AUSTRALIA’S Camero Meyer finished third in the Tour of Oman and is set to attack the Track Worlds with plenty of venom this season.

Meyer will begin preparing for the International Cycling Union (UCI) Track World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark at the end of March.

The 22-year-old is the current Australian national time trial champion and it showed on the testing course on Oman. He finished third, 45 seconds behind winner Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) and only 28 seconds behind world time trial champion Cancellara.

“It was close for second but it was still a good way to finish the race,” Meyer told Cyclingnews.

“To finish off with a tough time trial like that after six days of racing was very hard,” he said. “But I knew the course would suit my style because I’m a lighter built guy who could climb. I had good legs in the time trial and the hills early in the course suited me. Then I just had to hang on the descents and flat roads and get to the finish. I think I did that pretty well.”

“I think I had a good Tour all round because I needed to get through it all without losing any time to have a crack in the time trial,” he continued. “I did it thanks to having the team around me. I learnt a lot by following Tyler Farrar and Robbie Hunter in the bunch and that was a big reason why I didn’t lose any time.”