(1992-02-21) 21 February 1992 (age 32) Pretoria, South Africa
Height
173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight
59 kg (130 lb)
Team information
Current team
Intermarché–Wanty
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Rider type
Climber
Amateur teams
2011
UC Seraing Crabbé Performance
2012
Lotto–Belisol U23
Professional teams
2013–2015
MTN–Qhubeka
2016–2017
Lampre–Merida
2018–2020
Team Dimension Data[1][2]
2021–
Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2022)
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2014)
Medal record
Representing South Africa
Men's road bicycle racing
UCI Road World Championships
2013 Tuscany
Under-23 road race
Louis Meintjes (born 21 February 1992) is a South African cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty.[3] He won the South African National Road Race Championships in 2014, and has finished 8th overall in the Tour de France, on 3 occasions in 2016, 2017 and 2022. He has also finished 10th overall at the 2015 Vuelta a España, and won a stage at the 2022 Vuelta a España.
^"Dimension Data finalise 2019 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
^"NTT Pro Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
^"Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
LouisMeintjes (born 21 February 1992) is a South African cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Intermarché–Wanty. He won the South African National Road...
ace Johannes Meintjes (1923–1980), South African artist and writer Laurens Meintjes (1868–1941), South African track cyclist LouisMeintjes (born 1992)...
Pidcock attacked from the group including Powless, Froome, Ciccone and Meintjes and rode on to a convincing solo victory. In the GC race, Pogačar attacked...
Sky), Dan Martin (Quick-Step Floors), Simon Yates (Orica–Scott), and LouisMeintjes (UAE Team Emirates). Froome, who won the 2013, 2015 and 2016 editions...
group included several strong and veteran riders with Giulio Ciccone, LouisMeintjes and Neilson Powless being among them. About halfway up the final climb...
South Africa U23 Road Race Championships, LouisMeintjes South Africa U23 Time Trial Championships, LouisMeintjes Stage 2 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen...
rider was Yates, two minutes and sixteen seconds ahead of second-placed LouisMeintjes (Lampre–Merida). Movistar Team finished as the winners of the team classification...
can win Tour de France - Meintjes". iol.co.za. Retrieved 31 July 2016. McCallum, Kevin (23 July 2016). "Laid-back Meintjes lays down a marker". iol.co...
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Michael Woods, AG2R La Mondiale's Romain Bardet, and UAE Team Emirates' LouisMeintjes, along with having just a three-second advantage over Contador. In the...
Aleksandr Vlasov rose from seventh to fifth, above both Nairo Quintana and LouisMeintjes, while the latter dropped below Romain Bardet to eighth. "Nairo Quintana...
however, win the white jersey with a margin of 2 minutes, 16 seconds over LouisMeintjes (Lampre–Merida). Yates started 2017 with a victory in March's GP Industria...
finish on stage 7. He was one of only two African riders alongside LouisMeintjes as well as the only black rider to compete in the race. Biniam began...
Pasqualon Stage 6 Tour of Norway, Alexander Kristoff Giro dell'Appennino, LouisMeintjes Brussels Cycling Classic, Taco van der Hoorn Stage 4 Tour of Belgium...
over his breakaway companions ahead of the final climb of the Col de Saint-Louis. He maintained his advantage to solo to the stage win. Woods took the polka-dot...
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