Armand de Las Cuevas

Armand de Las Cuevas (26 June 1968 – 2 August 2018) was a French racing cyclist.

Armand de Las Cuevas

Las Cuevas at the 1993 Paris–Nice
Personal information
Full name	Armand de Las Cuevas
Born	26 June 1968 Troyes, France
Died	2 August 2018 (aged 50) Réunion, France
Team information
Discipline	Road Track
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1989–1993	Reynolds
1994–1995	Castorama
1996	Petit Casino
1997–1998	Banesto
1999	Amica Chips-Costa de Almería
Major wins
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (1998) Clásica de San Sebastián (1994) French Road Race Championship (1991) Giro d'Italia, 1 stage (1994)

He won prestigious races such as the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré and the Clásica de San Sebastián. A time trial specialist, he won many prologues and individual time trials in the early 1990s. He also competed in track pursuit racing, and was bronze medalist in the discipline at the 1990 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Japan.

De Las Cuevas retired to Réunion in 1999, where he founded a cycling school. He committed suicide there in 2018.[1]

Major results

1988

1st Overall Tour de Bretagne

1990

1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Asturias

3rd Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

1991

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st GP Ouest–France

1st Stage 3 Bicicleta Vasca

1992

1st Prologue Tour de Romandie

1993

1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges

1st Stage 2

1st Grand Prix des Nations

1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice

1994

1st Overall Vuelta a Burgos

1st Stage 2

1st Clásica de San Sebastián

1st Paris–Camembert

1st Prologue Tour de Romandie

9th Overall Giro d'Italia

1st Prologue

1995

1st Trophée des Grimpeurs

1998

1st Overall Route du Sud

1st Stage 2

1st Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

References

1. "Armand De Las Cuevas est décédé". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

External links

• Armand de Las Cuevas at Cycling Archives