- Matthew Lloyd (cyclist)
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Matthew Lloyd Personal information Full name Matthew Lloyd Born 24 May 1983
Melbourne, AustraliaHeight 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Weight 62 kg (140 lb) Team information Current team Unattached Discipline Road Role Rider Rider type Climbing specialist Professional team(s) 2007–2011 Predictor-Lotto Major wins Giro d'Italia
- 1 Stage
- Mountains classification (2010)
National Road Race Champion (2008)
Tour of Wellington (2005)
Infobox last updated on
14 April 2011Matthew Lloyd (born 24 May 1983) is an Australian professional road bicycle racer currently without a team, having last ridden for UCI ProTour team Omega Pharma-Lotto. Lloyd is the first Australian cyclist to win a King of the Mountains competition in a grand tour. He turned professional in 2007 with the Predictor-Lotto team, after riding for the SouthAustralia.com/AIS team.
Lloyd was released by Omega Pharma-Lotto in April 2011 for "behavioural reasons" rather than a drug problem.[1]
Palmares
- 2004
- 1st Stage 12 Herald Sun Tour
- 2005
- 1st
U-23 National Criterium Champion
- 1st
Overall Tour of Wellington
- 1st Stage 5
- 3rd Grafton-Inverall
- 2006
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Japan
- 1st Stage 5 Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Trofeo Alcide De Gasperi
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Wellington
- 1st Stage 3 Rhonde de Soulore-Oubisque
- 3rd Overall Baby Giro
- 2007
- 4th Overall Tour Down Under
- 2008
- 1st
National Road Race Champion
- 4th Giro dell'Emilia
- 5th Stage 4 Vuelta al Pais Vasco
- 7th Overall Settimana Coppi e Bartali
- 16th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2009
- 6th National Road Race Championchip
- 2010
- 1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia
References
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (14 April 2011). "Omega Pharma-Lotto release Matt Lloyd". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/omega-pharma-lotto-release-matt-lloyd. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=3295&idtitle=1
External links
- Matthew Lloyd's personal webpage
- VeloNews.com: Lloyd scores solo stage win at 2010 Giro d'Italia
- Profile at official website
- Matthew Lloyd (cyclist) at Trap-Friis.dk
- Palmares on Cycling Base (French)
Categories:- Australian cyclists
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of Australia
- Giro d'Italia stage winners
- People educated at Brighton Grammar School
- Sportspeople from Melbourne
- Australian cycling biography stubs
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