Cameron Meyer
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.jpg) Meyer at the 2011 Tour Down Under, a race he won overall. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Cameron Meyer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
11 January 1988 Perth, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Orica-GreenEDGE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road and track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time Trialist | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2009–2011 2012– |
Garmin-Slipstream GreenEDGE[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Cameron Meyer (born 11 January 1988) is an Australian professional racing cyclist, riding for UCI ProTeam Orica-GreenEDGE.[2] 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.[3]
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 Orica-GreenEDGE's first signings alongside Cameron and fellow Australian Jack Bobridge.[4]
Career highlights
- 2005
- 1st
Junior National Madison Championships - 2006
- Junior World Track Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 1st Madison
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- Junior National Track Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Points race
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Madison
- 1st
- 2007
- 1st Overall Tour of Tasmania
- 1st Stages 2 & 5
- 1st Stage 3 Tour of Gippsland
- 2008
- 1st Los Angeles, Points race
- 1st Overall Tour of Japan
- 3rd
Under-23 World Time Trial Championships - 2009
- World Track Championships
- 1st Points race
- 2nd
Madison - 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2010
- World Track Championships
- 1st Points race
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Madison
- 1st
- Commonwealth Games
- 1st
Team pursuit - 1st Points race
- 1st Scratch race
- 1st
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of Oman
- 2011
- World Track Championships
- 1st Madison
- 2nd Points race
- 1st
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st Madison
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- 1st National Time Trial Championships
- 1st National Madison Championships
- Track World Cup
- 1st Madison
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Tour Down Under[5]
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 1st Overall Tour de Perth
- 2012
- 1st Points race, World Track Championships
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 3rd World Team Time Trial Championships
- 10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 2013
- 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France
- 1st Oceania Road Race Championships
- 1st National Criterium Championships
- 1st
Mountains classification Circuit de la Sarthe - 5th Overall Tour of California
- 5th Overall Tour of Turkey
- 10th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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| Giro |
WD | 137 | 136 | — | — |
 Tour |
— | — | — | — | 130 |
 Vuelta |
— | — | — | WD | — |
WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP
References
- ↑ "Bobridge, Meyer brothers first Australian signings for GreenEdge". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 5 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ↑ "Orica-GreenEDGE (OGE) - AUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
- ↑ AIS Athletes at the Olympics
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Tour Down Under 2011: Cameron Meyer triumphs in first WorldTour race of season while Ben Swift wins final stage". Daily Telegraph. 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2011-01-25.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cameron Meyer. |
- Official website
- Profile on Cycling Australia website
- Cameron Meyer profile at Cycling Archives
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