Manon Lloyd

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Manon Lloyd
2017 UEC Track Elite European Championships 045.jpg
Lloyd in 2017
Personal information
Full nameManon Haf Lloyd
Born (1996-11-05) 5 November 1996 (age 28)
Carmarthen, Wales
Team information
Current teamRetired
Discipline
RoleRider
Amateur team
2016–2017Team Breeze
Professional team
2018–2019 Trek–Drops
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Yvelines Team pursuit

Manon Lloyd (born 5 November 1996) is a Welsh presenter and former road and track cyclist. [1] [2] She rode professionally for UCI Women's Team Drops in 2018 and 2019. [3] Representing Great Britain at international competitions, she won the bronze medal at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team pursuit. [4] She finished third in the individual competition at the 2017 Matrix Fitness Grand Prix. [5]

Contents

In 2019, Lloyd joined the Global Cycling Network YouTube channel as a presenter, [6] and departed GCN on July 30, 2024.

Biography

Lloyd is the elder of two children, raised on her family's sheep farm near Kidwelly. [2] She attended Ysgol y Fro in the nearby village of Llangyndeyrn. [7] Having enjoyed swimming and running as a child, she wanted to try triathlon. She joined her local club, Towy Riders, taking up cycling around the age of 14, at Carmarthen Park velodrome. [2]

Major results

2014
UEC European Junior Track Championships
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Team pursuit
1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Points race
2016
UCI Track World Cup
1st Gold medal blank.svg Madison (Glasgow)
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit (Glasgow)
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
2017
UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Madison (with Ellie Dickinson)
3rd Points race
1st MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit, National Track Championships
Track Cycling Challenge
1st Madison (with Emily Kay)
2nd Scratch race
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Round 1 (Pruszków), Track Cycling World Cup (with Neah Evans, Emily Kay and Emily Nelson) [8]

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References

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