EWN's Jean Smyth spends a week ‘embedded’ with the continent’s only representative at the Tour de France 2017.

The 25-year-old Meintjes, riding for Team UAE, finished second in the ‘Best Young Rider’ category behind Simon Yates.

South African cyclist Louis Meintjes finished 8th at the Tour de France won by Team Sky’s Chris Froome for the 4th time. Meintjies spoke to EWN's Jean Smyth ahead of the last leg of the race.

The South African cyclist finished 8th at the Tour de France won by Team Sky’s Chris Froome on Saturday for the 4th time.

It was the Norwegian's 1st of the tour after twice finishing as a runner-up and the team's 1st win of the event.

It was his second of the Tour and a fifth for French riders - one of their most successful returns in recent years.

Meintjes’ finish maintains his 8th spot on the general classification with Chris Froome, who was 3rd on Wednesday, still in yellow with a 27-second lead.

Froome retains his overall lead with a mountain top finish at Izoard after the 179.5km trek from Briancon

Meintjes stunning performance at this year’s tour has been exceptional but he will not reflect too well on Mandela Day the race’s 16th stage.

Boasson Hagen was beaten earlier in the race in a photo finish as Dimension Data are still chasing a first stage win.

Despite a 2nd place Team Dimension Data are disappointed; they'd been targeting victory as the perfect way to celebrate Mandela Day.

The team are set to hand out hundreds of t-shirts along the route as well as inflatable hands to fans to showcase the work of the charity.

In one of the closest tour’s in recent history, just 29 seconds separates the top 4 riders at the tour.

Bryan Habana’s last Test was on the ill-fated tour of Europe in late 2016, where he scored in their historic 20-18 loss to Italy.

EWN Sport understands that confirmation of MTN taking up the role is imminent, with sources indicating that final details are now being concluded.

New Minister of Sport and Recreation Thulas Nxesi says the infrastructure is already in place to host another big event in 2023.

Sports Minister Thulas Nxesi said the issues surrounding President Jacob Zuma’s reception at Cosatu's May Day rally on Monday will be quickly resolved.

The princess is in South Africa for a number of engagements linked to her foundation which focuses on water safety.