Discipline Road 2013-2015 MTN-Qhubeka Current team MTN-Qhubeka 2012 Lotto Belisol U23 Weight 59 kg | Rider type Climber Height 1.73 m Role Rider Name Louis Meintjes | |
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Born February 21, 1992 (age 32)
Pretoria, South Africa ( 1992-02-21 ) 2011 UC Seraing Crabbe Performance Similar People Jacques Janse van Rensburg, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Merhawi Kudus, Daniel Teklehaimanot, Serge Pauwels | ||
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Louis Meintjes (born February 21, 1992) is a South African cyclist riding for UAE Team Emirates.
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Career
Louis announced himself to the cycling world in September 2013, when he earned the silver medal in the World Under 23 Road Race Championships. Louis had an impressive 2014 season where he rode his first grand tour, the Vuelta a Espana. His best result at the Spanish race was 5th place on stage 14. In March 2015, Meintjes won the final stage of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, securing him the overall victory as well. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France. He finished fifth on the mountain stage to Plateau de Beille before exiting the Tour due to illness. He was 10th in the 2015 Vuelta a España. In September, he announced that he would be joining Lampre–Merida on a two-year contract from 2016.
2016 Season
He started the 2016 season riding the Tour Down Under and finished 16th Overall, and 5th in the white jersey competition. Meintjes however, first showed his form in the Criterium du Dauphine by finishing 9th Overall and placing 5th on the stage to Méribel. Then he rode the Tour de France where he took 8th place Overall and 2nd place in the White Jersey competition. He was sitting in 9th place Overall after the 10th stage, however, on the 11th stage, he lost time due to the crosswind. He recovered during the mountain time trial on Stage 18, regaining his 9th Place. On the following stage to Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc, Meintjes finished fourth sprinting with Rodriguez and Valverde. He finished with the favorites on the next stage, achieving 8th place in Paris. Meintjes's next race was the Men's Road Race at the Olympic Games. He was dropped before the last climb. However, he bridged the gap before sprinting to 7th place at Copacabana Beach.
