Tour du Suisse: In the Hot Seat

"Waiting in the hot seat"

via Shimanoroad

The cycling gods were looking after Cameron Meyer on stage 1 of the Tour du Suisse.

An early departure, part of the first group of riders and favorable weather was key to help guide the young Aussie to the fastest time of 9'40 over the 8.1 km course. 

DS Lorenzo Lapage said, " Any day there is a first stage time trial, the team can choose in which order it wants to race it's riders. We knew there was a big chance of rain in the afternoon, so we purposefully put Cam early. Most teams put their GC guys in the last wave as a general rule. We did something different today and it paid dividends. It was a little bit of luck and some good planning combined with a super, super ride."

Enjoy this Backstage Pass and well-timed for Cameron Meyer!

1	Cameron MEYER	AUS	OGE	9:39
2	Niki TERPSTRA	NED	OPQ	+10
3	Heinrich HAUSSLER	AUS	IAM	+14
4	Alex RASMUSSEN	DEN	GRS	+15
5	Gorka VERDUGO MARCOTEGUI	ESP	EUS	+16
6	Reto HOLLENSTEIN	SUI	IAM	+16
7	Michel KOCH	GER	CAN	+18
8	Peter VELITS	SVK	OPQ	+19
9	Ryder HESJEDAL	CAN	GRS	+19
10	Matteo TOSATTO	ITA	TST	+19
11	Giovanni VISCONTI	ITA	MOV	+20
12	Mathias FRANK	SUI	BMC	+21
13	Cyril LEMOINE	FRA	SOJ	+22
14	Alexsandr DYACHENKO	KAZ	AST	+22
15	Philippe GILBERT	BEL	BMC	+22
16	Fabian CANCELLARA	SUI	RLT	+22
17	Arnaud DEMARE	FRA	FDJ	+25
18	Maxime MONFORT	BEL	RLT	+25
19	Grégory RAST	SUI	RLT	+27
20	Amaël MOINARD	FRA	BMC	+27