Hayley Simmonds Explained

Hayley Simmonds
Fullname:Hayley Rebecca Simmonds
Nickname:Hales[1]
Birth Date:22 July 1988
Birth Place:Redditch, United Kingdom
Height:[2]
Weight:55kg (121lb)
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Time trialist
Amateuryears1:2012
Amateurteam1:Cambridge University CC
Amateuryears2:2013
Amateurteam2:GB Cycles.co.uk
Amateuryears3:2014–2015
Amateurteam3:Velosport Pasta Montegrappa
Proyears1:2016
Proyears2:2017–2018
Proyears3:2019
Proteam3:[3]
Proyears4:2020
Proteam4:[4]
Proyears5:2021–
Majorwins:One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2015, 2016)

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

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 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, 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

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Hayley Simmonds . . 21 October 2017 . 22 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171022032303/https://www.team-wnt.com/uk/procycling/team/hayley-simmonds.html . dead .
    2. Web site: Hayley Simmonds. teamengland.org. 2018-04-10.
    3. Web site: BTC City Ljubljana. French. Directvelo. Association Le Peloton. 7 February 2019.
    4. Web site: Ciclotel. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 22 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200122203100/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14167/2003425/258. 22 January 2020.
    5. Web site: CAMS-Tifosi. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 19 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210119192519/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15405/2003427/277. 19 January 2021.
    6. Web site: OUR 23RD BARNABAS SPEAKER – HAYLEY SIMMONDS (CR 99-06). 26 November 2015. King's School, Worcester. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151126233438/http://www.ksw.org.uk/news/2015/nov/26/our-23rd-barnabas-speaker-hayley-simmonds-cr-99-06. 26 November 2015.
    7. Web site: Hayley Simmonds: PhD and British time trial champion – but not at Rio. Scowen. Callum. BBC Sport. 25 August 2016. 12 October 2021.
    8. Web site: Hayley Simmonds enjoying seamless transition from rowing to cycling as she follows in the footsteps of Rebecca Romero. Cambridge News. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151007073655/http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Hayley-Simmonds-enjoying-seamless-transition/story-24509002-detail/story.html. 2015-10-07.
    9. Web site: Simmonds and Davies take British time trial titles. British Cycling.
    10. Web site: Hayley Simmonds sets new 10 mile time trial record. Cycling Weekly. 9 August 2015 .
    11. Web site: Hayley Simmonds leaves UnitedHealthcare after failing to find good position on time trial bike . Rogers . Owen. 18 June 2016 . Cycling Weekly. 18 June 2016.
    12. News: Larry. Hickmott. Team News: CAMS-Tifosi. VeloUK. LH Publishing. 25 November 2020. 25 November 2020.
    13. Web site: British Cycling Points. British Cycling.
    14. News: Fruch. Franck. Taiwan KOM Challenge — Emma Pooley toujours au sommet. 14 April 2018. Velo101. 20 October 2017.

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