Career
Hayles competed in the team pursuit and madison events, until his retirement in. He now occasionally provides studio-based analysis of cycle races for British Eurosport. He first represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996, where he rode the team pursuit.
He was in pursuit team that came third and rode the madison with Bradley Wiggins, finishing fourth.
From 2001 to 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 In March he was withdrawn from the Great Britain team at the world track championships in Manchester, and was suspended for 14 days after a blood test showed a haematocrit 0.3% above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 clean. On 1 November he returned to the team pursuit for the Manchester round of the World Cup series. 1997 British National Track championships.
