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Australian racing cyclist
Cameron Meyer
Born (1988-01-11 ) 11 January 1988 (age 36)
Viveash, Western Australia , AustraliaHeight 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Weight 70 kg (154 lb) Current team Retired Discipline Road Role Rider Rider type Roleur Midland CC
2009–2011
Garmin–Slipstream 2012–2015
GreenEDGE
[1] 2016
Team Dimension Data 2017
Mitchelton Scott 2018–2022
Mitchelton–Scott .
[2]
[3]
[4]
Road
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 TTT stage (
2013 )
Giro d'Italia
1 TTT stage (
2014 )
Stage races
Tour Down Under (
2011 )
Herald Sun Tour (
2015 )
One-day races and Classics
National Time Trial Championships (
2010 ,
2011 )
National Road Race Championships (
2020 ,
2021 )
Track
Madison, World Championships (
2010 ,
2011 )
Points race, World Championships (
2009 ,
2010 ,
2012 ,
2017 ,
2018 )
Team pursuit, World Championships (
2010 ,
2017 )
Cameron Meyer (born 11 January 1988) is an Australian former professional
racing cyclist , who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022.
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 .
[10] In 2020 and 2021 he won the
Australian National Road Race Championships .
[11]
Meyer retired from the sport in September 2022, after thirteen years as a professional.
[12] Meyer then became the coach for
British Cycling 's track women's endurance team.
[13]
Major results
Road
2005
7th Time trial,
UCI World Junior Championships
2006
National Junior Championships
1st
Road race
2nd
Time trial
5th Time trial,
UCI World Junior Championships
2007
1st
Overall
Tour of Tasmania
1st Stages 2 & 5
1st Stage 3 Tour of Gippsland
2nd
Road race , National Under-23 Championships
2008
1st
Overall
Tour of Japan
3rd
Time trial,
UCI World Under-23 Championships
3rd
Gran Premio Industrie del Marmo
2009
2nd
Time trial , National Championships
2010
1st
Time trial , National Championships
3rd Overall
Tour of Oman
2011
1st
Time trial , National Championships
1st
Overall
Tour Down Under
1st
Young rider classification
1st Stage 4
1st
Overall
Tour de Perth
3rd
OCBC Cycle Singapore
2012
2nd
Time trial , National Championships
3rd
Team time trial ,
UCI World Championships
10th Overall
Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 1 (
TTT )
2013
1st
Road race,
Oceania Championships
1st
Criterium , National Championships
1st
Mountains classification,
Circuit de la Sarthe
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 Championships
9th Overall
Herald Sun Tour
2015
1st
Overall
Herald Sun Tour
1st
Sprints classification
1st Stage 1
4th
Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia
Combativity award Stage 1
Vuelta a España
2016
2nd
Road race , National Championships
2017
1st
Dwars door de Vlaamse Ardennen
3rd Overall
Rás Tailteann
3rd
Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
4th Overall
Herald Sun Tour
7th Overall
Tour of China I
7th Overall
Tour of Quanzhou Bay
2018
Commonwealth Games
1st
Time trial
9th
Road race
1st Stage 2
Tour of Britain
2nd Overall
