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

Career

Simmonds attended

King's School, Worcester The King's School, Worcester is an English independent day school refounded by Henry VIII in 1541. It occupies a site adjacent to Worcester Cathedral on the banks of the River Severn in the centre of the city of Worcester. It offers mixed-sex m ...

from 1999 until 2006. She studied Natural Sciences at

Newnham College, Cambridge Newnham College is a women's constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1871 by a group organising Lectures for Ladies, members of which included philosopher Henry Sidgwick and suffragist campaigner Millicen ...

, and completed a doctorate in Experimental Chemistry at

Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius ( ), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of t ...

in 2016. She was originally a rower at Cambridge, taking part in the 2009 reserve crew Boat Race, before switching to cycling in 2011. In 2015, she won the

British National Time Trial Championships The British National Time Trial Championships for cycling are held annually. The winners of each event are awarded with a symbolic white cycling jersey featuring blue and red stripes, which can be worn by the rider at other time trial events in ...

, and in August 2015 she set a new British national 10 mile time record with a time of 19:46. 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

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time trial bicycles. In November 2020, Simmonds signed a contract with , for the 2021 season.

Major results

Source: ;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 Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It was orig ...

;2015 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

::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

;2016 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

, National Road Championships : 2nd

: 6th Chrono Champenois ;2017 : 2nd

Taiwan KOM Challenge The Taiwan KOM Challenge is a one-day road cycling race held annually in Taiwan. Created in 2012, the event is recognized as one of the most difficult cycling races in the world due having nearly 3500m of climbing over a 105 kilometer course. Vinc ...

: 3rd National Hill Climb Championships : 3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen ::1st Stage 3 : 3rd

: National Road Championships ::4th

::8th Road race : 4th Ljubljana–Domzale–Ljubljana TT : 9th Overall

Emakumeen Euskal Bira The Emakumeen Euskal Bira was a women's cycling race held in the Basque Country, Spain. It was held annually from 1988 to 2019, starting out as a two-stage race and building up to five stages in 2007. One of these stages was always a double stag ...

: 10th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria ;2018 : 2nd Ljubljana–Domzale–Ljubljana TT :

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

::3rd

::10th Road race : 3rd Chrono Champenois : 8th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships ;2019 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

National Hill Climb Championships : 2nd

, National Road Championships : 3rd bronze medal blank

European Games The European Games is a continental multi-sport event in the Olympic tradition contested by athletes from European nations and several transcontinental countries. The Games were envisioned and are governed by the European Olympic Committees ...

: 4th Chrono Champenois : 4th Ljubljana–Domzale–Ljubljana TT : 6th

: 7th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships ;2021 : 6th

, National Road Championships

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Simmonds, Hayley 1988 births Living people British female cyclists Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in cycling European Games bronze medalists for Great Britain Sportspeople from Redditch People educated at King's School, Worcester Alumni of Newnham College, Cambridge Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 21st-century British women