Mathew Hayman

Mathew Hayman

Mathew Hayman (2015)
To person
Date of birth	April 20, 1978
nation	Australia
discipline	Street
End of career	20th January 2019
Team (s)
2000–2009 2010–2013 2014–2019	Rabobank Sky ProCycling Orica GreenEdge / Mitchelton-Scott
Most important successes
Commonwealth Games 2006 - road racing Paris – Roubaix 2016
Last updated: March 30, 2019

Mathew Hayman (born April 20, 1978 in Camperdown , New South Wales ) is a retired Australian cyclist .

Athletic career

Hayman received a contract with Team Rabobank in 2000 . His first international success was the overall victory of the Saxony Tour in 2005, just ahead of the German Christian Knees . The following season he won the Commonwealth Games road race ahead of David George and Allan Davis . In 2011 he won the French one-day race Paris – Bourges .

Hayman achieved the greatest success of his sporting career with the victory at Paris-Roubaix in 2016 from the sprint of a five-man top group. It was his 15th start in this classic . In 2011 he was tenth and in 2012 eighth.

In 2019, Hayman ended his cycling career at the age of 40 with a final start in the Tour Down Under . He will take up a position on Mitchelton-Scott's staff .

Honors

In 2016, Hayman was honored with the Sir Hubert Opperman Trophy as Australia's Cyclist of the Year .

successes

2005

• Overall ranking of the Saxony Tour

2006

• Commonwealth Games - road racing

2011

• Paris – Bourges

2016

• Paris-Roubaix

2018

• Hammer Climb and Hammer Chase Hammer Sportzone Limburg

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
Giro d'Italia	91	-	-	-	136	-	DNF	-	105	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tour de France	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	DNF	-	135	151	108
Vuelta a España	-	137	-	DNF	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	130	-	-	-

Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ On the 15th attempt, Hayman's big dream comes true. radsportnews.com, April 10, 2016, accessed April 10, 2016 . 
2. ^ Hayman: I couldn't think of a better way to retire. In: Cycling News. January 20, 2019, accessed March 30, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Hayman ends 19-year career as a professional cyclist. In: rad-net.de. January 21, 2019, accessed January 21, 2019 . 
4. ^ Hayman and Garfoot collect Australian Cyclist of the Year awards. In: Cycling News. November 18, 2016, accessed November 18, 2016 . 

Web links

Commons : Mathew Hayman  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Mathew Hayman in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Mathew Hayman in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Mathew Hayman interview on YouTube , January 19, 2019