Cameron Meyer

Cameron Meyer
	Meyer at the 2018 Tour of Britain
Personal information
Born	11 January 1988 (age 36); Viveash, Western Australia, Australia
Height	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 team
	Midland CC
Professional teams
2009–2011	Garmin–Slipstream
2012–2015	GreenEDGE
2016	Team Dimension Data
2017	Mitchelton Scott
2018–2022	Mitchelton–Scott.
Major wins
	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)
Medal record
Representing Australia
Men's track cycling
World Championships
Commonwealth Games
Men's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Commonwealth Games

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

Grand Tour	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Giro d'Italia	DNF	137	136	—	—	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	DNF	111
Tour de France	—	—	—	—	130	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
/ Vuelta a España	—	—	—	DNF	—	DNF	DNF	—	—	—	—	—	—

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

1st

1st

1st

1st

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 Madison, UCI World Cup (with Callum Scotson), Pruszków

1st Six Days of London (with Callum Scotson)

2018

UCI World Championships

1st

Points race

3rd

Madison (with Callum Scotson)

References

^ "Bobridge, Meyer brothers first Australian signings for GreenEdge". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
^ "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. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^ "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "AIS Athletes at the Olympics". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.
^ "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.
^ "Cameron Meyer leaves Dimension Data citing personal reasons". 15 June 2016.
^ "Six Day London 2016: Day 6 Results". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
^ "Cameron Meyer returns to the WorldTour with Orica-Scott". cyclingnews.com. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
^ "Cameron Meyer takes back-to-back Aussie titles in incredible sprint finish". 7 February 2021.
^ "Cameron Meyer ready to move onto the next chapter, concluding his 13-year long road cycling career". greenedgecycling.com. Team BikeExchange–Jayco. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
^ Tom Davidson (7 September 2022). "Australian pro Cameron Meyer appointed as British Cycling track coach". cyclingweekly.com.

Interview on Cyclingresults.net

External links

Cameron Meyer at UCI
Cameron Meyer at Cycling Archives (archived)
Cameron Meyer at ProCyclingStats
Cameron Meyer at Cycling Australia at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 March 2011)
Cameron Meyer at the Australian Olympic Committee
Cameron Meyer at Olympics.com
Cameron Meyer at Olympedia (archive)
Cameron Meyer at Commonwealth Games Australia
Cameron Meyer at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games (archived)

[1] "Bobridge, Meyer brothers first Australian signings for GreenEdge". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

[2] "Mitchelton-Scott finalise 25-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 November 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.

[3] "Wins from January to October: Mitchelton-Scott men confirm roster and goals for 2020". Mitchelton–Scott. New Global Cycling Services. 11 December 2019. Archived from the original on 2 January 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.

[4] "GreenEDGE Cycling". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

[5] "AIS Athletes at the Olympics". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.

[6] "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.

[7] "News shorts: Meares aiming high for record-breaking Rio Olympics". cyclingnews.com. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.

[8] "Cameron Meyer leaves Dimension Data citing personal reasons". 15 June 2016.

[9] "Six Day London 2016: Day 6 Results". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

[10] "Cameron Meyer returns to the WorldTour with Orica-Scott". cyclingnews.com. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.

[11] "Cameron Meyer takes back-to-back Aussie titles in incredible sprint finish". 7 February 2021.

[12] "Cameron Meyer ready to move onto the next chapter, concluding his 13-year long road cycling career". greenedgecycling.com. Team BikeExchange–Jayco. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 21 September 2022.

[13] Tom Davidson (7 September 2022). "Australian pro Cameron Meyer appointed as British Cycling track coach". cyclingweekly.com.

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v t e UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit
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 in italics took part in the qualifying rounds.

v t e Australian National Road Race Champions (men)
1900–1919	Andrew Ralston, NZ (1901) HG O'Callaghan (1902) Jack Arnst, NZ (1903) Tom Larcombe (1904) William Hawley (1905) H Mehrtens, NZ (1906) Tom Larcombe (1907) M Chappell (1908) Iddo Munro (1909) Joe Pianto (1910) Phil O'Shea, NZ (1911)
1920–1939	Phil O'Shea, NZ (1922–1923) Hubert Opperman (1924) Harold Smith (1925) Hubert Opperman (1926–1927) Hubert Opperman (1929) Richard Lamb (1930) Matt Lynch (1931) Richard Lamb (1932) Hefty Stuart (1933) Clinton Beasley (1935) Alan Angus (1936–1937) Dean Toseland (1938–1939)
1940–1959	Max Rowley (1946) Jack Bates (1947) Duncan Hunter (1948) Max Rowley (1949) Keith Rowley (1950) John Beasley (1951) Neil Peadon (1952) Alby Saunders (1953) Eddie Smith (1954–1955) Russell Mockridge (1956–1958) Fred Roche (1959)
1960–1979	Fred Roche (1960) Neville Veale (1961) John O'Sullivan (1962) Warwick Dalton (1963) Barry Waddell (1964) Matt Martino (1965) Kerry Hoole (1966) Graeme Gilmore (1967) Barry Waddell (1968) Robert Whetters (1969) Graham McVilly (1970–1971) Kevin Spencer (1972) Kerry Hoole (1973) Graham Rowley (1974) Donald Wilson (1975) Peter Besanko (1976) Donald Wilson (1977) John Trevorrow (1978–1979)
1980–1999	John Trevorrow (1980) Clyde Sefton (1981) Wayne Hildred (1982) Terry Hammond (1983) Peter Besanko (1984) Laurie Venn (1985) Wayne Hildred (1986) Allan Dipple (1987) Paul Miller (1988) Gary Clively (1989) Damian McDonald (1990) Neil Stephens (1991) David McFarlane (1992) Edward Salas (1993) Neil Stephens (1994) Robbie McEwen (1995) Nick Gates (1996) Jonathan Hall (1997) David McKenzie (1998) Henk Vogels (1999)
2000–2019	Jamie Drew (2000) Steve Williams (2001) Robbie McEwen (2002) Stuart O'Grady (2003) Matthew Wilson (2004) Robbie McEwen (2005) Russell Van Hout (2006) Darren Lapthorne (2007) Matthew Lloyd (2008) Peter McDonald (2009) Travis Meyer (2010) Jack Bobridge (2011) Simon Gerrans (2012) Luke Durbridge (2013) Simon Gerrans (2014) Heinrich Haussler (2015) Jack Bobridge (2016) Miles Scotson (2017) Alex Edmondson (2018) Michael Freiberg (2019)
2020–2039	Cameron Meyer (2020–2021) Luke Plapp (2022–2024)