ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Multiple world champion Cameron Meyer of Australia seized the overall lead in the Tour Down Under after winning the fourth stage with an audacious breakaway.
Riding for the U.S.-based Garmin-Cervelo team, Meyer was among a group of six riders Friday that attacked about 20 miles into the 76-mile stage from Norwood to Strathalbyn.
The group dwindled to four, but they still led by 33 seconds with a mile remaining, and Meyer sprinted strongly to win the stage from Dutch riders Thomas De Gendt and Laurens Ten Dam.
His win broke the stranglehold on the race held by the sprinters, providing its fourth overall leader in as many stages.
