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Daniel Lloyd (cyclist)

Daniel Lloyd, English cyclist and sportscaster

Born
August 11, 1980
Age in 2026
46
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1980

About Daniel Lloyd (cyclist)

Daniel William Llewellyn Lloyd (born 11 August 1980) is an English broadcaster, content creator and retired professional road racing cyclist from Christchurch, Dorset. Lloyd's 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. 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. == Career == Lloyd started cycling competitively as a mountain bike racer in his early teens and won the Southern Area Mountain Bike Championships as a junior. He started competing in road races at around the same time and would later focus on this discipline. Lloyd was active in the professional peloton from 2001 to 2012, with his most successful years coming between 2006 and 2009. After competing for Endurasport, Flanders-Afin.com and Giant Asia Racing Team in his early years as a professional, in 2007 Lloyd signed a contract with DFL–Cyclingnews–Litespeed for whom he rode for one year. He was a member of the Irish An Post–M.Donnelly–Grant Thornton–Sean Kelly team in 2008. In 2009 he joined the Cervélo TestTeam (CTT), and was one of seven riders to move to Garmin–Cervélo when CTT folded at the end of 2010.

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Career and life highlights

Daniel Lloyd (cyclist) timeline

  1. The race was first held as an amateur event in 1987 and was uprated to professional status on the UCI Europe Tour in 2005.
  2. 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.

The world when Daniel Lloyd (cyclist) was born

Daniel Lloyd (cyclist) was born in 1980. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1980

  • #1 song"Call Me" – Blondie
  • Top movieOrdinary People
  • Top TV showDallas
  • Best-selling bookThe Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentMiracle on Ice — US hockey team beats the Soviets at Lake Placid
  • Top headlineJohn Lennon assassinated outside his New York apartment
  • Technology milestoneCNN launches as first 24-hour news channel
  • Defining fadRubik's Cube
  • Notable inventionPost-it Notes (officially released)
  • World population4.44 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJimmy Carter
  • Sports championPhiladelphia Phillies (World Series)
  • Also wonLos Angeles Lakers (NBA)
  • U.S. population227.2M

1980 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Daniel Lloyd (cyclist)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19802026
Gas$1.19$3.45/gal
Average home$68,700$435,000
Average income$21,023$67,500
Minimum wage$3.10$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$2.69$11.95
Postage stamp$0.15$0.73
Population227.2M341 million

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