Louis Meintjes Louis Meintjes Louis Meintjes (born February 21, 1992) is a South African cyclist riding for . He won the South African National Road Race Championships in 2014, and has finished 8th overall in the Tour de France, on 2 occasions in 2016 & 2017. He has also finished 10th overall at the 2015 Vuelta a Espana. Meintjes announced himself to the cycling world in September 2013, when he earned the silver medal in the World Under 23 Road Race Championships. Meintjes had an impressive 2014 season where he rode his first grand tour, the Vuelta a Espana. His best result
2017 Vuelta a España Giro d'Italia in May, as well as both Adam and Simon Yates (both ). The route of the 2017 Vuelta a Espana was revealed by Unipublic on 12 January 2017. Keeping with the tradition of the past few years, the race started off with a team time trial. However, the race started in France, just the third time in history that the Spanish Grand Tour began outside of its home country. The third stage saw the race leave France, with a mountain stage to Andorra la Vella. The first uphill finale was on stage 5, with a summit finish atop