Travis Meyer (cyclist)

Travis Meyer (born 8 June 1989 in Viveash) is an Australian professional racing cyclist, riding for Drapac Cannondale Holistic Development Team.[3] 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] His brother Cameron Meyer is also a cyclist, and was a part of the Orica–GreenEDGE team. After four seasons with Orica–GreenEDGE, in October 2015 Travis' brother Cameron Meyer announced that he had joined Team Dimension Data for the 2016 season.

Travis Meyer
Personal information
Full nameTravis Meyer
Born (1989-06-08) 8 June 1989
Viveash, Australia
Team information
Current teamDrapac Cannondale Holistic Development Team
DisciplineRoad and formerly[1] track
RoleRider
Rider typeTime Trialist
Amateur team
2008–2009Southaustralia.com-AIS
Professional teams
2010–2011Garmin–Transitions
2012–2013GreenEDGE[2]
2014–2016Drapac Professional Cycling
Major wins
National Road Race Championships (2010)

Career achievements

Major results
2006
Junior World Track Championships
1st Madison
1st Team pursuit
2007
Junior World Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Scratch race
1st Team pursuit
2008
1st Overall Tour of Berlin
1st Overall Tour of Wellington
1st Stages 3 & 7
2009
1st Overall Tour de Perth
1st Team Pursuit National Track Championships
2010
1st National Road Race Championships
5th Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie
2015
8th Overall Tour de Taiwan[6]
9th Overall Tour de Korea[7]
2017
6th National Road Race Championships[8]

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2012 2013
Giro d'Italia — —
Tour de France — —
Vuelta a España 165 —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
gollark: Well, if you offered a CB gold, presumably you will.
gollark: NOOOOO! NOT EGGLOCK!
gollark: But not very packily or fast.
gollark: I'm packing myself with random CBs I quite like now.
gollark: I shall get shadow walkers in excessive quantities.

References
  1. http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/6824/Travis-Meyer-retires-from-track-racing-plans-to-put-everything-into-road-career.aspx
  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. Meyer solos to elite road title Archived 12 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Pourseyedigolakhour wins Tour de Taiwan overall". cyclingnews.com. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  7. "Ewan wins overall at the Tour de Korea". cyclingnews.com. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  8. Woodpower, Zeb (8 January 2017). "Late attack lands Miles Scotson Australian title on BMC debut". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
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