Travis Meyer (cyclist)

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Travis Meyer
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Meyer at the 2009 Tour Down Under
Personal information
Full nameTravis Meyer
Born (1989-06-08) 8 June 1989 (age 35)
Viveash, Australia
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
RoleRider
Rider typeTime trialist
Amateur team
2008–2009 Southaustralia.com–AIS
Professional teams
2010–2011 Garmin–Transitions
2012–2013 GreenEDGE [2]
2014–2016 Drapac Professional Cycling [3]
Major wins
National Road Race Championships (2010)

Travis Meyer (born 8 June 1989 in Viveash) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2016. His first Pro Tour race was the 2009 Tour Down Under. [4] At the beginning of 2010 he was the winner of the Australian National Road Race Championships elite road race. [5]

Contents

Personal life

His brother Cameron Meyer is also a cyclist, [2] and rode with Travis at Orica–GreenEDGE in 2012 and 2013.

Major results

2006
UCI Junior Track World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Madison
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit
2007
UCI Juniors World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Individual pursuit
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Scratch
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit
10th Road race
2008
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Berlin
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour of Wellington
1st Stages 3 & 7
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
7th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
2009
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit, National Track Championships
1st Overall Tour de Perth
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
10th Overall Tour of Japan
2010
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
5th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
2015
8th Overall Tour de Taiwan [6]
9th Overall Tour de Korea [7]
2017
6th Road race, National Road Championships [8]

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2012
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 165
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

  1. "Travis Meyer retires from track racing, plans to put everything into road career". www.velonation.com.
  2. 1 2 "Bobridge, Meyer brothers first Australian signings for GreenEdge". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  3. "Drapac announce three more signings". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
  4. "Travis Meyer". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
  5. Johnson, Greg (12 January 2010). "Meyer solos to elite road title". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc. Archived from the original on 12 January 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
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