Herald Sun Tour
2019
1st Stage 1b (
TTT )
Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
National Championships
3rd
Road race
3rd
Time trial
2020
1st
Road race , National Championships
2021
1st
Road race , National Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend
—
Did not compete
DNF
Did not finish
Track
2005
1st
Madison,
National Junior Championships (with Adam O'Connor)
2006
UCI World Junior Championships
1st
Individual pursuit
1st
Madison (with
Travis Meyer )
1st
Team pursuit
National Junior Championships
1st
Individual pursuit
1st
Points race
1st
Team pursuit
1st
Madison (with
Travis Meyer )
2007
UCI World Cup Classics
3rd Points race, Sydney
3rd Points race, Beijing
2008
UCI World Cup Classics
1st Points race, Los Angeles
3rd Team pursuit, Copenhagen
2009
UCI World Championships
1st
Points race
2nd
Madison (with
Leigh Howard )
2nd
Team pursuit
2010
UCI World Championships
1st
Madison (with
Leigh Howard )
1st
Points race
1st
Team pursuit
Commonwealth Games
1st
Team pursuit
1st
Points race
1st
Scratch
UCI World Cup Classics , Melbourne
1st Madison (with
Leigh Howard )
1st Team pursuit
2011
UCI World Championships
1st
Madison (with
Leigh Howard )
2nd
Points race
Oceania Championships
1st
Madison (with
Leigh Howard )
1st
Team pursuit
1st
Madison,
National Championships (with
Leigh Howard )
2nd
Six Days of Berlin (with
Leigh Howard )
2012
1st
Points race ,
UCI World Championships
1st
Six Days of Berlin (with
Leigh Howard )
2016
1st
Madison,
National Championships (with
Sam Welsford )
2nd Madison,
UCI World Cup , Glasgow (with
Callum Scotson )
3rd
Six Days of London (with
Callum Scotson )
2017
UCI World Championships
1st
Points race
1st
Team pursuit
2nd
Madison (with
Callum Scotson )
National Championships
1st
Points race
1st
Team pursuit
2nd Individual pursuit
1st
Six Days of London (with
Callum Scotson )
2018
UCI World Championships
1st
Points race
3rd
Madison (with
Callum Scotson )
References
External links
1995 –
96 : Italy (
Silvio Martinello ,
Marco Villa )
1997 : Spain (
Joan Llaneras ,
Miguel Alzamora )
1998 : Belgium (
Etienne De Wilde ,
Matthew Gilmore )
1999 : Spain (
Joan Llaneras ,
Isaac Gálvez )
2000 : Germany (
Stefan Steinweg ,
Erik Weispfennig )
2001 : France (
Robert Sassone ,
Jérôme Neuville )
2002 : France (
Jérôme Neuville ,
Franck Perque )
2003 : Switzerland (
Franco Marvulli ,
Bruno Risi )
2004 : Argentina (
Walter Pérez ,
Juan Curuchet )
2005 : Great Britain (
Mark Cavendish ,
Rob Hayles )
2006 : Spain (
Isaac Gálvez ,
Joan Llaneras )
2007 : Switzerland (
Bruno Risi ,
Franco Marvulli )
2008 : Great Britain (
Mark Cavendish ,
Bradley Wiggins )
2009 : Denmark (
Michael Mørkøv ,
Alex Rasmussen )
2010 –
11 : Australia (
Leigh Howard ,
Cameron Meyer )
2012 : Belgium (
Kenny De Ketele ,
Gijs Van Hoecke )
2013 : France (
Vivien Brisse ,
Morgan Kneisky )
2014 : Spain (
David Muntaner ,
Albert Torres )
2015 : France (
Bryan Coquard ,
Morgan Kneisky )
2016 : Great Britain (
Mark Cavendish ,
Bradley Wiggins )
2017 : France (
Morgan Kneisky ,
Benjamin Thomas )
