Ethan Hayter thrives in British championships chaos to win special jersey: "There were about 100 different groups and attacks"
CyclingMonday, 24 June 2024 at 16:00
Ethan Hayter has struggled quite a lot in 2023 and 2024 mostly because of his positioning, and hasn't been able to perform as in the past. But he has broken a negative streak with a very popular win at the British national championships which may turn his career around.
"It's my first time, so that's really special. It has been quite a hard period, I haven't won a race since I broke my collarbone for the second time last year, so it's really nice," Hayter said in an interview with CyclingWeekly. "There were about 100 different groups and attacks so it was a hard part of the race getting that right."
INEOS Grenadiers had riders, but still in the hilly circuit around Saltburn-by-the-Sea it was necessary to have the legs. On the day, the 25-year old had the best mix. He rode together with Lewis Askey and Max Walker throughout large kilometers in the head of the race in order to prevent the comeback of chasing groups, and in the end he managed to be the strongest in the explosive finale.
"As a team we rode really well, you can't be in every move yourself. One of us was there, and you can use other team. We rode really well, then in the second half of the race I was always on the front foot and felt quite good," he explains. "I just knew I had to be patient and puck and choose the right time to go, because everyone was looking at me a little bit."
But despite this favourite position, he wasn't outsmarted by his rivals. "I had to hesitate a little bit when he (Lewis Askey, ed.) came past me on the hairpin, I had to back off to not hit his back wheel. He was really going strong, but I was hoping I had a little bit extra as it levelled off to come over the top."
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- Commentators, experts, journalists, a bunch of desperate people creating hate and gossip for a click ( for money). Stop.
maria2024202409-06-2025 - Only 1 position matters.. pseudo journalists and bloggers can spin as much as they like reality is Pogacar is in Yellow and Green after winning the stage.. THATS what mattersslappers6609-06-2025
- Cycling and the sport of cycling was the real winner, the 4 very best riders on the planet went racing and that should be applauded. PS Tadej is in yellow with 4 seconds in hand.. that's winning on a day when they should have been nicely tucked in the bunch... facts... no journalistic spin neededslappers6609-06-2025
- Netflix... creating conflict and drama where none actually exists. It all very well letting them "in" but they are creating a narrative that is false. They've done the same in F1.slappers6609-06-2025
- Absolutely! He is incredible, he easily went up and down with the GC riders.maria2024202409-06-2025
- IMHO he has more muscle mass than ever! Yeah! The last 3 stages will be more interesting because of this "new" variable.maria2024202409-06-2025
- Jonas is good enough to capitalize on a bad day for Pogi. That can be enough to win the TdF. He's just highly unlikely to win if neither have a bad day.Veganpotter09-06-2025
- Totally! JV sprinting well with no racing, RE catching up well with inspiration from Yates, MVDP climbing well with injury on MTB training, and Pog just being well, Pog, with a useless team. Hard to imagine a better scenario with all the upcoming talent coming to test them. Feel sorry for sprinters, they might only get side roles if it’s a GC battle from the go. But, let’s enjoy this week first and keep fingers crossed that for once there’ll be no major crashes.Mistermaumau09-06-2025
- His problem, besides everything, he doesn’t know what he wants and so dilutes his strength everywhere, he’s no Pog or MVDP and probably won’t ever be.Mistermaumau09-06-2025
- It was just risky, not silly. Might be worth having a quiet word with a select lesser-known rider or two for your next attempt.Mistermaumau09-06-2025
What a great course. Reminded me of a one day Belgian classic with the bergs and rises taking it out of the legs. It was truly a race (as it was last year) where the ones with the best legs on the day are successful. No hiding place for anyone
He looked very impressive while in the break with Lewis Askey and Max Walker, and was in total control up that tough final climb. It's looking like Ethan Hayter's got his mojo back.
Well done. It's never easy to win a race.