Louis Meintjes

Louis Meintjes

Meintjes in Espelette, 2024 Itzulia.
Personal information
Born	(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.

He is widely known for his unorthodox climbing style, as he very often takes the last place of the peloton way before the pace gets hard for him, and overtakes riders as they drop throughout the climb, often remaining with the leaders' group until late in the stages.^[4] This has earned him the nickname "El Revisor" (The Ticket Inspector) amongst spanish commentators, as he conducts his roll call in the hardest climbs.