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Daniel Lloyd (cyclist)
English racing cyclist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Daniel Lloyd (born 11 August 1980[1]) is an English broadcaster, content creator and retired professional road racing cyclist from Christchurch, Dorset.[2][3]
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![]() Daniel Lloyd in 2010 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Daniel William Llewellyn Lloyd |
Nickname | The Boss |
Born | (1980-08-11) 11 August 1980 (age 43) Christchurch, England, United Kingdom |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider Assistant directeur sportif |
Professional teams | |
2003 | Team endurasport.com |
2004–2005 | Flanders |
2006 | Giant Asia Racing Team |
2007 | DFL–Cyclingnews–Litespeed |
2008 | An Post–M.Donnelly–Grant Thornton–Sean Kelly |
2009–2010 | Cervélo TestTeam |
2011 | Garmin–Cervélo |
2012 | Team IG–Sigma Sport |
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His professional cycling victories include the Vuelta a Extremadura overall in 2008 and stages of Tour of Siam and Tour of Qinghai Lake in 2006.
Lloyd has said that his favourite races include the Tour of Flanders, one of the two major Cobbled Classics, and Strade Bianche, in which he became the first British rider to claim a top-10 finish in 2009.[4][5] He has also noted that the highlights of his cycling career were reaching the Champs-Élysées in the 2010 Tour de France and riding in the 2009 Tour of Qatar, which was his first race with the Cervélo TestTeam.[6]