Carys Isobel Lloyd (born 31 December 2006) is a British cyclist who rides for club team Tofauti Everyone Active. In 2025, she will join UCI Women's World Team Movistar Team. She won three gold medals at the 2024 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships.[2]
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| Full name | Carys Isobel Lloyd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 December 2006[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Tofauti Everyone Active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023–2024 | Tofauti Everyone Active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2025– | Movistar Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editFrom Maidstone, Kent, she raced as a junior for Tofauti Everyone Active. In 2023, she won the Madison at the 2023 UEC European Track Championships in Anadia, Portugal. She also won GP Plouay in 2023 and won two stages of the premier UCI Nations Cup event, the Dutch Omloop van Borsele in 2024. She also won a bronze medal at the 2024 British Time Trial Championships.[3]
She won a gold medal and two silver medals at the 2024 UEC European Track Championships in Cottbus in July 2024. Alongside Cat Ferguson, Imogen Wolff and Erin Boothman she won silver in the junior team pursuit. She won gold in the Madison event alongside Ferguson, and gold in the Omnium at the Championships.[4]
She won three gold medals at the 2024 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Luoyang, China. As part of the British women's team pursuit team alongside Cat Ferguson, Imogen Wolff and Erin Boothman she set a new world record time of 4:20.811 to beat France in the final. She also won the women's individual pursuit race at the Championships in August 2024, as well as the Madison alongside Boothman.[5]
She signed for Movistar Team ahead of the 2025 season, agreeing a three-year contract.[6]
Personal life
editShe has Welsh heritage.[7] She is a student at Maidstone Grammar School (2024-2025) in year 13 Corpus Christi House.[8] Carys Lloyd studied her GCSEs at Maidstone Grammar School for Girls between 2018 and 2023 achieved an outstanding 7.85 grade average.[9]
Major results
editRoad
edit- 2023
- 1st Grand Prix Ceratizit Junior
- 3rd Overall Watersley Challenge
- 1st Young rider classification
- 2024
- 5th Overall Omloop van Borsele Juniors
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 10th Lincoln Grand Prix
Track
edit- 2023
- European Junior Championships
- 1st
Madison (with Isabel Sharp) - 3rd
Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2024
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 1st
Madison (with Erin Boothman) - 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- European Junior Championships
- 1st Madison (with Cat Ferguson)
- 1st Omnium
- 2nd
Team pursuit
- 1st
References
edit- ^ "Carys Lloyd". First Cycling. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Carys Lloyd". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Mitchell, Mathew (7 August 2024). "Carys Lloyd joins Movistar for 2025-2027". Pro Cycling UK. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Welsh Cyclists Shine at 2024 European Junior and Under-23 Track Championships in Cottbus". beiciocymru.org. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Daily Updates: 2024 UCI Junior Track World Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Carys Lloyd becomes Movistar Team's first signing for 2025". movistarteam.com (Press release). 7 August 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Welsh riders featuring at the UEC Track Juniors/U23 European Championships". beiciocymru. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Headmaster, Maidstone Grammar School (10 September 2024). "HTB: Tuesday 10 September 2024". HTB. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ www.linkedin.com/in/carys-lloyd-763726299/
External links
edit- Carys Lloyd at Cycling Archives
- Carys Lloyd at ProCyclingStats
