Hayden Roulston

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Hayden Roulston Road cycling
Hayden Roulston (2015)
Hayden Roulston (2015)
To person
Date of birth January 10, 1981
nation New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
discipline Road / train
height 186 cm
Racing weight 81 kg
End of career 2016
Team (s)
2002–2004
2005
2006
2009
2010–2011
2012–2015 		Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone
Discovery Channel
Health Net-Maxxis
Cervélo TestTeam
Team HTC-Columbia
RadioShack Leopard / Trek Factory Racing
Most important successes
Olympic Games 2008
silver One's pursuit
bronze Team pursuit

Hayden David Roulston , MNZM (born January 10, 1981 in Ashburton ) is a retired New Zealand cyclist who was successful in track and road cycling .

Athletic career

At the Commonwealth Games 2002 Roulston won the bronze medal in the team pursuit with the New Zealand four-four (with Greg Henderson , Matthew Randall and Lee Maxwell Vertongen) and was able to attract international attention for the first time. At the UCI track world championships in 2003 he was together with Greg Henderson vice world champion in two-man team driving . In 2004 and 2008 Roulston started at the Olympic Games. In 2004 in Athens he took part in the two-man team race and finished seventh with Greg Henderson. Four years later in Beijing he won two medals: a silver medal in the singles pursuit and a bronze one in the team pursuit with Sam Bewley , Marc Ryan , Jesse Sergent and Westley Gough . Further successes on the track include the silver medal of the Commonwealth Games 2006 in the points race and three titles as Oceania champion in the two-team race in 2007 and in the team and single pursuit in 2015.

At the same time, Roulston was active on the road and from 2002 rode with one break in 2007 and 2008 for international cycling teams with the status of UCI ProTeam or UCI WorldTeam and Professional Continental Team . Starting with a stage of the Tour of Wellington in 2002, he won various races on the international calendar, the three overall victories of the Tour of Southland and the two overall victories of the Tour of Wellington being the most important. He was also four times New Zealand and one Oceanic road racing champion . Roulston took part in four Grand Tours , of which he was able to finish the Tour de France 2009 as 76th. His best result at a cycling monument was tenth place at Paris – Roubaix 2010 .

In the fall of 2015, Roulston announced his retirement from professional road cycling. He wanted to focus on participating in the team pursuit of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . At the national track championships in 2016, he won the track four and the silver medal in scratch . His last international road race was the Irish stage race An Post Rás in May 2016. After all, he was not part of New Zealand's Olympic track four, which was defeated in the small final and was fourth.

successes

train

2002
2003
2006
2007
2008
2015
2016

Street

Roulston near Paris – Roubaix 2012
2002
2003
2004
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
  • MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG New Zealand champion - road racing
2013
  • MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG New Zealand champion - road racing
2014
  • MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG New Zealand champion - road racing
2015

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Transfer news: Roulston retires from road cycling. In: cyclingnews.com. October 7, 2015, accessed on March 22, 2020 .

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Roulston, Hayden
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Roulston, Hayden David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Ashburton , New Zealand