Hayden Roulston
Hayden Roulston (2015) | |
To person | |
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Date of birth | January 10, 1981 |
nation | 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 |
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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
- Commonwealth Games - Team Pursuit (with Greg Henderson , Matthew Randall and Lee Maxwell Vertongen )
- 2003
- Vice World Champion - Two-Man Team Driving (with Greg Henderson )
- 2006
- Commonwealth Games - Points race
- New Zealand Champion - one's pursuit
- New Zealand Champion - Team Pursuit (with Marc Ryan , Heath Blackgrove and James Fairweather )
- 2007
- Oceanic Champion - Two Team Driving (with Greg Henderson )
- 2008
- Olympic Games - One's Pursuit
- Olympic Games - Team Pursuit (with Sam Bewley , Marc Ryan , Jesse Sergent and Westley Gough )
- 2015
- Oceania Champion - one's pursuit
- Oceania Champion - Team Pursuit (with Aaron Gate , Luke Mudgway and Nick Kergozou )
- 2016
- New Zealand Champion - Team Pursuit (with Marc Ryan , Dylan Kennett and Jason Allan )
Street
- 2002
- one stage Tour of Wellington
- 2003
- a stage Tour de Pologne
- 2004
- a stage of the Tour de la Région Wallonne
- one stage Tour of Southland
- 2006
- Overall ranking and a stage Tour of Southland
- Overall standings and three stages of the Tour of Wellington
- New Zealand champion - road racing
- 2007
- Overall standings and two stages Tour of Wellington
- Overall ranking Tour of Southland
- Oceania Champion - Road Race
- 2008
- two stage Tour of Wellington
- Overall ranking UCI Oceania Tour
- Overall ranking and two stages of the Tour of Southland
- 2009
- 2010
- one stage Post Danmark Rundt
- Team time trial Vuelta a España
- Commonwealth Games - road racing
- 2011
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
Individual evidence
- ^ Transfer news: Roulston retires from road cycling. In: cyclingnews.com. October 7, 2015, accessed on March 22, 2020 .
Web links
- Hayden Roulston in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Hayden Roulston in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Hayden Roulston in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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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 |