood test| publisher=BBC Sport| date=26 March 2008}}</ref> and was suspended for 14 days after a blood test showed a [haematocrit](/source/Haematocrit) 0.3% above the limit. His licence was restored after two weeks.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7329985.stm| title=Hayles gets racing licence back| publisher=BBC Sport| date=11 April 2008}}</ref> 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.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}

He won the 2008 [national road championships](/source/British_National_Road_Race_Championships) but was not selected to represent Great Britain in the [Beijing Olympics](/source/2008_Summer_Olympics).<ref>{{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}}</ref>

On 1 November 2008, he returned to the [team pursuit](/source/team_pursuit) for the Manchester round of the World Cup series.

==Personal life==
As a child, Hayles lived in [Cowplain](/source/Cowplain), [Hampshire](/source/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.<ref name="roadcc">{{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}}</ref> Hayles lives in [Hayfield, Derbyshire](/source/Hayfield%2C_Derbyshire), with his wife, former Olympic swimmer [Vicky Horner](/source/Vicky_Horner), and their daughter, born 23 January 2006.<ref>Tim Maloney (29 January 2006).  [http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hayles-is-a-dad Hayles is a dad]. cyclingnews.com</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.missionsportsmanagement.co.uk/robhayles/| title=Rob Hayles Profile| publisher=Mission Sports Management| access-date=21 August 2008| archive-date=26 February 2025| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250226033110/http://www.missionsportsmanagement.co.uk/robhayles/| url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Major results==
===Road===
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
;1996
: [Tour de Langkawi](/source/1996_Tour_de_Langkawi)
::1st Stages 2 ([TTT](/source/Team_time_trial)) & 7
;1997
: 2nd Overall [Premier Calendar](/source/Premier_Calendar)
;2000
: 1st 20px [National Criterium Championships](/source/British_National_Circuit_Race_Championships)
;2004
: 1st Stage 7 [Tour de Normandie](/source/Tour_de_Normandie)
;2008
: 1st 20px [Road race](/source/British_National_Road_Race_Championships), National Championships
: 1st [Beaumont Trophy](/source/Beaumont_Trophy)
: 1st Tour of Pendle
: 1st Blackpool Grand Prix<ref>{{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=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=7 July 2008 |website=[Blackpool Gazette](/source/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 }}</ref>
: 2nd [National Criterium Championships](/source/British_National_Circuit_Race_Championships)
;2009
: 2nd [National Criterium Championships](/source/British_National_Circuit_Race_Championships)
: 2nd Colne Town Centre Grand Prix<ref>{{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](/source/British_Cycling) |access-date=10 March 2019}}</ref>
{{div col end}}

===Track===
{{div col|colwidth=30em}}
;1993
: 1st 20px Kilo, [National Championships](/source/British_National_Track_Championships)
;1994
: [National Championships](/source/British_National_Track_Championships)
::1st 20px Kilo
::1st 20px [Madison](/source/British_National_Madison_Championships) (with [Bryan Steel](/source/Bryan_Steel))
: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, [Commonwealth Games](/source/1994_Commonwealth_Games)
;1995
: 1st 20px Madison, [National Championships](/source/British_National_Madison_Championships) (with [Russell Williams](/source/Russell_Williams_(cyclist)))
;1996
: 1st 20px Points race, [National Championships](/source/British_National_Track_Championships)
;1997
: [National Championships](/source/British_National_Track_Championships)
::1st 20px Points race
::1st 20px Individual pursuit
::1st 20px [Madison](/source/British_National_Madison_Championships) (with [Russell Williams](/source/Russell_Williams_(cyclist)))
;1998
: [National Championships](/source/British_National_Track_Championships)
::1st 20px Points race
::1st 20px Individual Pursuit
::1st 20px [Madison](/source/British_National_Madison_Championships) (with [Jon Clay](/source/Jon_Clay))
: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, [Commonwealth Games](/source/1998_Commonwealth_Games)
;1999
: [National Championships](/source/British_National_Track_Championships)
::1st 20px Points race
::1st 20px Individual pursuit
::1st 20px [Madison](/source/British_National_Madison_Championships) (with [Bradley Wiggins](/source/Bradley_Wiggins))
;2000
: [National Championships](/source/British_National_Track_Championships)
::1st 20px Points race
::1st 20px Individual pursuit
: [UCI World Championships](/source/2000_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)
::2nd 15px [Team pursuit](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit)
::3rd 15px [Individual pursuit](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_individual_pursuit)
: 2nd [Six Days of Grenoble](/source/Six_Days_of_Grenoble) (with [Bradley Wiggins](/source/Bradley_Wiggins))
: 3rd 15px [Team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_team_pursuit), [Olympic Games](/source/2000_Summer_Olympics)
;2003
: 2nd 15px [Team pursuit](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [UCI World Championships](/source/2003_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)
: 3rd Individual pursuit, [National Championships](/source/British_National_Track_Championships)
;2004
: [UCI World Championships](/source/2004_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)
::2nd 15px [Individual pursuit](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_individual_pursuit)
::2nd 15px [Team pursuit](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit)
: [Olympic Games](/source/2004_Summer_Olympics)
::2nd 15px [Team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_team_pursuit)
::3rd 15px [Madison](/source/Cycling_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_Madison) (with [Bradley Wiggins](/source/Bradley_Wiggins))
;2005
: [UCI World Championships](/source/2005_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)
::1st 20px [Madison](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_madison) (with [Mark Cavendish](/source/Mark_Cavendish))
::1st 20px [Team pursuit](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit)
;2006
: [Commonwealth Games](/source/2006_Commonwealth_Games)
::1st 15px [Team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games)
::2nd 15px [Individual pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2006_Commonwealth_Games)
: 2nd 15px [Team pursuit](/source/UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [UCI World Championships](/source/2006_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)
{{div col end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book | last=Hayles | first=Rob | title=Easy Rider: My Life on a Bike | year= 2013 | publisher=[Random House](/source/Random_House) | location=London | isbn=978-0-593-07060-4 }}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Robert Hayles}}
*{{Official website|http://www.robhayles.com/index.php}}

{{UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's madison}}
{{UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit}}
{{British National Road Race Championships (men)}}
{{British Cycling Hall of Fame}}
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Category:1973 births
Category:Living people
Category:English male cyclists
Category:British male cyclists
Category:Sportspeople from Portsmouth
Category:Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic cyclists for Great Britain
Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Category:Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
Category:British cycling road race champions
Category:Olympic silver medalists in cycling
Category:UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:People from Hayfield, Derbyshire
Category:Sportspeople from Derbyshire
Category:English track cyclists
Category:British track cyclists
Category:Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Olympic bronze medalists in cycling
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in cycling
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in cycling
Category:21st-century English sportsmen

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