Sander Armée

Sander Armée (born 10 December 1985) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2022.

Sander Armée

Armee at the 2014 Tour de l'Eurométropole.
Personal information
Full name	Sander Armée
Born	(1985-12-10) 10 December 1985 (age 39) Leuven, Flanders, Belgium
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2004	Olympia Tienen
2005–2006	Hand in Hand Baal
2007–2008	Profel Ziegler Continental Team
2009	Beveren 2000
Professional teams
2010–2013	Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
2014–2020	Lotto–Belisol[1][2]
2021	Team Qhubeka Assos[3]
2022	Cofidis[4]
Major wins
Grand Tours Vuelta a España 1 individual stage (2017)

Biography

Childhood and amateur career

Born in Leuven, Flanders, Armée participated in athletics, cycling, and skating during his childhood. In 2007, he was recruited by the Belgian continental cycling team Profel Ziegler. He won five races in 2007 and six in 2008.

Professional career

Armée became a professional rider in 2010, signing for the professional continental team Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator. He placed seventh in the Star Bessèges and nineteenth in the Tour of Belgium.^[5]

After four years with the team, Armée joined Lotto–Belisol for the 2014 season.^[1] He remained with the team until the end of the 2020 season, before joining Team Qhubeka Assos.^[6] In November 2021, Armée signed a contract with Cofidis for the 2022 season.^[7]

Major results

2007

2nd Circuit de Wallonie

6th Ronde van Vlaanderen U23

2008

4th Memorial Van Coningsloo

8th Flèche Ardennaise

9th Circuit de Wallonie

2009

1st Kattekoers

1st Flèche Ardennaise

7th Overall Tour de Bretagne

1st Stages 4 & 7

2010

7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

2012

4th Overall Tour of Norway

10th Druivenkoers Overijse

2013

3rd Omloop van het Waasland

5th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

6th Volta Limburg Classic

8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

2016

1st Mountains classification Tour de Romandie

5th Overall Tour of Norway

2017

Vuelta a España

1st Stage 18

Combativity award Stage 15

1st Mountains classification Tour de Romandie

2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

4th Overall Tour of Norway

2019

9th Overall Tour of Norway

2020

1st Stage 3a Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine

5th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Giro d'Italia	47	65	—	—	57	—	47	—
Tour de France	Has not contested during his career
Vuelta a España	103	—	90	19	73	73	—	DNF

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish