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
Vuelta a España different riders from the same country. Three editions of the Vuelta so far have started outside Spain. The leader of the tour is permitted to wear a jersey of a particular color signifying the lead (maillot rojo or red jersey), as in the Tour de France (maillot jaune or yellow jersey) and the Giro d'Italia (maglia rosa or pink jersey). The color of the leader's jersey of the Vuelta a España has changed several times since the original tour. The organizers who revived the Vuelta following its multiple suspensions since 1936 usually changed the color of the jersey. The leader's