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Cameron Meyer has collected the bronze medal in the U23 time trial at the 2008 UCI road cycling World Championships in Varese, Italy.
A massive crowd greated the riders in Liverpool when the final stage arrived there in today's stage of the Tour of Britain.
Cam Meyer rode a great race and did everything right today and just failed to upstage his breakaway companions today, int the Tour of Britain.
The rain created havoc in the closing kilometres of the 6th stage of the Tour of Britain.
Trav Meyer was awarded the "Most Agressive Rider" award after being in the break today in the Tour of Britain.
Wes Sulzberger made the break of the day today in stage 4 of the Tour of Britain but it was shut down before the finish line.
A rare tactical error for the South Australia.com AIS team marked the 3rd stage of the Tour of Britain today.
An Australian won the 2nd stage of the Tour of Britain but it was former AIS scholarship holder, Matt Goss from Team CSC.
The centre of London was the stage for the opening stage of this year's Tour of Britain, won by Alessandro Petacchi.
The finsh of stage 3 of the Tour of Ireland was fast and furious with many crashed on narrow and slippery roads.
Another win for Mark Cavendish and a top 10 for Zak Dempster on stage 2 of the Tour of Ireland.
A long break including Travis Meyer, and the chase by Team Colombia were the features of the 1st stage of the Tour of Ireland
Wes Sulzberger was a contender but fired his bullets too early in the Gara Millionaria, in Montepone, Italy, on the weekend.
Simon Clarke showed great form, running 2nd in the prestigious GP Capodarco, in Italy, last weekend.
Wes Sulzberger wins his third race for 2008 on Sunday in the GP Poggiana.
Yesterday the South Australia.com AIS team was racing in Felino, near Parma in Italy for the GP Felino over 160 kilometres.
The South Australia.com AIS team raced yesterday in the GP Folignano on the east coast of Italy in Abruzzo.
On Sunday the South Autralia.com AIS team was in Southern Italy for the Giro del Cigno, a race which was won by Shayne Bannan in 1985.
Yesterday the South Australia.com AIS started the second race period of the year after the mid season break with the GP Inda, not far from the team’s base near Varese.
After the Circuito Montanes the South Australia.com AIS team riders took a week break then started a training block leading into the second half of the European season.
The final stage of Circuito Montanes from Potes to Santander was undulating with two cat 3 climbs.
More inclement weather was the order of the day for the tough 6th stage of Circuito Montanes from Torrelavega to Santo Toribio over 147.1km.
The time trial in this year's Circuito Montanes was over 14 kilometres of an undulating, windy course.
Today's stage was split with a 112 kilometer stage in the morning and a 14km time trial in the afternoon.
Stage 4 of Circuito Montanes is the queen stage with three cat 3 climbs, a cat 1 and two special category climbs including the climb to the finish at Fuente del Chivo at just under 2000 meters.
Stage 3 of Circuito Montanes is one of the many tough ones containing 3 cat 1 climbs and unfriendly rainy weather conditions.
An early break dominated the day in today's 2nd dyshe of the Circuito Montanes.
After a wet start to the day, the weather cleared somewhat in the afternoon for the first stage of the Circuito Montanes in Spain.
West Australian Cameron Meyer has taken out the Tour of Japan heading the SouthAustralia.com-AIS outfit that also claimed victory in the teams classification.
SouthAustralia.com-AIS rider Cameron Meyer has taken a narrow lead in the Tour of Japan with one stage remaining.
SouthAustralia.com-AIS rider Simon Clarke has notched up a third stage win for the team with victory in the fourth stage of the Tour of Japan. Cameron Meyer crossed in third place with team mate Wesley Sulzberger fifth on the stage.
The South Australia.com AIS team rode to defend the tour lead in stage 3 of Tour of Japan in Mino over 159km.
SouthAustralia.com-AIS rider Wesley Sulzberger and Cameron Meyer have finished first and second across the line in the second stage of the Tour of Japan.
SouthAustralia.com-AIS rider Zakkari Dempster has claimed the early overall lead in the Tour of Japan after victory in the opening stage in Senboku.
Travis Meyer overnight clinched overall victory in the Tour of Berlin in Germany topping a final classification that also included three of his team mates in the top ten.
The final stage of the Giro delle Regioni had a sting in the tail with 2 tough category 2 climbs in the last 35 kilometers. On the 2nd of these, Cameron Meyer went clear with the leader and 2nd position holder of the Tour and stayed away until the finish.