2018 –
19 : Germany (
Roger Kluge ,
Theo Reinhardt )
2020 –
21 : Denmark (
Michael Mørkøv ,
Lasse Norman Hansen )
2022 : France (
Donavan Grondin ,
Benjamin Thomas )
2023 : Netherlands (
Jan-Willem van Schip ,
Yoeri Havik )
1990s
1993 : Australia,
Brett Aitken ,
Stuart O'Grady ,
Billy Shearsby ,
Tim O'Shannessey
1994 : Germany,
Guido Fulst ,
Andreas Bach ,
Jens Lehmann ,
Danilo Hondo
1995 : Australia,
Bradley McGee ,
Stuart O'Grady ,
Rodney McGee ,
Tim O'Shannessey
1996 : Italy,
Adler Capelli ,
Cristiano Citton ,
Andrea Collinelli ,
Mauro Trentini
1997 : Italy,
Cristiano Citton ,
Mario Benetton ,
Adler Capelli ,
Andrea Collinelli
1998 : Ukraine,
Alexander Symonenko ,
Sergiy Matveyev ,
Oleksandr Fedenko ,
Oleksandr Klymenko
1999 : Germany,
Robert Bartko ,
Jens Lehmann ,
Daniel Becke ,
Guido Fulst
2000s
2000 : Germany,
Guido Fulst ,
Sebastian Siedler ,
Daniel Becke ,
Jens Lehmann
2001 : Ukraine,
Alexander Symonenko ,
Serhii Cherniavskyi ,
Lyubomyr Polatayko ,
Oleksandr Fedenko
2002 : Australia,
Peter Dawson ,
Brett Lancaster ,
Stephen Wooldridge ,
Luke Roberts
2003 : Australia,
Graeme Brown ,
Peter Dawson ,
Brett Lancaster ,
Luke Roberts
2004 : Australia,
Ashley Hutchinson ,
Luke Roberts ,
Peter Dawson ,
Stephen Wooldridge
2005 : Great Britain,
Steve Cummings ,
Rob Hayles ,
Paul Manning ,
Chris Newton
2006 : Australia,
Peter Dawson ,
Matthew Goss ,
Mark Jamieson ,
Stephen Wooldridge
2007 : Great Britain,
Ed Clancy ,
Geraint Thomas ,
Paul Manning ,
Bradley Wiggins
2008 : Great Britain,
Ed Clancy ,
Geraint Thomas ,
Paul Manning ,
Bradley Wiggins
2009 : Denmark,
Casper Jørgensen ,
Jens-Erik Madsen ,
Michael Færk Christensen ,
Alex Rasmussen ,
Michael Mørkøv
2010s
2010 : Australia,
Jack Bobridge ,
Rohan Dennis ,
Michael Hepburn ,
Cameron Meyer
2011 : Australia,
Jack Bobridge ,
Rohan Dennis ,
Michael Hepburn ,
Luke Durbridge
2012 : Great Britain,
Ed Clancy ,
Peter Kennaugh ,
Steven Burke ,
Geraint Thomas ,
Andy Tennant
2013 : Australia,
Glenn O'Shea ,
Alex Edmondson ,
Mitchell Mulhern ,
Alexander Morgan
2014 : Australia,
Glenn O'Shea ,
Alex Edmondson ,
Luke Davison ,
Miles Scotson
2015 : New Zealand,
Pieter Bulling ,
Dylan Kennett ,
Alex Frame ,
Marc Ryan
2016 : Australia,
Sam Welsford ,
Michael Hepburn ,
Callum Scotson ,
Miles Scotson ,
Alexander Porter ,
Luke Davison
2017 : Australia,
Sam Welsford ,
Cameron Meyer ,
Alexander Porter ,
Nick Yallouris ,
Kelland O'Brien ,
Rohan Wight
2018 : Great Britain,
Ed Clancy ,
Kian Emadi ,
Ethan Hayter ,
Charlie Tanfield
2019 : Australia,
Sam Welsford ,
Leigh Howard ,
Alexander Porter ,
Cameron Scott ,
Kelland O'Brien
2020s
2020 : Denmark,
Lasse Norman Hansen ,
Julius Johansen ,
Frederik Rodenberg ,
Rasmus Pedersen
2021 : Italy,
Liam Bertazzo ,
Simone Consonni ,
Filippo Ganna ,
Jonathan Milan ,
Francesco Lamon
2022 : Great Britain,
Ethan Hayter ,
Oliver Wood ,
Ethan Vernon ,
Daniel Bigham
2023 : Denmark,
Niklas Larsen ,
Carl-Frederik Bévort ,
Lasse Norman Leth ,
Rasmus Pedersen ,
Frederik Rodenberg
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