Leo Hayter (born 10 August 2001) is a British

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

, who last rode for

UCI WorldTeam A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road bicycle racing, road cycling, the UCI World Tou ...

Career

As a Junior road cyclist in 2019, he won 1.1 UCI level junior races at the Omloop van Borsele and Trofee van Vlaanderen. In 2021, he won the

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs Liège–Bastogne–Liège , also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five '' Monuments'' of the European professiona ...

. In 2022, he won two consecutive stages and the overall title at the

Giro Ciclistico d'Italia Giro Next Gen, also known as Baby Giro, Girobio, Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23 or Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race created in 1970. The race is considered to be the most important race on Italy's U23 ...

It was announced on 1 August 2022 he would join as a stagiare immediately and then join on a three-year contract from 2023. Hayter paused his professional career in August 2024, citing issues with his mental health.

Personal

Hayter is the nephew of former

New Young Pony Club NYPC (also known as New Young Pony Club) are an English electronic music band from London. The band was formed by Andy Spence and Tahita Bulmer in 2004. Their influences are predominantly post-punk and new wave artists. Career Forming and si ...

keyboardist Lou Hayter. His older brother

Ethan Hayter Ethan Edward Hayter (born 18 September 1998) is a British Road bicycle racing, road and Track cycling, track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Hayter started riding at Herne Hill Velodrome in 2012, aged 13. He raced for the ...

is also a racing cyclist who joined in 2020.

Major results

;2018 : 2nd Overall

Junior Tour of Wales The Junior Tour of Wales is an annual cycle race for junior male riders, held around Brynmawr, Blaenau Gwent, Wales. First held in 1981, the race is the final round of the British Cycling Junior Road Series – and as such attracts the best junio ...

::1st Prologue ;2019 : UEC European Junior Track Championships ::1st European champion jersey 2016

Team pursuit ::3rd Bronze medal europe

Individual pursuit : 1st National Junior Road Race Series : 1st Trofee van Vlaanderen : 1st EPZ Omloop van Borsele : 2nd

E3 BinckBank Classic E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 ki ...

Junioren : 4th Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 4th

Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne is an annual single-day road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium. It is held one day after Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, on the last Sunday of February or the first of March, and completes the opening weekend of the Be ...

Juniors : 8th

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

, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2020 : 1st Stage 3 ( TTT)

Ronde de l'Isard The Ronde de l'Isard is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It is organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union C ...

;2021 : National Under-23 Road Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

::3rd Road race : 1st

: 1st Stage 2

Tour de Bretagne Tour de Bretagne Cycliste, also known as the Tour de Bretagne trophée des granitiers and formerly known as Ruban Granitier Breton, is an annual early season professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race held in late April and early May i ...

;2022 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Jersey pink

Overall

::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 2nd Trofeo Città di Meldola : 3rd Bronze medal uci

, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships : 10th Overall

Tour du Rwanda The Tour du Rwanda is a cycling race started in 1988 and based in Rwanda. Until 2008, TOUR DU RWANDA was a regional cycling race that brought together Rwandans but also riders from neighboring Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda. The race is a cycling stag ...

;2023 : 5th Overall

Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. History Between 1999 and 2000 it was cal ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayter, Leo 2001 births Living people English male cyclists British male cyclists Cyclists from London 21st-century English sportsmen