Louis Meintjes: aiming high for MTN-Qhubeka

Under-23 world championship silver medallist Louis Meintjes lines up for the Tour de Langkawi

Louis Meintjes

(Image credit: Gregor Brown)

South African Louis Meintjes, second in the Under 23 World Championship last year, wants to win – nothing else. Team MTN-Qhubeka will field him in a series of races this year to allow him to develop into a leader.

"I don't want to just be a domestique, not that there's anything wrong with it," Meintjes told Cycling Weekly. "It's nice to set goals and try to achieve things. That's the fun in cycling for me. If it's not there then I can go and do something else."

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Gregor Brown

Gregor Brown is an experienced cycling journalist, based in Florence, Italy. He has covered races all over the world for over a decade - following the Giro, Tour de France, and every major race since 2006. His love of cycling began with freestyle and BMX, before the 1998 Tour de France led him to a deep appreciation of the road racing season.