Cam Meyer is a familiar protagonist at the Australian national championships with wins the criterium and time trial in recent years. However, until today, a podium result had eluded the West Australian in the road race.
Having taken up the chase of solo leader of the race 90km from the finish, Meyer was unable to close the nine minute gap to Jack Bobridge but started his Dimension Data career with the silver medal.
“I’d always gone well around here but it was the situation of being in a big team like Orica so I wanted to start the season strong. Obviously moving teams is a little bit of motivation and you want to prove it was a good choice and I came out today and showed I had good legs. It’s a good start for me," said Meyer who had teammate Nathan Haas finish fourth.
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“I was part of Jack’s win, I was part of my brother’s win, I was part of Luke Durbridge’s win, I was part of Simon Gerrans’ win. I was just like ‘geez, I just want to get on the podium’. For me to get on the podium means all the hard work I’ve done is shown and I can go into the next races, Tour Down Under and have a crack.”
Both former GreenEdge riders - Bobridge and Meyer - weren’t fancied to take home the green and gold jersey on their racing debuts with new teammates. While several riders and teams were underestimating Bobridge’s ability to go long, Meyer explained that once the news came through he new it was going to be a hard chase.
“Once I heard the situation and that Jack was in it [the breakaway], I am thinking 2011 when he won and they are giving a bit too much gap and big teams of Orica and Avanti, ‘it’s too big, you let Jack Bobridge go like that, it’s going to be a hard chase’. You could see it was too big to bring back,” he said.
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