Matthew Lloyd (cyclist)

Matthew Lloyd
	Lloyd at the 2008 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Lloyd
Born	24 May 1983 (age 42); Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Professional teams
2007–2011	Predictor–Lotto
2012–2013	Lampre–ISD
2014	Jelly Belly–Maxxis
Major wins
	Grand Tours Giro d'Italia Mountains classification (2010)1 individual stage (2010) One day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2008)

Last updated November 02, 2025

Matthew Lloyd (born 24 May 1983) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2014. Lloyd is the first Australian cyclist to win a King of the Mountains competition in a grand tour.

Career

He turned professional in 2007 with the Predictor–Lotto team, after riding for the SouthAustralia.com–AIS team. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.^[3]

Lloyd was released by Omega Pharma–Lotto in April 2011 for "behavioural reasons" rather than a drug problem.^[4] Lloyd signed a two-year deal with Lampre–ISD in November 2011.^[5]

Major results

Source:^[6]

2004

9th Overall Herald Sun Tour

1st Stage 12

2005

1st

National Under-23 Criterium Championships

1st

Overall Tour of Wellington

1st Stage 5

3rd Grafton–Inverell

7th Overall Herald Sun Tour

2006

1st Trofeo Alcide Degasperi

1st Stage 5 Tour of Japan

Herald Sun Tour

1st

Mountains classification

1st Stage 5

1st Stage 5 Tour of Wellington

3rd Overall Girobio

5th GP Capodarco

2007

4th Overall Tour Down Under

2008

1st

Road race, National Road Championships

4th Giro dell'Emilia

7th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

2010

Giro d'Italia

1st

Mountains classification

1st Stage 6

2012

2nd Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Giro d'Italia	61	30	—	50	70	—
Tour de France	—	—	46	47	—	DNF
Vuelta a España	—	DNF	50	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

↑ "Lampre–Merida (LAM) – ITA". UCI World Tour . Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved 6 January 2013.
↑ Weislo, Laura (6 January 2014). "Matthew Lloyd returns with Jelly Belly". Cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 24 April 2014.
↑ AIS Athletes at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Farrand, Stephen (14 April 2011). "Omega Pharma–Lotto release Matt Lloyd". Cycling News . Retrieved 14 April 2011.
↑ "Lloyd signs for Lampre–ISD". Cycling News . 18 November 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
↑ Matthew Lloyd at cyclingbase.com. Archived 2012-02-15 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] "Lampre–Merida (LAM) – ITA". UCI World Tour . Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved 6 January 2013.

[2] Weislo, Laura (6 January 2014). "Matthew Lloyd returns with Jelly Belly". Cyclingnews.com . Retrieved 24 April 2014.

[3] AIS Athletes at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine

[4] Farrand, Stephen (14 April 2011). "Omega Pharma–Lotto release Matt Lloyd". Cycling News . Retrieved 14 April 2011.

[5] "Lloyd signs for Lampre–ISD". Cycling News . 18 November 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

[6] Matthew Lloyd at cyclingbase.com. Archived 2012-02-15 at the Wayback Machine

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1900–1919	Andrew Ralston, NZ (1901) HG O'Callaghan (1902) Jack Arnst, NZ (1903) Tom Larcombe (1904) William Hawley (1905) Hermann Mehrtens, NZ (1906) Tom Larcombe (1907) Matt Chappell (1908) Iddo Munro (1909) Joe Pianto (1910) Phil O'Shea, NZ (1911)
1920–1939	Phil O'Shea, NZ (1922–1923) Hubert Opperman (1924) Harold Smith (1925) Hubert Opperman (1926–1927) Hubert Opperman (1929) Richard Lamb (1930) Matt Lynch (1931) Richard Lamb (1932) Hefty Stuart (1933) Clinton Beasley (1935) Alan Angus (1936–1937) Dean Toseland (1938–1939)
1940–1959	Max Rowley (1946) Jack Bates (1947) Duncan Hunter (1948) Max Rowley (1949) Keith Rowley (1950) John Beasley (1951) Neil Peadon (1952) Alby Saunders (1953) Eddie Smith (1954–1955) Russell Mockridge (1956–1958) Fred Roche (1959)
1960–1979	Fred Roche (1960) Neville Veale (1961) John O'Sullivan (1962) Warwick Dalton (1963) Barry Waddell (1964) Matt Martino (1965) Kerry Hoole (1966) Graeme Gilmore (1967) Barry Waddell (1968) Robert Whetters (1969) Graham McVilly (1970–1971) Kevin Spencer (1972) Kerry Hoole (1973) Graham Rowley (1974) Donald Wilson (1975) Peter Besanko (1976) Donald Wilson (1977) John Trevorrow (1978–1979)
1980–1999	John Trevorrow (1980) Clyde Sefton (1981) Wayne Hildred (1982) Terry Hammond (1983) Peter Besanko (1984) Laurie Venn (1985) Wayne Hildred (1986) Allan Dipple (1987) Paul Miller (1988) Gary Clively (1989) Damian McDonald (1990) Neil Stephens (1991) David McFarlane (1992) Edward Salas (1993) Neil Stephens (1994) Robbie McEwen (1995) Nick Gates (1996) Jonathan Hall (1997) David McKenzie (1998) Henk Vogels (1999)
2000–2019	Jamie Drew (2000) Steve Williams (2001) Robbie McEwen (2002) Stuart O'Grady (2003) Matthew Wilson (2004) Robbie McEwen (2005) Russell Van Hout (2006) Darren Lapthorne (2007) Matthew Lloyd (2008) Peter McDonald (2009) Travis Meyer (2010) Jack Bobridge (2011) Simon Gerrans (2012) Luke Durbridge (2013) Simon Gerrans (2014) Heinrich Haussler (2015) Jack Bobridge (2016) Miles Scotson (2017) Alex Edmondson (2018) Michael Freiberg (2019)
2020–2039	Cameron Meyer (2020–2021) Luke Plapp (2022–2024) Luke Durbridge (2025)