Matthew Lloyd (cyclist)

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Matthew Lloyd
Matthew Lloyd LBL2008 (cropped).jpg
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Lloyd
Born (1983-05-24) 24 May 1983 (age 40)
Melbourne, Australia
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing specialist
Professional teams
2007–2011 Predictor–Lotto
2012–2013 Lampre–ISD [1]
2014 Jelly Belly–Maxxis [2]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Mountains classification (2010)
1 individual stage (2010)

One day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (2008)

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.

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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 MaillotAustralia.PNG National Under-23 Criterium Championships
1st Jersey yellow.svg 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 Jersey red.svg 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 MaillotAustralia.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
4th Giro dell'Emilia
7th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
2010
Giro d'Italia
1st Jersey green.svg Mountains classification
1st Stage 6
2012
2nd Road race, National Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 200720082009201020112012
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 61 30 50 70
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 46 47 DNF
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España DNF 50
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

  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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