Having reversed his decision to step away from cycling mid-way through 2016, a reinvigorated and enthused Cameron Meyer is back and will line out at the Tour Down Under as one of five former winners in the race. The 29-year-old makes his seventh appearance at the race and first for the UniSA-Australia wild card as its road captain and joker in the deck.
"For me to be in here, in a little bit of different role, it gives me excitement and I am really looking to working with the young riders and going out there and having a crack this week," Meyer told a small group of reporters in the lobby of the Hilton Hotel in Adelaide.
Although Meyer rode several track events to close out 2016, the Tour Down Under will be Meyer's first World Tour and stage race since the Tour de Romandie in May of last year. With a start list featuring the likes of World champion Peter Sagan, Richie Porte (BMC) and four-time champion Simon Gerrans (Orica-Scott), Meyer was quick to pay respect to his rivals but isn't in Adelaide this week to merely make up the numbers.
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"It is the same in 2011 when I won, I wasn't a favourite and something special happened that week. Something special can always happen," he said.
With a change in director sportifs from Dave Sanders to Brad McGee, there will a shift in UniSA-Australia's approach to the race but Meyer is urging his younger teammates to be bold.
"Don't be afraid just because you are versing some of the best riders in the world to not have a crack," was Meyer's advice for his teammates. "Hopefully even at my age and my seventh Tour Down Under I am going in with the same attitude of going out there and giving it my best and if I see opportunities, I will try and take it."
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