Matthew Lloyd (born 24 May 1983) is an Australian former professional
road bicycle racer
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...
, 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 team, after riding for the
SouthAustralia.com–AIS team. He was an
Australian Institute of Sport
The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...
scholarship holder.
Lloyd was released by in April 2011 for "behavioural reasons" rather than a drug problem. Lloyd signed a two-year deal with in November 2011.
Major results
Source:
Matthew Lloyd
at ''cyclingbase.com.''
;2004
: 9th Overall Herald Sun Tour
The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annuall ...
::1st Stage 12
;2005
: 1st
National Under-23 Criterium Championships
: 1st
Overall Tour of Wellington
The New Zealand Cycle Classic (previously known as the Tour of Wellington) was a road cycling race held in and around the Wairarapa near Wellington, New Zealand. The race was a men's competition over five stages and part of the UCI Oceania Tou ...
::1st Stage 5
: 3rd Grafton–Inverell
: 7th Overall Herald Sun Tour
The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annuall ...
;2006
: 1st Trofeo Alcide Degasperi
The Trofeo Alcide De Gasperi is a one-day cycling race held annually in Italy. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste I ...
: 1st Stage 5 Tour of Japan
The Tour of Japan is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Japan since 1996 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race.
History
Tour of Japan was forme ...
: Herald Sun Tour
The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annuall ...
::1st
Mountains classification
::1st Stage 5
: 1st Stage 5 Tour of Wellington
The New Zealand Cycle Classic (previously known as the Tour of Wellington) was a road cycling race held in and around the Wairarapa near Wellington, New Zealand. The race was a men's competition over five stages and part of the UCI Oceania Tou ...
: 3rd Overall Girobio
Giro Next Gen, also known as Baby Giro, Girobio, Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23 or Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race created in 1970.
The race is considered to be the most important race on Italy's U23 ...
: 5th GP Capodarco
The GP Capodarco is a European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in Capodarco, a city ward of Fermo, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour.
Winners
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;2007
: 4th Overall Tour Down Under
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;2008
: 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
: 4th Giro dell'Emilia
The Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. First run in 1909, the race is considered a classic cycle race, and is traditionally grouped with the Giro del Piemonte and Giro di Lombard ...
: 7th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
The Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (), also known as Coppi e Bartali, is an Italian cycle road race. It is run typically in late March over five days in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
History
Between 1999 and 2000 it was cal ...
;2010
: Giro d'Italia
The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...
::1st
Mountains classification
The King of the Mountains (KoM) is an award given to the best climbing specialist in a men's cycling road race; in women's cycle racing, Queen of the Mountains (QoM) is used.
While the title may be given to the rider who achieves the highest p ...
::1st Stage 6
;2012
: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
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Palmares on Cycling Base (French)
Australian male cyclists
1983 births
Living people
Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Australia
Australian Giro d'Italia stage winners
People educated at Brighton Grammar School
Cyclists from Melbourne
Australian Institute of Sport cyclists
Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
21st-century Australian sportsmen
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