Meyer boldly seizes overall lead in Tour Down Under

Cameron Meyer of Australia seized the overall lead in the Tour Down Under, winning the fourth of six stages in an audacious breakaway.

Meyer, of the American-based Garmin-Cervelo team, was among a group of six riders, later dwindling to four, which attacked about 32 kilometres into Friday's 122-kilometre stage from Norwood to Strathalbyn, and stayed away from the peleton.

The four remaining riders still led by 33 seconds with less than a kilometre 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.