Cameron Meyer
Cameron Meyer (born 11 January 1988) is an Australian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Mitchelton–Scott.[4]
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Career
Born in Viveash, Western Australia, Meyer started cycling at the age of 13 in 2001 and first represented his country at the World Junior Track Championships in 2005. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[5]
Meyer won his first senior World Championship in the Points Race in Pruszków, Poland. In 2009 he was selected to ride the Giro d'Italia. He won the time-trial event at the 2010 Australian National Road Race Championships.
Meyer's younger brother Travis Meyer is also a professional racing cyclist, and was one of GreenEDGE's first signings alongside Cameron and fellow Australian Jack Bobridge.[6] After four seasons with Orica–GreenEDGE, in October 2015 Meyer announced that he would be joining Team Dimension Data for the 2016 season, alongside fellow Australians Nathan Haas and Mark Renshaw.[7]
Meyer announced his departure from Team Dimension Data on 14 June 2016; for personal reasons of an undisclosed nature.[8] After a short break, he decided to enter the Six Day London track race with Callum Scotson and placed third overall.[9] He subsequently competed for Australia at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, where he took two golds in the points race and as part of the Australian team pursuit squad, and rode for the Australian national team on the road during 2017, winning the Dwars door de Vlaamse Ardennen and scoring top five finishes in the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and the Herald Sun Tour. In August 2017, Mitchelton–Scott announced that Meyer would rejoin them on a three-year contract from 2018, with a focus on winning the madison at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]
Career achievements
Major results
Track
- 2005
- 1st
- 2006
- UCI Junior World Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- National Junior Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2008
- 1st Los Angeles, Points race
- 2009
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
- 2nd
- 2nd
- 1st
- 2010
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- Commonwealth Games
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2011
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
- 2nd
- 1st
- Oceania Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- World Cup
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2012
- 1st
- 2016
- 2nd
- 3rd Six Days of London (with Callum Scotson)
- 1st
- 2017
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 2nd
- 1st
- National Track Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 2nd Individual Pursuit
- 1st
- 1st Six Days of London (with Callum Scotson)
- 2018
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
- 3rd
- 1st
Road
- 2007
- 1st
- 1st Stages 2 & 5
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Gippsland
- 2008
- 1st
- 3rd
- 2010
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Tour of Oman
- 2011
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 1st
- 2012
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd
- 10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 2013
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
- 5th Overall Tour of California
- 5th Overall Tour of Turkey
- 10th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
- 2014
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Giro d'Italia
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 9th Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 2015
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 2016
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2017
- 1st Dwars door de Vlaamse Ardennen
- 3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 4th Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 2018
- Commonwealth Games
- 1st
- 9th Road race
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Britain
- 2nd Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 2019
- 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Settimana Internazionale Coppi e Bartali
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2020
- 1st
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
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DNF | 137 | 136 | — | — | DNF | — | — |
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— | — | — | — | 130 | — | — | — |
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— | — | — | DNF | — | DNF | DNF | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- "Bobridge, Meyer brothers first Australian signings for GreenEdge". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- "Cameron Meyer returns to the WorldTour with Orica-Scott". cyclingnews.com. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott. New Global Cycling Services. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- AIS Athletes at the Olympics Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- "Australian cycling team GreenEdge sign young cyclists Cameron and Travis Meyer and Jack Bobridge". The Courier-Mail. Australian Associated Press. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
- "News shorts: Meares aiming high for record-breaking Rio Olympics". cyclingnews.com. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cameron-meyer-leaves-dimension-data-citing-personal-reasons/
- "Six Day London 2016: Day 6 Results". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cameron Meyer. |
- Official website
- Profile on Cycling Australia website
- Cameron Meyer at Cycling Archives
- Cameron's Managing Agent contact details
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