Tosh Van der Sande
.JPG) Van der Sande in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Tosh Van der Sande |
| Born | 28 November 1990 Wijnegem, Belgium |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Visma–Lease a Bike |
| Disciplines | Road Track (former) |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2009–2010 | Beveren 2000–Quick-Step |
| 2011 | Omega Pharma–Lotto Davo |
| 2011 | Omega Pharma–Lotto (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2012–2021 | Lotto–Soudal[1][2][3] |
| 2022– | Team Jumbo–Visma |
Tosh Van der Sande (born 28 November 1990) is a Belgian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.[4] Van der Sande is considered as a classics specialist.[5]
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]As a junior, he found success in track cycling.[6] In 2011, he won the Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23.
Professional career
[edit]He turned professional with Lotto–Belisol in 2012, and rode his first Grand Tour the following year at the Vuelta a España. He extended his contract in 2013, and has since then remained in the team.[5]
After he accidentally listed the wrong nasal spray brand in the paperwork at the 2018 Six Days of Ghent where he returned a positive test for prednisolone, a substance found in the nasal spray Sofrasolone,[7] he was temporarily suspended by his team.[8] He was later cleared of any wrongdoing by the UCI.[7][9][10]
Major results
[edit]- 2006
- National Novice Track Championships
- 1st
Points race - 1st Scratch
- 2nd
Sprint
- 1st
- National Junior Track Championships
- 2nd Madison
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2nd
- 2007
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1st Points race
- 1st Scratch
- 2nd Madison
- 2nd Team sprint
- 1st
- 3rd Aalst–St. Truiden
- 3rd UIV Cup, Gent
- 2008
- UCI Junior Track World Championships
- 1st
Points race - 2nd Madison
- 1st
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1st Points race
- 1st Scratch
- 1st Madison
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- UIV Cup
- 1st Gent
- 2nd Munich
- 1st Stage 2 Ronde van Antwerpen
- 2nd Overall Giro di Toscana Juniors
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 2nd Aalst–St. Truiden
- 4th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
- 1st Stage 4
- 5th Overall Münsterland Tour
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 2
- 10th Road race, UCI Juniors World Championships
- 2009
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de la Province de Namur
- 2010
- 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 2011
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Navarra
- 3rd Overall Tour de Liège
- 1st Stage 5
- 3rd La Côte Picarde
- 4th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 6th Flèche Ardennaise
- 8th Overall Tour de Normandie
- 9th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
- 2012
- 1st
Mountains classification, Three Days of De Panne - 3rd Borsbeek Individueel
- 4th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 7th Gullegem Koerse
- 2013
- 9th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem
- 2014
- 2nd Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem
- 4th Omloop van het Houtland
- 2015
- 2nd Paris–Tours
- 2016
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Ain
- 7th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 10th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
- 2017
- 2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 6th Bruges Cycling Classic
- 2018
- 10th Halle–Ingooigem
- 2019
- 2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 1st Stage 5
- 2021
- 2nd Primus Classic
- 3rd Brussels Cycling Classic
- 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 5th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 10th Amstel Gold Race
- 2022
- 9th Overall ZLM Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | 93 | — | — | — | DNF | 64 | — | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
 Vuelta a España
|
127 | — | 49 | 109 | — | 114 | 65 | 96 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ "Lotto-Soudal". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Lotto Soudal". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Team Jumbo–Visma". UCI. Archived from the original on 7 January 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Lotto extends contracts with four riders". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ Hood, Ed (18 December 2011). "Tosh Van der Sande Interview: U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner turning pro". www.velonation.com. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ a b "Van der Sande cleared after positive test for prednisolone". Cyclingnews. Future plc. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ^ "Positive doping test Tosh Van der Sande". Lotto Soudal. 19 December 2018.
- ^ Ballinger, Alex (24 January 2019). "Lotto–Soudal's Tosh Van der Sande cleared of doping after 'administrative error'". Cycling Weekly.
- ^ Ballinger, Alex (23 January 2019). "Tosh Van der Sande doping case 'will be clear by early February,' according to manager". Cycling Weekly.
External links
[edit]
Media related to Tosh Van der Sande at Wikimedia Commons
- Tosh Van der Sande at UCI
- Tosh Van der Sande at Cycling Archives
- Tosh Van der Sande at ProCyclingStats
- Tosh Van der Sande at Cycling Quotient
- Tosh Van der Sande at CycleBase
