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}} 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. 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 pursuit. He was in pursuit team that came third and rode the madison with Bradley Wiggins, finishing fourth.〔 From 2001 to 2003 Hayles rode for the 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 In March 2008 he was withdrawn from the Great Britain team at the world track championships in Manchester,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Hayles suspended after blood test )〕 and was suspended for 14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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Hayles gets racing licence back )〕 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 clean. He won the 2008 national road championships but was not selected squad for the Beijing Olympics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Cycling: Rowing ace Romero takes aim for Beijing cycling gold )〕 On 1 November 2008 he returned to the team pursuit for the Manchester round of the World Cup series. He lives in Hayfield, Derbyshire, with his wife, former Olympic swimmer Vicky Horner, and daughter Madeleine (born 23 January 2006).〔Tim Maloney (29 January 2006). (Hayles is a dad ). cyclingnews.com〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Rob Hayles Profile )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rob Hayles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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