Cameron Meyer to take 13+ seconds on Chris Horner in TT & win Tirreno-Adriatico!!!

[maxmartin]

Cadel lose 1min times 10, and Cam beats him LOL

Cadel Evans will lose a minute tonight at the end of the stage. No offense to Cam but he'll lose a minute by the top of the 1st climb.

 

[skippy]

So predictions fly thick and fast here also ? Cameron was predicted to lose a minute on the first climb and luckily for the proposer they didn't add more ! What happened to Cuddles since all i see is the end result of 10+mins lost ?

Didn't want to start a " Clinic " Thread about Horny but i seem to recall a lot of braying about the cause of his embolisms , but nothing there this week ? Since i am using meds for mine , i guess he has the appropriate permissions from UCIless to be using " control meds " to avoid a repetition . One thing is certain and that is , he will want to have thinnish blood , so as to avoid complications

 

[Panda Claws]

Evans was badly delayed by a crash.

 

[PCutter]

Meyer won't be able to hold on tomorrow though. I will use an Cameron Meyer avatar till the end of April if Meyer ends in the top10 or doesn't lose time to Horner tomorrow.

Have you started looking for Cam Meyer Pictures?

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Why? Meyer didn't end top 10 in the stage neither did he NOT lose time to Horner... So technically, he's still correct

 

[auscyclefan94]

Meyer has done well so far, but I am still not convinced that he will become 'the next Cadel Evans' and start competing with the best.

 

[PCutter]

Why? Meyer didn't end top 10 in the stage neither did he NOT lose time to Horner... So technically, he's still correct

I thought he meant top 10 GC

 

[Eric8-A]

Guys remember, he dubbed himself as "Cam the Climber" when he won the Tour Down Under last year.

 

[The Hitch]

Apart from his close family and friends, was anybody a Froome "fan" before the Vuelta? Sure he was a guy who people liked, but not somebody who anybody was truly a "fan" of in the sense of totally rooting for the guy, because he was an almost total irrelevance until Stage 9 of the Vuelta.

He was more a guy who would elicit a reaction of "oh, good stage from Froome, hope he can win it from here" as he manages to get into a decent-looking break, rather than "COME ON FROOMEY!" as he drops GT contenders left and right.

That's the same with most riders. they only get the support when they become contenders or hard loyal domestiques or attacking riders with balls. The last 2 takes long to achieve. the former doesn't. froome has now become that and due to his top personality and vuelta heroics has gained many fans.

 

[daveinzambia]

Apart from his close family and friends, was anybody a Froome "fan" before the Vuelta? Sure he was a guy who people liked, but not somebody who anybody was truly a "fan" of in the sense of totally rooting for the guy, because he was an almost total irrelevance until Stage 9 of the Vuelta.

He was more a guy who would elicit a reaction of "oh, good stage from Froome, hope he can win it from here" as he manages to get into a decent-looking break, rather than "COME ON FROOMEY!" as he drops GT contenders left and right.

I was a fan before the Vuelta, but purely because of the African / UK link

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Talking about Froome...is he racing Catalunya? And is he recovered from his chest infection? I really have high hopes for him this year and so far it's been a rocky start to the season with his bad luck.

 

[hatcher]

Talking about Froome...is he racing Catalunya? And is he recovered from his chest infection? I really have high hopes for him this year and so far it's been a rocky start to the season with his bad luck.

Mick Rogers has replaced him for Catalunya. He's now scheduled to ride the Criterium International instead. Not much info has been released other than it was/is a chest infection.

 

[simo1733]

Meyer has done well so far, but I am still not convinced that he will become 'the next Cadel Evans' and start competing with the best.

I like Cam Meyer.He is my favorite of all the young aussie's even if he doesn't have the ultimate Physical potential of a Bobridge or Durbridge.

 

[Eric8-A]

Is Bobridge still out of competition because of what put him out of the Tour Down Under I think?

 

[clipperton]

I was a fan before the Vuelta, but purely because of the African / UK link

i became a fan after watching him zigzag after gerrans at the giro in 2009. at about 40 seconds in the video below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKfhWCypz1g

 

[unsheath]

Wasn't there recently a press release about Meyer no longer in doing the Team Pursuit in London?

If so we'll probably see some steady progress of his climbing and consequently his stage race performances.

There's a piece on the CN homepage that explains how Durbridge has lost his track speed due to all his road work.

Same thing would apply to Cam it seems.

 

[42x16ss]

I like Cam Meyer.He is my favorite of all the young aussie's even if he doesn't have the ultimate Physical potential of a Bobridge or Durbridge.

Meyer has been pretty under-rated on the road so far in his career, as JV used him solely for domestique work except for the TDU. Now that he is at Greenedge where there isn't so much stage racing talent he will have a chance to show what he can really do.

Expect both him and Bobridge to show far more than they ever did at Garmin, simply because they won't have to tow Tyler Farrar around everywhere anymore.

 

[PCutter]

Is Bobridge still out of competition because of what put him out of the Tour Down Under I think?

No. He was out of TdU after hurting his shoulder being blown off his bike at the Aust ITT nationals. He won gold (with Cam Meyer) in the teams pursuit 4 weeks ago at the London Track World Cup. He's likely stayed on a full track programme through to the Melbourne World Cup.

 

[unsheath]

Meyer didn't race the London World Cup.

Lineup was Bobridge, Hepburn, Edmondson, Dennis.

Last track even he did was the Berlin 6 Day with Leigh Howard.

 

[PCutter]

Meyer didn't race the London World Cup.

Lineup was Bobridge, Hepburn, Edmondson, Dennis.

Last track even he did was the Berlin 6 Day with Leigh Howard.

Yep, for some reason I thought he did ride London, must have mixed it up somewhere

 

[Ferminal]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwVezheE190

After the Worlds he's doing Turkey, California and Suisse. A solid 25 racing days there.

I'd prefer to see him do Poland/ENECO/Vuelta after that, but he will probably do the Tour as he's already their best top30 hope after Weening

 

[Polyarmour]

Big fan of Cam Meyer after he stole the 2011 TDU from right under the sprinter's noses. Like his calm and humble demeanor off the bike and his aggression on the bike. Would love to see him go well here.

 

[Froome19]

Wasn't there recently a press release about Meyer no longer in doing the Team Pursuit in London?

If so we'll probably see some steady progress of his climbing and consequently his stage race performances.

There's a piece on the CN homepage that explains how Durbridge has lost his track speed due to all his road work.

Same thing would apply to Cam it seems.

Dont think that there has been a press release about it (though i havent read everything) but it seems like the top4 aussie TP guys are already decided as Bobridge, Edmonson, Hepburn, Dennis with one reserve being needed, but i dont think guys like Durbridge or Meyer would want to settle for a reserve place, so i doubt they will go. Thats why Durbridge has moved back on to the road though I read recently Meyer is still hoping to do the olympics as he is the champion in the points race (though its been taken out) He would be a very good bet for the omnium, though would struggle in the shorter disciplines, so he could possibly get picked as 5th man and go for the omnium because I havent seen any australian men so far going for the omnium. Of course it would be better for him to go for the road but for guys like meyer this a once in a lifetime opportunity which means much more back in his homeland than road does (winning a gold medal vs coming 10th in TA) so he may very well stick.

 

[Eric8-A]

Cam didn't finish too bad today.