The Tour Down Under. What an awesome event. This was my second year of competing in this race and to be an Australian in front of this massive home crowd and be a part of the biggest race in the southern hemisphere is unbelievable. 

I unfortunately kicked off my tour on a bad note by crashing 1km into the first stage. Approximately 30 riders went down in a mass pile up and i was one of those riders who had no where to go except downwards. After a patch up job on my knee, a few pain killers and a little chase to get back on, I finished the stage with the front bunch.

Now if you dont know much about this tour it is one for the sprinters. Us guys who have no hope of putting out 1800 watts in a 200 meter dash to the line try our luck in some breakaways throughout the tour but the most it achieves is some good tv coverage for the sponsors.  

My best stage would have to be the one of stage 5 around Willunga. I managed to get in the days break but with some of the riders within the break only at 30 seconds down on the overall classification, we were only given a maximum of 2 minutes lead. We got caught with around 35km to go in the stage. I has some good legs this day and even after i was caught by the chasing peloton, i managed to stay with them over the last climb of the day and then made a move in the final km to finish in 8th place.

I must say my Garmin Transitions Team rode an awesome tour. We did not have the sprinting power of some other teams but made the race aggresive and were always present at the front of the bike race. Robbie Hunter ended up 9th on GC which was a good result and gave the team some Pro Tour points to kick start the season for the team.

I am now staying in Adelaide for the next 10 days in preparation for next weeks Australian Track National Championships. Hopefully our Western Australian team pursuit team can defend our title and break a few records along the way. I know Travis, Luke and Michael are all keen and have good form so look out other states. After the track nationals ill be back to Perth for the 4 day criterium series which im really looking forward to racing in front of my home local crowd in my pro tour outfit.

Ciao

Cam

CAMERON MEYER LEADS AN ESCAPE ON STAGE FIVE OF THE TOUR DOWN UNDER