# Tosh Van der Sande

Tosh Van der Sande (born 28 November 1990) is a Belgian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. Van der Sande is considered as a classics specialist.

## Career
### Early career

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

### Professional career

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.
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, he was temporarily suspended by his team. He was later cleared of any wrongdoing by the UCI.

## 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 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 | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |