Manon Lloyd Explained
Manon Lloyd |
Fullname: | Manon Haf Lloyd |
Birth Date: | 5 November 1996 |
Birth Place: | Carmarthen, Wales |
Currentteam: | Retired |
Role: | Rider |
Amateuryears1: | 2016–2017 |
Amateurteam1: | Team Breeze |
Proyears1: | 2018–2019 |
Show-Medals: | no |
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 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. 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.
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] Notes and References
- https://www.globalcyclingnetwork.com/presenters/manon-lloyd Manon Lloyd | GCN
- News: The lanes around her parents' farm were the perfect training ground for Commonwealth Games cyclist Manon Lloyd. Chris Kelsey. Wales Online. 5 April 2018. 18 October 2019.
- News: Megan Barker rounds out 10-rider squad for Drops. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 11 January 2019. 12 February 2019.
- News: European Track Championships 2016 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. europeantrack2016.veloresults.com. October 2016. 21 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161021200754/http://europeantrack2016.veloresults.com/pdf/wtp6.pdf. 21 October 2016. dead.
- Web site: Rebecca Durrell leads Drops to the Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series title in Stevenage : Tour Series . 2 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170606150751/http://tourseries.co.uk/news/15530.php#.WTHd1jY2zIU . 6 June 2017 . dead .
- The Do's & Don'ts For Cyclists At Christmas | GCN Show Ep.363, retrieved 24 December 2019
- News: Taflen Newyddion Cymunedol Llandyfaelog Community Newsletter. llandyfaelog.org.uk. Llandyfaelog Community Council. 2017. 18 October 2019.
- Web site: Australia's Scotson and Meyer take Madison title, Wild claims women's omnium in Pruszkow. 4 November 2017 . cyclingnews.com. 7 November 2017.