Matthew Lloyd (cyclist)

Matthew Lloyd
	Lloyd at the 2008 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Personal information
Full name	Matthew Lloyd
Born	24 May 1983; Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Current team	Jelly Belly–Maxxis
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Professional team(s)
2007–2011	Predictor–Lotto
2012–2013	Lampre–ISD[1]
2014	Jelly Belly–Maxxis
Major wins
	Giro d'Italia ; 1 individual stage Mountains classification (2010) National Road Race Championships (2008) ; Tour of Wellington (2005)

Matthew Lloyd (born 24 May 1983) is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, who rides for the Jelly Belly–Maxxis team.^[2] 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. 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]

Career achievements

Major results

Source:^[6]

2004

1st Stage 12 Herald Sun Tour

2005

1st

Under-23 National Criterium Championships

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

Mountains classification

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 Championships

4th Giro dell'Emilia

7th Overall Settimana Coppi e Bartali

2009

6th National Road Race Championships

2010

1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia

1st

Mountains classification

2012

2nd National Road Race Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
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. Future plc. 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. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
↑ "Lloyd signs for Lampre-ISD". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
↑ http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=3295&idtitle=1

External links

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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. Future plc. 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. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 14 April 2011.

[5] "Lloyd signs for Lampre-ISD". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2012.

[6] ttp://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=3295&idtitle=1

Australian National Road Race Champions (men)
1900–1919	Andrew Ralston, NZ (1901) HG O'Callaghan (1902) Jack Arnst, NZ (1903) Tom Larcombe (1904) William Hawley (1905) H Mehrtens, NZ (1906) Tom Larcombe (1907) M 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	Keith Rowley (1947) Keith McFarlane (1948) Alby Saunders (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)