After Cameron Meyer opted to leave Dimension Data this spring to retire from cycling, the 28 year old is now back on his bike and looking to continue racing as he seeks to return to his track roots.

Meyer will ride the London Six Days event later this month, before hoping to do some Track World Cups this Winter before riding the Tour Down Under for UniSA and then the track Worlds.

“I knew I got to a point where I needed it (cycling) and I still wanted a future within the sport,” Meyer told the Adelaide Advertiser. “But I just needed time away to really pinpoint where my future was going to be and where my motivation and passion lied and I wasn’t able to do that while still fulfilling a road contract in Europe. It was personal issues and it basically bubbled down that I knew I needed time away to assess where I wanted to go.”

After he finished a sightseeing trip around Europe, the former Tour Down Under winner said he stepped back on his bike and motivation quickly found him once more.

“I didn’t have an obligation as to when to start back on the bike, it was just let it happen and let that motivation to get up in the morning and start training towards a goal return. And I guess when I stepped back on the bike after my break my motivation and passion came back pretty quickly.”