Meintjes hoping to build on 2014 success

The spotlight has been on Africa in recent days with the news that MTN-Qhubeka achieved their dream of sending an African registered team to the Tour de France. Their ultimate goal is to produce the first African Tour de France champion and Louis Meintjes is one of their leading lights. At 22 Meintjes had his best season to date in 2014, winning the South African national championships and making his Grand Tour debut, and he’s hoping he can top that in 2015.

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Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism at university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour de France. In 2012 I started at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.