Matthew Lloyd (cyclist)
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Matthew Lloyd is an Australia
n professional road bicycle racer currently without a team, having last ridden for UCI ProTour
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.
Lloyd was released by in April 2011 for "behavioural reasons" rather than a drug problem.
It was later announced Australian rider Matthew Lloyd has signed a two year deal with Italian squad Lampre-ISD.
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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n professional road bicycle racer currently without a team, having last ridden for UCI ProTour
UCI ProTour
The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI . Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, each of whom are required to compete in every round of the series...
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.
Lloyd was released by in April 2011 for "behavioural reasons" rather than a drug problem.
It was later announced Australian rider Matthew Lloyd has signed a two year deal with Italian squad Lampre-ISD.
Palmares
2004- 1st Stage 12 Herald Sun TourHerald Sun TourThe Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale . The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six day event and it is held annually in October. It is named after the Herald Sun, Melbourne's...
2005
- 1st
U-23 National Criterium Champion - 1st
Overall Tour of WellingtonTour of WellingtonThe Tour of Wellington or Trust House Classic is a road cycling race held in and around Wellington, New Zealand. The race exists of a men's competition over seven stages and is part of the UCI Oceania Tour.-Winners:...
- 1st Stage 5
- 3rd Grafton-Inverall
2006
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of JapanTour of JapanTour of Japan is a cycling competition in Japan and part of the UCI Asia Tour and sponsored by Asahi Shimbun.- Past winners :- External links :* from the Cycling Website...
- 1st Stage 5 Herald Sun TourHerald Sun TourThe Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale . The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six day event and it is held annually in October. It is named after the Herald Sun, Melbourne's...
- 1st
King of the Mountains
- 1st
- 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 UnderTour Down UnderThe Tour Down Under is a cycling race in Adelaide, South Australia and surrounding area. The race starts on the third Tuesday of January each year and attracts riders from across Australia and the world. In 2005, the Tour Down Under was promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale to the...
2008
- 1st National Road Race Champion
- 4th Giro dell'EmiliaGiro dell'EmiliaThe Giro dell'Emilia is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.HC event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is considered one of the most important classic bicycle races in Italy....
- 5th Stage 4 Vuelta al Pais Vasco
- 7th Overall Settimana Coppi e Bartali
- 16th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
2009
- 6th National Road Race Championchip
2010
- 1st Stage 6 Giro d'Italia2010 Giro d'ItaliaThe 2010 Giro d'Italia was the 93rd edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro started off in Amsterdam on 8 May and stayed in the Netherlands for three stages, before leaving the country...
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st