What it took to win the Jayco Herald Sun Tour
WorldTour rider Cameron Meyer of Orica-GreenEdge is the latest victor of Australia's longest running cycling stage race - the 62nd edition of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour. He joins Stuart O'Grady and Simon Gerrans in the exclusive club of riders who've won both this race and the Tour Down Under.
So what did it take the multiple-times track world champion to win this year's Jayco Herald Sun Tour? Well, Meyer's coach, Ben Day of DaybyDay Coaching, has sent BikeRadar the 27 year old's SRM power files from the decisive stages one and four for review. Here we get a glimpse of the power numbers WorldTour riders produce.
Just 10km into stage one turned out to be the decisive moment of the entire tour, as the steep side of Mount Macedon left just 21 riders in the front group fighting for victory. Over 5.5km and with an 8% gradient, Meyer had to put out an average of 370W (5.4W/kg) and 390W (5.7W/kg) normalized power for more than 16 minutes.
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Fast forwarding to the final stage of the tour and all the riders had one particular parcour in mind, with three ascents up Victoria's famed Arthur's Seat climb in the final segment of the stage. With general classification so tight across a number of riders, the danger was that Meyer would be isolated before the climb to the finish line. Along with the help of his Orica-GreenEdge team, Meyer averaged a normalized power of 322W for 2:54 and 122km over the entire stage.
Meyer's data from the final stage
The final ascent, as expected, went ballistic as the front group covered the climb in 8min 43sec and Meyer, showing his form, answered the call to average an impressive 448W (6.5W/kg) and finish 2nd across the line to Patty Bevin (Avanti), a man with a fast finish. This secured Meyer's Jayco Herald Sun Tour victory, winning the overall, the points jersey and his Orica-GreenEdge teammates taking the teams classification.
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