Lengthy-term BikeExchange-Jayco rider Cameron Meyer has introduced his plans to retire as an expert bicycle owner, ending a profession wherein he has taken 9 World titles on the monitor, two elite street race victories on the Australian Nationwide Championships and 4 Commonwealth Video games titles.
The 34-year-old rider who has raced throughout the street and monitor by means of a lot of his profession began within the WorldTour with Staff Garmin-Slipstream in 2009 after which went onto be a part of the Australian-based GreenEdge crew, now often known as BikeExchange-Jayco, which is owned by fervent Australian biking supporter Gerry Ryan, in its formation yr of 2012.
“It’s definitely been a wild experience and a journey I look again on with the happiest of reminiscences. I can’t thank Gerry and Val Ryan sufficient for permitting me so many unbelievable years as a member of the GreenEdge Staff,” stated Meyer in a press release. “I’m very excited for the subsequent chapter in my life and need this crew all the easiest of success sooner or later.”
The Western Australian – who gained the Tour Down Underneath in 2011, the Herald Solar Tour in 2015 and has raced ten Grand Excursions – has spent a lot of his time in latest seasons working towards the outcomes and improvement of others.
“Cameron has been a rider that the youthful crew members look as much as along with his pure capability to information and mentor,” BikeExchange-Jayco stated in a press release. “The rider from Western Australia will probably be enormously missed within the crew and the WorldTour peloton, however with a vibrant future forward, with new objectives and challenges ready for him, we’re happy to see ‘Cam’ take the subsequent step and need him one of the best of luck in his subsequent endeavours.”
Meyer’s record of non-public victories might not have been lengthy in latest seasons, whereas he largely focussed on supporting others, however there have been two extraordinarily memorable ones – those who put him within the inexperienced and gold bands of the Australian champion for two years operating.
It was an emotional solo victory on the Australian Highway Nationwide Championships in 2020 after which a beaming defence in 2021 as he delivered a superbly timed dash. After the race he pointed to all of the years of apply he had at sprinting to the end line in Buninyong, with 11 begins and two podium locations earlier than he made it to the highest step twice within the ultimate years of his profession.
“I look proudly upon what I used to be capable of accomplish. I’ve travelled the world, creating many life lengthy mates alongside the best way,” stated Meyer on Instagram. “Using and racing bikes will all the time be part of me and I cannot wait to start out down a brand new profession path of serving to athletes obtain their goals. Watch this house!”