Stage 5 of the Giro delle Regioni from Spoleto to Foligno was controlled until the last 20 kilometers. On the last climb the field split into several groups with Travis and Cameron Meyer both attempting solo breaks but both were brought back.
After a day when everything went so well, things were a little tougher for the Australians in the wet stage 4 of the Giro delle Regioni. Simon Clarke fell ill overnight but insisted on starting despite his condition.
SouthAustralia.com-AIS rider Wesley Sulzberger sits in second place overall after victory in Stage 3 of the Giro delle Regioni (Regioni Tour) in Italy.
The 21 year old Tasmanian, who last year claimed the silver medal in the men's U23 road race at the World Championships in Stuttgart, outsprinted race leader Vitaly Buts (UKR) with a winning time of 3hr54min54sec at the end of the 147km stage from Giovanni Teatino to Chieti.
Today's performance by the Australians in stage 3 of the Giro delle Regioni, was one of the best I've seen. On the category 1 climb, Travis Meyer attacked and rode on his own for 50 kilometers. Wes Sulzberger went with the next break of 4 riders.
The 2nd stage of Giro delle Regioni featured 2 category 2 climbs, a category 1 climb and a hectic downhill finish. Simon Clarke was 4th on the stage and Trav Meyer 12th after attacking with 3 kilometers to go and being caught in the last kilometer. Simon now holds 2nd overall behind Italian, Sacha Modolo.
The first stage of this year's Giro delle Regioni started and finished in Artena in Lazio, Italy. It covered 10 laps of a 13 kilometer undulating circuit. The attacks started at the gun and the Australians were represented in every move.
The Australian National team moved to Zeeland, Hollland, on Saturday for the ZLM, a typical Dutch race on flat, windy roads. The Australians were promionent but 9th was the best Johnnie Walker could do in the final sprint.
Simon Clarke today ran 2nd in the Nations Cup race, Cote Picardie, in northern France.
Members of the South Australia.com AIS team competed in the Under 23 Tour of Flanders, Nations Cup race, as the Australian National team yesterday.
The course featured all of the ingredients that make Belgian racing unique, such as cold weather, a but of rain, cobbles and short steep hills.
Bergamo - Bergamo 162.7km The last stage of the Settimana Lombarda was another pretty tough one with 2 long climbs and a short one, in Bergamo, just before the finish.
Flero 163km.
This stage was expected to be the toughest of the tour with with the final climb of Colle Maddalena being the highlite with the finish only 20 kilometers from the summit.
Vertova - Vertova 192km
The first of the hilly stages sorted the field out in today's 4th stage of the Settimana Lombarda. The course covered 3 laps of a 64 kilometre circuit featuring the tough la Forcella pass on each lap.
Today's stage began in Dalmine, then transferred 27 kilometers to a circuit of 16 kilometers to be completed 6 times before returning to Dalmine. Although the course was flat, the wind picked up and on the run to the finish, the LPR team attacked in the cross wind and split the bunch to pieces.
Stage 2 of Settimana Lombarda was a flat one over 166 kilometers, starting in Brignano Gera d'Adda and finishing with 5 laps of a 20 kilometer circuit at Costa Volpino.
The first stage of the Settimana Lombarda was an 18 kilometre teams time trial, starting and finishing in Brignano Gera d'Adda. The South Australia.com AIS team acquitted themselves amongst the professional teams to run 8th, with Tinkoff winning from LPR.
Matt King recently spent some time with junior cyclists in Australia's Top End passing on tips and showing off his medals from the Australian Championships.
The final stage of the Tour de Langkawi was a showcase for the sprinters over 73.7 kilometers in the centre of Kuala Lumpur. Wes Sulzberger tried to steal the show but was reeled in on the last lap.
Stage 8 of the Tour de Langkawi provided the climb that everyone was waiting for with the 30 kilometer ascent of Bukit Fraser expected to decide the overall winner.
The sprinters teams failed to run down a small break away group today giving the Aisin teams a moral boosting win in the third stage of the Tour de Langkawi.
SouthAustralia.com-AIS new recruit Travis Meyer yesterday won overall honours in the Trust House Classic in New Zealand with a dominant performance that included two stage wins.
South Australia.com AIS graduate, Matt Lloyd stepped up to win the Australian Elite Road Race title on Sunday.
