After four seasons with Orica-GreenEdge, Cameron Meyer is leaving the Australian team for new challenges. Meyer's agent Wayne Evans told Cyclingnews that he is currently in negotiations with "Giant Alpecin, Team Sky, MTN-Qhubeka, BMC, IAM Cycling, Etixx-Quick Step and Cannondale-Garmin".
Meyer has shown himself to be a general classification contender in week-long stage races as success at the Tour Down Under in 2011 and Jayco Herald Sun Tour earlier this year attests to. Fifth places at the Tour of California and Tour of Turkey, alongside tenth overall and three days in the leader's jersey at the Tour de Suisse are further evidence of Meyer's potential when given the opportunity of team leadership.
A two-time national champion against the clock and a member of the 2013 Tour de France and 2014 Giro d'Italia team time trial wins, Meyer's time trialling ability is another string to his bow and it is this characteristic and one-week ability that Evans is illustrating to potential teams.
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"His thoughts are that he can be a very good contributor in a grand tour team," Evans said of Meyer and his thoughts on a team for 2016. "He's a very good team time trialler, one of the best in the world at that, so he's a handy guy to have when you're trying to stop your tiny climbing guys losing minutes to other teams. He's also light enough to be a domestique when it gets a little lumpier so he's there as an assets for the team leader. So he's good in that capacity as a grand tour rider but for his own personal attributes, the one-week tours I think he feels he can go out there and win them.
"Races like Tour Down Under, California, Romandie, Suisse, Paris-Nice … those sorts of races are ones he can aim for."
Currently racing the Vuelta a Espana where he has been on domestique duty for dual stage winner and previous race leader Esteban Chaves on the climbs and stage winer Caleb Ewan on the flat, Evans added that Meyer is likely to look for "breakaway chances" to remind teams of his ability.
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