Louis Meintjes

Louis Meintjes

Personal information
Born	(1992-02-21) February 21, 1992 Pretoria, South Africa
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	59 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Current team	Lampre–Merida
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Amateur team(s)
2011	UC Seraing Crabbé Performance
2012	Lotto Belisol U23
Professional team(s)
2013–2015	MTN–Qhubeka
2016–	Lampre–Merida
Major wins
Stage races Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali (2015) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2014)
Medal record Representing  South Africa Road bicycle racing UCI Road World Championships 2013 Tuscany Under-23 road race
Infobox last updated on 24 April 2015

Louis Meintjes (born February 21, 1992) is a South African cyclist riding for Lampre–Merida.

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.^[1] In March 2015, Meintjes won the final stage of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, securing him the overall victory as well.^[2] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.^[3] He finished fifth on the mountain stage to Plateau de Beille before exiting the Tour due to illness. He rode the 2015 Vuelta a España and finished 10th overall doing a solid ride. During the Vuelta in September, he announced that he would be joining Lampre–Merida on a two-year contract from 2016.^[4]

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 great form from last year 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 showed incredible form taking 8th place Overall and 2nd place Overall 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 very well though and did an amazing mountain time trial on Stage 18 securing his 9th Place back. On the following stage to Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc, Meintjes finished fourth sprinting with Rodriguez and Valverde. He finished with the favorites for the next stage getting him 8th place in Paris. Meintjes' next race was the Men's Road Race at the Olympic Games. He finished in 7th place having being dropped before the last climb, however bridging the gap before sprinting to 7th place at the Copacabana Beach.

Career achievements

Major results

Source:^[5][6]

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2014	2015	2016
Giro	—	—	—
Tour	—	WD	8
Vuelta	55	10	40

References

External links

• Louis Meintjes profile at Cycling Archives
• Team Lampre–Merida Profile
• Official website
• Louis Meintjes on Twitter