{{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 | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | currentteam = | 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}} }} '''Manon Lloyd''' (born 5 November 1996) is a Welsh presenter and former road and track cyclist.<ref>[https://www.globalcyclingnetwork.com/presenters/manon-lloyd Manon Lloyd | GCN], retrieved 10 July 2022</ref><ref name="WOL">{{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}}</ref> She rode professionally for UCI Women's Team {{UCI team code|DRP|2019}} in 2018 and 2019.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Representing Great Britain at international competitions, she won the bronze medal at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team pursuit.<ref>{{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}}</ref> She finished third in the individual competition at the 2017 Matrix Fitness Grand Prix.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
In 2019, Lloyd joined the Global Cycling Network YouTube channel as a presenter,<ref>''[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</ref> and departed GCN on July 30, 2024. Since July 2025 she has presented the Watts Occurring Femmes podcast alongside Emma Finucane. <ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5EvL3tqIAk Inside the Tour de France Femmes | Manon Lloyd & Emma Finucane JOIN Watts Occurring... Femmes!]'', retrieved 2 March 2026</ref>
==Biography== Lloyd is the elder of two children, raised on her family's sheep farm near Kidwelly.<ref name="WOL" /> She attended Ysgol y Fro in the nearby village of Llangyndeyrn.<ref>{{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}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 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.<ref name="WOL" />
==Major results== {{div col}} ;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)<ref>{{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}}</ref> {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Procyclingstats}} *{{facebook|ManonLloydcycling}}
{{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lloyd, Manon}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Welsh female cyclists Category:British female cyclists Category:Welsh track cyclists Category:British track cyclists Category:Sportspeople from Carmarthen