Lloyd at the 2008 Liège–Bastogne–Liège
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Matthew Lloyd |
Born |
Melbourne, Australia |
24 May 1983
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 |
2014 | Jelly Belly–Maxxis |
Major wins | |
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. 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.
Lloyd was released by Omega Pharma-Lotto in April 2011 for "behavioural reasons" rather than a drug problem.
Lloyd signed a two-year deal with Lampre–ISD in November 2011.
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