Australian racing cyclist
Cameron Meyer Personal information Born (1988-01-11 ) 11 January 1988 (age 37) Viveash, Western Australia , AustraliaHeight 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Weight 70 kg (154 lb) Team information Current team Retired Discipline Road Role Rider Rider type Roleur Amateur teamMidland CC Professional teams2009–2011 Garmin–Slipstream 2012–2015 GreenEDGE [ 1] 2016 Team Dimension Data 2017 Mitchelton Scott 2018–2022 Mitchelton–Scott .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Major winsRoad 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 professionalracing cyclist , who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022.
Born inViveash , 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 anAustralian 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 theGiro d'Italia . He won the time-trial event at the 2010Australian National Road Race Championships .
Meyer's younger brotherTravis Meyer is also a professional racing cyclist, and was one ofGreenEDGE 's first signings alongside Cameron and fellow AustralianJack Bobridge .[ 6] After four seasons withOrica–GreenEDGE , in October 2015 Meyer announced that he would be joiningTeam Dimension Data for the 2016 season, alongside fellow AustraliansNathan Haas andMark 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 theSix Day London track race withCallum Scotson and placed third overall.[ 9] He subsequently competed for Australia at the2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships , where he took two golds in thepoints race and as part of the Australianteam pursuit squad , and rode for the Australian national team on the road during 2017, winning theDwars door de Vlaamse Ardennen and scoring top five finishes in theCadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race and theHerald 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 the2018 Commonwealth Games and the2020 Summer Olympics .[ 10] In 2020 and 2021 he won theAustralian 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 forBritish Cycling 's track women's endurance team.[ 13]
2005 7th Time trial,UCI World Junior Championships 2006 National Junior Championships1stRoad race 2ndTime trial 5th Time trial,UCI World Junior Championships 2007 1st OverallTour of Tasmania 1st Stages 2 & 5 1st Stage 3 Tour of Gippsland 2ndRoad race , National Under-23 Championships 2008 1st OverallTour of Japan 3rd Time trial,UCI World Under-23 Championships 3rdGran Premio Industrie del Marmo 2009 2ndTime trial , National Championships 2010 1stTime trial , National Championships 3rd OverallTour of Oman 2011 1stTime trial , National Championships 1st OverallTour Down Under 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 4 1st OverallTour de Perth 3rdOCBC Cycle Singapore 2012 2ndTime trial , National Championships 3rdTeam time trial ,UCI World Championships 10th OverallTirreno–Adriatico 1st Stage 1 (TTT ) 2013 1st Road race,Oceania Championships 1stCriterium , National Championships 1st Mountains classification,Circuit de la Sarthe 1st Stage 4 (TTT )Tour de France 5th OverallTour of California 5th OverallTour of Turkey 10th OverallTour de Suisse 1st Stage 1 (ITT ) 2014 1st Stage 2Tour de Suisse 1st Stage 1 (TTT )Giro d'Italia 4thRoad race , National Championships 9th OverallHerald Sun Tour 2015 1st OverallHerald Sun Tour 1st Sprints classification 1st Stage 1 4thPrueba Villafranca de Ordizia Combativity award Stage 1Vuelta a España 2016 2ndRoad race , National Championships 2017 1stDwars door de Vlaamse Ardennen 3rd OverallRás Tailteann 3rdCadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 4th OverallHerald Sun Tour 7th OverallTour of China I 7th OverallTour of Quanzhou Bay 2018 Commonwealth Games 1stTime trial 9thRoad race 1st Stage 2Tour of Britain 2nd OverallHerald Sun Tour 2019 1st Stage 1b (TTT )Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali National Championships3rdRoad race 3rdTime trial 2020 1stRoad race , National Championships 2021 1stRoad race , National Championships Grand Tour general classification results timeline [ edit ] Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
2005 1st Madison,National Junior Championships (with Adam O'Connor) 2006 UCI World Junior Championships 1st Individual pursuit 1st Madison (withTravis Meyer ) 1st Team pursuit National Junior Championships 1st Individual pursuit 1st Points race 1st Team pursuit 1st Madison (withTravis 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 1stPoints race 2ndMadison (withLeigh Howard ) 2ndTeam pursuit 2010 UCI World Championships 1stMadison (withLeigh Howard ) 1stPoints race 1stTeam pursuit Commonwealth Games 1stTeam pursuit 1stPoints race 1stScratch UCI World Cup Classics , Melbourne1st Madison (withLeigh Howard ) 1st Team pursuit 2011 UCI World Championships 1stMadison (withLeigh Howard ) 2ndPoints race Oceania Championships 1st Madison (withLeigh Howard ) 1st Team pursuit 1st Madison,National Championships (withLeigh Howard ) 2ndSix Days of Berlin (withLeigh Howard ) 2012 1stPoints race ,UCI World Championships 1stSix Days of Berlin (withLeigh Howard ) 2016 1st Madison,National Championships (withSam Welsford ) 2nd Madison,UCI World Cup , Glasgow (withCallum Scotson ) 3rdSix Days of London (withCallum Scotson ) 2017 UCI World Championships 1stPoints race 1stTeam pursuit 2ndMadison (withCallum Scotson ) National Championships 1st Points race 1st Team pursuit 2nd Individual pursuit 1st Madison,UCI World Cup (withCallum Scotson ), Pruszków 1stSix Days of London (withCallum Scotson ) 2018 UCI World Championships 1stPoints race 3rdMadison (withCallum Scotson )
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 )2024 : Germany (Roger Kluge ,Tim Torn Teutenberg )
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 2024 : Denmark,Tobias Hansen ,Carl-Frederik Bévort ,Niklas Larsen ,Rasmus Pedersen ,Frederik Rodenberg Riders initalics took part in the qualifying rounds.
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