Ethan Hayter

Ethan Edward Hayter (born 18 September 1998) is a British road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Soudal–Quick-Step.^[3]

Ethan Hayter

Hayter in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Ethan Edward Hayter
Born	(1998-09-18) 18 September 1998 (age 26) London, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current team	Soudal–Quick-Step
Disciplines	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder (road) Time trialist
Amateur teams
2012–2016	VC Londres
2017–2018	100% Me
2018	Team Sky (stagiaire)
2019	VC Londres
Professional teams
2020–2024	Team Ineos[1][2]
2025–	Soudal–Quick-Step
Major wins
Road Stage races Tour de Pologne (2022) Tour of Norway (2021) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2024) National Time Trial Championships (2021, 2022) Track World Championships Team pursuit (2018, 2022) Omnium (2021, 2022)
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Madison 2024 Paris Team pursuit World Championships 2018 Apeldoorn Team pursuit 2021 Roubaix Omnium 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Team pursuit 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Omnium 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Madison 2024 Ballerup Team pursuit 2019 Pruszków Omnium 2021 Roubaix Team pursuit European Championships 2018 Glasgow Omnium 2024 Apeldoorn Omnium 2024 Apeldoorn Team pursuit 2018 Glasgow Madison 2018 Glasgow Team pursuit 2019 Apeldoorn Team pursuit Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Team pursuit 2018 Gold Coast Points race

Career

Hayter started riding at Herne Hill Velodrome in 2012, aged 13. He raced for the VC Londres cycling club from 2012 to 2016, and remains an honorary member. In 2016 he joined British Cycling's Senior Academy squad,^[4] relinquishing his A-level studies in order to join the programme.^[5]

Hayter at the 2022 Tour de Romandie

He rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, winning a gold medal.^[6][7] In August 2018 it was reported that Hayter had joined Team Sky as a stagiaire until the end of the year.^[5] That month he also competed at the European Track Championships in Glasgow, where he took bronze medals as part of the British team pursuit squad,^[8] the Madison pairing alongside Oliver Wood^[9] and an individual gold in the omnium.^[10]

In November 2019, it was announced that Hayter would race for Team Ineos from 2020, on a three-year contract.^[11] Hayter competed in the Paris 2024 Olympics.

In August 2024 it was announced that Hayter would be leaving Ineos Grenadiers and would move to Soudal–Quick-Step from 2025 on a two-season contract.^[12]

Personal life

As of 2021 he was living in Manchester with fellow cyclist Fred Wright.^[13] He is the older brother and Team Ineos teammate of Leo Hayter.

Major results

Road

Riding in the British champion's jersey, 2024

2015

2nd Overall Keizer der Juniores

2016

1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Juniores

2nd Overall Trofeo Karlsberg

2nd Overall Junior Tour of Wales

2nd Gent–Wevelgem Junioren

2nd Guido Reybrouck Classic

8th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland

2017

7th Gran Premio di Poggiana

2018

4th Time trial, National Under-23 Championships

UCI World Under-23 Championships

5th Time trial

8th Road race

5th Overall Ronde de l'Oise

2019

National Under-23 Championships

1st Road race

2nd Time trial

1st Overall Paris–Arras Tour

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 2

Giro Ciclistico d'Italia

1st Points classification

1st Prologue & Stage 1

1st Stage 3 Tour de l'Avenir

5th Road race, National Championships

8th Overall Orlen Nations Grand Prix

10th London–Surrey Classic

2020 (1 pro win)

1st Giro dell'Appennino

2nd Memorial Marco Pantani

3rd Giro della Toscana

9th Coppa Sabatini

2021 (9)

National Championships

1st Time trial

1st Circuit race

3rd Road race

1st Overall Tour of Norway

1st Stages 1 & 2

2nd Overall Tour of Britain

1st Points classification

1st Stages 3 (TTT) & 5

2nd Overall Volta ao Algarve

1st Stage 2

4th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 3

4th Bretagne Classic

7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

1st Points classification

1st Stages 2 & 5

8th Time trial, UCI World Championships

2022 (6)

1st Time trial, National Championships

1st Overall Tour de Pologne

Tour de Romandie

1st Points classification

1st Prologue & Stage 2

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

1st Points classification

1st Stage 2

1st Stage 2 Tour of Norway

4th Overall Volta ao Algarve

UCI World Championships

4th Time trial

9th Road race

Vuelta a España

Held after Stages 1–4

2023 (2)

Tour de Romandie

1st Points classification

1st Stage 2

1st Stage 1 Tour of the Basque Country

3rd Overall Tour of Guangxi

1st Young rider classification

3rd Overall CRO Race

7th Giro della Toscana

2024 (1)

1st Road race, National Championships

7th Overall Tour of Norway

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2022
Giro d'Italia	—
Tour de France	—
Vuelta a España	DNF

Track

2015

National Junior Championships

1st Individual pursuit^[14]

1st Madison (with Fred Wright)^[15]

2nd Scratch^[14]

2016

1st Madison, National Championships (with Joe Holt)

National Junior Championships

1st Individual pursuit^[16]

3rd Madison^[16]

UEC European Junior Championships

1st Team pursuit

2nd Omnium

3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships

2017

National Championships

1st Madison (with Matt Walls)

1st Scratch

2nd Omnium

2nd Points race

2nd Team pursuit

3rd Individual pursuit

UEC European Under-23 Championships

1st Team pursuit

2nd Points race

1st Six Days of Berlin Under-23 (with Matt Walls)

2018

1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

UEC European Championships

1st Omnium

3rd Team pursuit

3rd Madison (with Oli Wood)

UEC European Under-23 Championships

1st Madison (with Matt Walls)

1st Omnium

Commonwealth Games

2nd Team pursuit

3rd Points race

National Championships

1st Team pursuit

2nd Points race

2019

National Championships

1st Omnium

1st Scratch

UCI World Championships

2nd Team pursuit

3rd Omnium

3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships

2021

UCI World Championships

1st Omnium

3rd Team pursuit

2nd Madison, Olympic Games (with Matt Walls)

2022

UCI World Championships

1st Team pursuit

1st Omnium

2nd Madison (with Oli Wood)

UCI Nations Cup, Milton

1st Omnium

2nd Madison (with Rhys Britton)

2024

UEC European Championships

1st Team pursuit

1st Omnium

UCI Nations Cup, Milton

1st Omnium

1st Team pursuit

2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games

2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships