Cameron Meyer takes stage win and overall lead
You were expecting yet another sprint at the Santos Tour Down Under 2011? You were probably not the only one! This wasn’t however the case since the early breakaway managed to continue until the finish where Cameron Meyer (Garmin-Cervélo) won the stage and put himself in the race lead.
World champion on the track and the reigning Australian national time trial champion, the young Cameron Meyer demonstrated why he owns these titles with a calculated and powerful ride to win the 4th stage of Santos Tour Down Under 2011, and taking the race lead with just two days remaining.
General classification:
| 1 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 12:54:30 | |
| 2 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:10 | |
| 3 | Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad | 0:00:12 | |
| 4 | Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Radio Shack | 0:00:15 | |
| 5 | André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:00:16 | |
| 6 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:18 | |
| 7 | Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling | ||
| 8 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:26 | |
| 9 | Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:27 | |
| 10 | Allan Davis (Aus) Astana | 0:00:28 |