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Sander Armée (born 10 December 1985) is a Belgian former professional
Mountains classification 
Combativity award Stage 15
: 1st 
Mountains classification
road racing cyclist
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, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2022.
Biography
Childhood and amateur career
Born inLeuven
Leuven (, , ), also called Louvain (, , ), is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of Flemish Brabant in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is located about east of Brussels. The municipalit ...
, Flanders
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, 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 . He placed seventh in the Star Bessèges and nineteenth in theTour of Belgium
The Tour of Belgium (; ) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries.
It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Between 1982 and 1990 several races were not org ...
.
After four years with the team, Armée joined for the 2014 season. He remained with the team until the end of the 2020 season, before joining . In November 2021, Armée signed a contract with for the 2022 season.
Major results
;2007 : 2ndCircuit de Wallonie
Circuit de Wallonie is a cycling race held annually in Belgium
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: 6th Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
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* Tour of Flanders (men's race)
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;2008
: 4th Memorial Van Coningsloo
: 8th Flèche Ardennaise
The Flèche Ardennaise is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in the province of Liège, Belgium. Since 2010, the race is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour
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: 9th Circuit de Wallonie
Circuit de Wallonie is a cycling race held annually in Belgium
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;2009
: 1st Kattekoers
: 1st Flèche Ardennaise
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ...
: 7th Overall Tour de Bretagne
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::1st Stages 4 & 7
;2010
: 7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
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;2012
: 4th Overall Tour of Norway
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: 10th Druivenkoers Overijse
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;2013
: 3rd Omloop van het Waasland
: 5th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
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: 6th Volta Limburg Classic
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: 8th Overall Vuelta a AndalucÃa
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;2016
: 1st Mountains classification Tour de Romandie
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: 5th Overall Tour of Norway
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;2017
: Vuelta a España
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::1st Stage 18
:: Combativity award Stage 15
: 1st Mountains classification Tour de Romandie
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: 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
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: 4th Overall Tour of Norway
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;2019
: 9th Overall Tour of Norway
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;2020
: 1st Stage 3a Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France. It was first held in 1987 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Eu ...
: 5th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Armee, Sander 1985 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Cyclists from Leuven Belgian Vuelta a España stage winners 21st-century Belgian sportsmen