Louis Meintjes
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Born | Pretoria, South Africa | February 21, 1992||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Rider type | Climber | ||||||||||||||
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2011 | UC Seraing Crabbé Performance | ||||||||||||||
2012 | Lotto Belisol U23 | ||||||||||||||
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Louis Meintjes (born February 21, 1992) is a South African cyclist riding for You have called {{Contentious topics}}
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Cycling 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.[2] In March 2015, Meintjes won the final stage of the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali, securing him the overall victory as well.[3] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.[4] 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.
Lampre-Merida (2016-2017)
2016
In September 2015, Meintjes announced that he would be joining You have called {{Contentious topics}}
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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.
2017
Meintjes finished 6th overall at Tour of the Basque Country, before finishing 8th overall at the Criterium du Dauphine. He then finished 8th overall at the Tour de France for the second time in his career. He finished 12th overall at the Vuelta a Espana a month later.
Team Dimension Data (2018-present)
2018
Louis Meintjes returned to his former team for the 2018 season. In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the 2018 Giro d'Italia.[6] However he struggled with his form throughout the spring, and was not consistent at all. He ended up abandoning the race in the third week.
Career achievements
Major results
- 2011
- 1st Stage 3 Triptyque Ardennaise
- 2nd Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships
- African Continental Championships
- 3rd Sint-Lambrechts-Herk
- 4th Overall Anatomic Jock Race
- 5th Walhain Road Race
- 2012
- National Under–23 Road Championships
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Road race
- 1st Fast One
- 3rd Aubel (Liege)
- 5th Overall Sea Otter Classic
- 6th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie Mont Blanc
- 2013
- National Under–23 Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 2nd Road race, UCI Road World Under–23 Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour of Rwanda
- 4th Overall Tour de Taiwan
- 9th Overall Tour de Korea
- 1st Stage 5 (TTT)
- 10th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
- 2014
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- National Under–23 Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 2nd Overall Mzansi Tour
- 5th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 2015
- 1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 1st Stage 4
- African Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 2nd Team time trial
- 4th Time trial
- 1st Mountains classification Circuit de la Sarthe
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Tour of Oman
- 8th Overall Giro del Trentino
- 10th Overall Vuelta a España
- 2016
- 7th Road race, Olympic Games
- 8th Overall Tour de France
- 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 2017
- 6th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 8th Overall Tour de France
- 2018
- 9th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
General classification results timeline
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Grand Tour | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | DNF |
Tour de France | — | DNF | 8 | 8 | — |
Vuelta a España | 55 | 10 | 40 | 12 | 58 |
Major stage race general classification results timeline | |||||
Race | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Paris–Nice | — | — | 22 | — | — |
Tirreno–Adriatico | — | 39 | — | — | 17 |
Volta a Catalunya | — | — | DNF | 35 | 52 |
Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | DNF | 6 | — |
Tour de Romandie | — | — | DNF | 20 | — |
Critérium du Dauphiné | — | 52 | 9 | 8 | — |
Tour de Suisse | 26 | — | — | — | — |
References
- ^ "Louis Meintjes signs for Dimension Data". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ^ "Excellent team performance allows Meintjes to climb to 5th". 6 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ "Meintjes wins finale stage 4 and overall title at Coppi e Bartali". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
- ^ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (3 September 2015). "Louis Meintjes signs for Lampre-Merida". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ^ "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
External links
- Louis Meintjes at Cycling Archives
- Team Lampre–Merida Profile
- Official website
- Louis Meintjes on Twitter