Manon Lloyd

{{short description|British cyclist}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Manon Lloyd

| image = 2017 UEC Track Elite European Championships 045.jpg

| caption = Lloyd in 2017

| fullname = Manon Haf Lloyd

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|11|05|df=y}}

| birth_place = Carmarthen, Wales

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| height =

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| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = {{ubl|Road|Track}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| amateuryears1 = 2016–2017

| amateurteam1 = Team Breeze

| proyears1 = 2018–2019

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|DRP|2018}}

| majorwins =

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's track cycling}}

{{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze| 2016 Yvelines |Team pursuit}}

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Manon Lloyd (born 5 November 1996) is a Welsh presenter and former road and track cyclist.[https://www.globalcyclingnetwork.com/presenters/manon-lloyd Manon Lloyd | GCN], retrieved 10 July 2022{{cite news|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/farming/lanes-around-parents-farm-were-14495443|title=The lanes around her parents' farm were the perfect training ground for Commonwealth Games cyclist Manon Lloyd|author=Chris Kelsey|publisher=Wales Online|date=5 April 2018|accessdate=18 October 2019}} She rode professionally for UCI Women's Team {{UCI team code|DRP|2019}} in 2018 and 2019.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/megan-barker-rounds-out-10-rider-squad-for-drops/|title=Megan Barker rounds out 10-rider squad for Drops|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=11 January 2019|accessdate=12 February 2019}} Representing Great Britain at international competitions, she won the bronze medal at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team pursuit.{{cite news|url=http://europeantrack2016.veloresults.com/pdf/wtp6.pdf|title=European Track Championships 2016 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines|publisher=europeantrack2016.veloresults.com|date=October 2016|accessdate=21 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021200754/http://europeantrack2016.veloresults.com/pdf/wtp6.pdf|archive-date=21 October 2016|url-status=dead}} She finished third in the individual competition at the 2017 Matrix Fitness Grand Prix.{{Cite web |url=http://www.tourseries.co.uk/news/15530.php#.WTHd1jY2zIU |title=Rebecca Durrell leads Drops to the Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series title in Stevenage : Tour Series |access-date=2 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606150751/http://tourseries.co.uk/news/15530.php#.WTHd1jY2zIU |archive-date=6 June 2017 |url-status=dead }}

In 2019, Lloyd joined the Global Cycling Network YouTube channel as a presenter, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPxSg-Nw6oE The Do's & Don'ts For Cyclists At Christmas | GCN Show Ep.363], retrieved 24 December 2019 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.llandyfaelog.org.uk/Llandyfaelog-eng/UserFiles/Files/newsletter/Rhifyn%2017%20-%20Edition%2017.doc|title=Taflen Newyddion Cymunedol Llandyfaelog Community Newsletter| work=llandyfaelog.org.uk|publisher=Llandyfaelog Community Council|date=2017|accessdate=18 October 2019}} 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

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;2014

: UEC European Junior Track Championships

::1st 20px Team pursuit

::1st 20px Points race

;2016

: UCI Track World Cup

::1st 15px Madison (Glasgow)

::1st 15px Team pursuit (Glasgow)

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships

: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships

;2017

: UEC European Under-23 Track Championships

::1st 20px Madison (with Ellie Dickinson)

::3rd Points race

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, National Track Championships

: Track Cycling Challenge

::1st Madison (with Emily Kay)

::2nd Scratch race

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships

:3rd 15px Team pursuit, Round 1 (Pruszków), Track Cycling World Cup (with Neah Evans, Emily Kay and Emily Nelson){{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-track-world-cup-i-2017/day-2/results/ |title=Australia's Scotson and Meyer take Madison title, Wild claims women's omnium in Pruszkow|date=4 November 2017 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=7 November 2017}}

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