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 teams
2011	UC Seraing Crabbé Performance
2012	Lotto Belisol U23
Professional teams
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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

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. 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 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

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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:

2010

1st National Junior Time Trial Championships

1st National Junior Road Race Championships

2011

1st Stage 3 Triptyque Ardennaise

2nd National U23 Championship Road Race Championships

2nd African Continental Team Time Trial Championships

2nd African Continental Time Trial Championships

3rd Sint-Lambrechts-Herk

4th Overall Anatomic Jock Race

5th Walhain Road Race

2012

1st National U23 Time Trial Championships

1st Fast One

2nd National U23 Road Race Championships

3rd Aubel (Liege)

5th Overall Sea Otter Classic

6th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie

7th National Time Trial Championships

10th National Road Race Championships

2013

1st National U23 Road Race Championships

1st National U23 Time Trial Championships

2nd National Road Race Championships

2nd World U23 Road Race Championship

2nd Overall Tour of Rwanda

4th National Time Trial Championships

4th Overall Tour de Taiwan

9th Overall Tour de Korea

1st Stage 5 (TTT)

10th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

2014

1st National Road Race Championships

1st National U23 Time Trial Championships

1st National U23 Road Race Championships

2nd Overall Mzansi Tour

1st Stage 2

1st Youth classification

1st Mountains classification

5th Overall Giro del Trentino

1st Young rider classification

2015

1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

1st Stage 4

1st African Road Race Championships

1st Mountains Classification Circuit Cycliste Sarthe

2nd African Team Time Trial Championships

3rd National Time Trial Championships

4th African Time Trial Championships

6th Overall Tour of Oman

1st Young rider classification

8th Overall Giro del Trentino

1st Young rider classification

10th Overall Vuelta a España

2016

7th Road Race, Olympic Games

8th Overall Tour de France

9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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

Legend

DSQ	Disqualified
IP	In progress
WD	Withdrew

External links

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