Matthew Lloyd (born 24 May 1983) is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer, 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 scholarship holder.AIS Athletes at the Olympics
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 1st Stage 12 2005 1st National Under-23 Criterium Championships 1st Overall Tour of Wellington 1st Stage 5 3rd Grafton–Inverell 7th Overall Herald Sun Tour 2006 1st Trofeo Alcide Degasperi 1st Stage 5 Tour of Japan Herald Sun Tour 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 5 1st Stage 5 Tour of Wellington 3rd Overall Girobio 5th GP Capodarco 2007 4th Overall Tour Down Under 2008 1st Road race, National Road Championships 4th Giro dell'Emilia 7th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali 2010 Giro d'Italia 1st Mountains classification 1st Stage 6 2012 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Giro d'Italia6130—5070— Tour de France——4647—DNF Vuelta a España—DNF50———
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
References
External links
Palmares on Cycling Base (French)