Manon Lloyd

Manon Lloyd
Lloyd in 2017
Personal information
Full nameManon Haf Lloyd
Born (1996-11-05) 5 November 1996 (age 28)
Carmarthen, Wales
Team information
Current teamRetired
Discipline
RoleRider
Amateur team
2016–2017Team Breeze
Professional team
2018–2019Trek–Drops
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Yvelines Team pursuit

Manon Lloyd (born 5 November 1996) is a Welsh presenter and former road and track cyclist.[1][2] She rode professionally for UCI Women's Team Drops in 2018 and 2019.[3] Representing Great Britain at international competitions, she won the bronze medal at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team pursuit.[4] She finished third in the individual competition at the 2017 Matrix Fitness Grand Prix.[5]

In 2019, Lloyd joined the Global Cycling Network YouTube channel as a presenter, [6] and departed GCN on July 30, 2024.

Biography

Lloyd is the elder of two children, raised on her family's sheep farm near Kidwelly.[2] She attended Ysgol y Fro in the nearby village of Llangyndeyrn.[7] Having enjoyed swimming and running as a child, she wanted to try triathlon. She joined her local club, Towy Riders, taking up cycling around the age of 14, at Carmarthen Park velodrome.[2]

Major results

2014
UEC European Junior Track Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Points race
2016
UCI Track World Cup
1st Madison (Glasgow)
1st Team pursuit (Glasgow)
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
3rd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
2017
UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
1st Madison (with Ellie Dickinson)
3rd Points race
1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships
Track Cycling Challenge
1st Madison (with Emily Kay)
2nd Scratch race
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships
3rd Team pursuit, Round 1 (Pruszków), Track Cycling World Cup (with Neah Evans, Emily Kay and Emily Nelson)[8]

References

  1. ^ Manon Lloyd | GCN, retrieved 10 July 2022
  2. ^ a b c Chris Kelsey (5 April 2018). "The lanes around her parents' farm were the perfect training ground for Commonwealth Games cyclist Manon Lloyd". Wales Online. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Megan Barker rounds out 10-rider squad for Drops". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  4. ^ "European Track Championships 2016 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines" (PDF). europeantrack2016.veloresults.com. October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Rebecca Durrell leads Drops to the Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series title in Stevenage : Tour Series". Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  6. ^ The Do's & Don'ts For Cyclists At Christmas | GCN Show Ep.363, retrieved 24 December 2019
  7. ^ "Taflen Newyddion Cymunedol Llandyfaelog Community Newsletter". llandyfaelog.org.uk. Llandyfaelog Community Council. 2017. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Australia's Scotson and Meyer take Madison title, Wild claims women's omnium in Pruszkow". cyclingnews.com. 4 November 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.