Tosh Van der Sande explained

Tosh Van der Sande
Fullname:Tosh Van der Sande
Birth Date:28 November 1990
Birth Place:Wijnegem, Belgium
Height:1.78m (05.84feet)
Weight:64kg (141lb)
Disciplines:Road
Track (former)
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2009–2010
Amateurteam1:Beveren 2000–Quick-Step
Amateuryears2:2011
Amateuryears3:2011
Amateurteam3: (stagiaire)
Proyears1:2012–2021
Proteam1:[1] [2] [3]
Proyears2:2022–

Tosh Van der Sande (born 28 November 1990) is a Belgian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[4] Van der Sande is considered as a classics specialist.[5]

Career

Early career

As a junior, he found success in track cycling.[6] In 2011, he won the Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23.

Professional career

He turned professional with 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

2006
  • National Novice Track Championships
  • 1st Points race
  • 1st Scratch
  • 2nd Sprint
  • National Junior Track Championships
  • 2nd Madison
  • 2nd Team pursuit
    2007
  • National Junior Track Championships
  • 1st Points race
  • 1st Scratch
  • 2nd Madison
  • 2nd Team sprint
  • 3rd Aalst–St. Truiden
  • 3rd UIV Cup, Gent
    2008
  • UCI Junior Track World Championships
  • 1st Points race
  • 2nd Madison
  • National Junior Track Championships
  • 1st Points race
  • 1st Scratch
  • 1st Madison
  • 1st Team pursuit
  • 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

    Grand Tour201320142015201620172018201920202021
    Giro d'Italia—93———DNF64——
    Tour de France————————DNF
    Vuelta a España127—49109—1146596—
    Legend
    —Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Lotto-Soudal. fr. Directvelo. Association Le Peloton. 3 January 2019.
    2. News: Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 October 2019. 2 January 2020.
    3. Web site: Lotto Soudal. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 1 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210101195132/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15244/1000929/279. 1 January 2021.
    4. Web site: Team Jumbo–Visma. UCI. 7 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220107180244/https://www.uci.org/team-details/17181. 7 January 2022.
    5. Web site: Lotto extends contracts with four riders . Cyclingnews.com . Future plc. . 1 May 2019.
    6. Web site: Hood . Ed . Tosh Van der Sande Interview: U23 Liège-Bastogne-Liège winner turning pro . www.velonation.com . 1 May 2019 . 18 December 2011.
    7. Web site: Van der Sande cleared after positive test for prednisolone . Cyclingnews . Future plc. . 29 April 2019.
    8. Web site: Positive doping test Tosh Van der Sande. 19 December 2018. Lotto Soudal.
    9. Web site: Lotto–Soudal’s Tosh Van der Sande cleared of doping after ‘administrative error’. Alex. Ballinger. 24 January 2019. Cycling Weekly.
    10. Web site: Tosh Van der Sande doping case ‘will be clear by early February,’ according to manager. Alex. Ballinger. 23 January 2019. Cycling Weekly.

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