Matthew Lloyd (cyclist)
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Matthew Lloyd in the Australian championship jersey before the start of Liège – Bastogne – Liège 2008 | |
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Nickname | Moss |
Date of birth | May 24, 1983 |
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discipline | Street |
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Current team | End of career |
function | driver |
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2007–2011 2012–2013 2014 |
Omega Pharma-Lotto Lampre-Merida Jelly Belly-Maxxis |
Most important successes | |
Australian Championships
Australian Road Champion 2008 Grands Tours Winner mountain classification Giro d'Italia 2010 a stage win at the Giro d'Italia
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Last updated: December 1st, 2016 |
Matthew Lloyd (born May 24, 1983 in Melbourne ) is an Australian cyclist .
Athletic career
Matthew Lloyd won a stage of the Herald Sun Tour in Australia in 2004 . A few months later he won a stage in the Tour of Wellington and also won the overall standings. As a result, he placed fourth in the final ranking of the UCI Oceania Tour 2005 .
In 2006 Lloyd drove for the Continental Team SouthAustralia.com-AIS , for which he won a stage in the Tour of Japan and later in the Herald Sun Tour . From the 2007 season, Lloyd started for the Belgian ProTour team Predictor-Lotto . In 2008, he started the road race at the Olympic Games in Beijing and finished 30th.
In 2009, Lloyd was seriously injured in the Amstel Gold Race . At the Giro d'Italia 2010 , Lloyd achieved not only a stage win, but also the final victory in the mountain classification. In 2010 he suffered further injuries, including a broken shoulder when he was about to drive to the bank after a training drive and had an accident. The exact circumstances remained unclear, and Lloyd could not remember anything.
On April 15, 2011, his Omega Pharma-Lotto team interrupted their collaboration with Lloyd due to "personal differences". Lloyd later stated in an interview that the team leadership had asked him to do the Tour of Catalonia , even though he did not feel physically able to do so. Therefore, he rejected this start.
In 2013, Matthew Lloyd took a long break from racing to do rehabilitation after suffering from prolonged back problems. In 2014 he ended his cycling career.
successes
2004
- one stage Herald Sun Tour
2005
- Overall standings and a stage Tour of Wellington
2006
- one stage Herald Sun Tour
- one stage tour of Japan
2008
2010
- a stage and
mountain classification Giro d'Italia
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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61 | 30th | - | 50 | - | - |
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- | - | 46 | 47 | - | DNF |
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- | DNF | 50 | - | - | - |
Teams
- 2006 Southaustralia.com-AIS
- 2007 Predictor Lotto
- 2008 Silence Lotto
- 2009 Silence Lotto
- 2010 Omega Pharma Lotto
- 2011 Omega Pharma Lotto (until April 14th)
- 2012 Lampre-ISD
- 2013 Lampre-Merida
- 2014 Jelly Belly-Maxxis
Web links
- Matthew Lloyd in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Matthew Lloyd in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Matthew Lloyd in the Tour de France database(French / English )
- Matthew Lloyd in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Ron Reed: Cyclist Matt Lloyd suffers an unexpected withdrawal on ride to the bank. In: Daily Telegraph . December 23, 2010, accessed December 1, 2016 .
- ^ A b Jono Lovelock: Missing in action: Where is Matthew Lloyd? In: Cyclingnews. October 24, 2013, accessed December 1, 2016 .
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SURNAME | Lloyd, Matthew |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Melbourne , Australia |