Rob Hayles

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. 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

2004 1st Stage 7 Tour de Normandie 2008

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

1994 National Championships

1995

1996

1997 National Championships

1998 National Championships

1999 National Championships

2000 National Championships

UCI World Championships

2nd Six Days of Grenoble (with Bradley Wiggins)

2003

3rd Individual pursuit, National Championships 2004 UCI World Championships

Olympic Games

2005 UCI World Championships

2006 Commonwealth Games