Hayley Simmonds

Hayley Rebecca Simmonds (born 22 July 1988) is a British racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team DAS–Hutchinson.^[5]

Hayley Simmonds

Simmonds in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Hayley Rebecca Simmonds
Nickname	Hales[1]
Born	(1988-07-22) 22 July 1988 (age 37) Redditch, United Kingdom
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)[2]
Team information
Current team	AWOL O'Shea
Disciplines	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Time trialist
Amateur teams
2012	Cambridge University CC
2013	GB Cycles.co.uk
2014–2015	Velosport Pasta Montegrappa
Professional teams
2016	UnitedHealthcare
2017–2018	Team WNT
2019	BTC City Ljubljana[3]
2020	Ciclotel[4]
2021–	DAS–Hutchinson
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Time Trial Championships (2015, 2016)
Medal record Women's road cycling Representing  Great Britain European Games 2019 Minsk Time trial Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Time trial

Career

Simmonds attended King's School, Worcester from 1999 until 2006.^[6] She studied Natural Sciences at Newnham College, Cambridge, and completed a doctorate in Experimental Chemistry at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 2016. She was originally a rower at Cambridge, taking part in the 2009 reserve crew Boat Race, before switching to cycling in 2011.^[7][8]

In 2015, she won the British National Time Trial Championships,^[9] and in August 2015 she set a new British national 10 mile time record with a time of 19:46.^[10] Simmonds joined the UnitedHealthcare team in January 2016, however in June of that year she announced that she was leaving the team after struggling to find an efficient position on their Wilier Triestina time trial bicycles.^[11]

In November 2020, Simmonds signed a contract with CAMS–Tifosi, for the 2021 season.^[12]

Major results

Source:^[13]

2013

1st Pedalpushers Circuit Race League No. 4

2nd Hog Hill Summer Series 9

3rd Individual pursuit, British Universities & Colleges Sport Track Championships

2014

RTTC National Time Trial Championships

1st 10-mile

1st 50-mile

2nd 25-mile

East London Velo Hog Hill Summer Series

1st Races 2 & 4

1st Individual pursuit, British Universities & Colleges Sport Track Championships

10th Chrono des Nations

2015

National Road Championships

1st Time trial

10th Road race

RTTC National Time Trial Championships

1st 25-mile

1st 100-mile

1st Overall Holme Valley Wheelers Stage Race

1st Stage 3

Redbridge CC Summer Series

1st Rounds 7 & 9

British Universities & Colleges Sport Track Championships

1st Points race

1st Individual pursuit

2nd National Hill Climb Championships

2nd Road race, British Universities & Colleges Sport Road Championships

3rd Chrono Champenois

8th Chrono des Nations

2016

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

2nd Chrono des Nations

6th Chrono Champenois

2017

2nd Taiwan KOM Challenge^[14]

3rd National Hill Climb Championships

3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen

1st Stage 3

3rd Chrono des Nations

National Road Championships

4th Time trial

8th Road race

4th Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT

9th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira

10th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria

2018

2nd Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT

Commonwealth Games

3rd Time trial

10th Road race

3rd Chrono Champenois

8th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships

2019

1st National Hill Climb Championships

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

3rd Time trial, European Games

4th Chrono Champenois

4th Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT

6th Chrono des Nations

7th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships