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]
 Meyer at the 2009 Tour Down Under | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Travis Meyer |
| Born | 8 June 1989 Viveash, Australia |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time 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) | |
Personal life edit
His brother Cameron Meyer is also a cyclist,[2] and rode with Travis at Orica–GreenEDGE in 2012 and 2013.
Major results edit
- 2006
- UCI Junior Track World Championships
- 1st
Madison - 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2007
- UCI Juniors World Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Scratch
- 1st Team pursuit
- 10th Road race
- 1st
- 2008
- 1st
Overall Tour de Berlin - 1st Overall Tour of Wellington
- 1st Stages 3 & 7
- 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 7th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
- 2009
- 1st
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 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 edit
| Grand Tour | 2012 |
|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— |
 Tour de France
|
— |
 Vuelta a España
|
165 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References edit
- ^ "Travis Meyer retires from track racing, plans to put everything into road career". www.velonation.com.
- ^ a b "Bobridge, Meyer brothers first Australian signings for GreenEdge". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 5 August 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
- ^ "Drapac announce three more signings". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ "Travis Meyer". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Pourseyedigolakhour wins Tour de Taiwan overall". cyclingnews.com. 26 March 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ^ "Ewan wins overall at the Tour de Korea". cyclingnews.com. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
- ^ Woodpower, Zeb (8 January 2017). "Late attack lands Miles Scotson Australian title on BMC debut". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Travis Meyer.
- Travis Meyer at UCI
- Travis Meyer at Cycling Archives
- Travis Meyer at ProCyclingStats
- Travis Meyer at Cycling Quotient
- Travis Meyer at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Travis Meyer at UCI
