Armand de Las Cuevas

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

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. In both the 1992 and 1994 Tour de France he finished in the top 5 of the prologue as well as the other ITT's. He won a stage in the 1994 Giro d'Italia, an ITT, and placed in the top 5 of both other time trials. He also rode strongly enough to come in 9th on general classification. In the 1994 Tour de Romandie he won the prologue and finished 2nd overall.

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.

Major results

 * 1986
 * 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Lorraine


 * 1987
 * 3rd Chrono des Herbiers


 * 1988
 * 1st Jersey green-whitebar.svg Overall Tour de Bretagne
 * 4th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
 * 4th Chrono des Herbiers


 * 1990
 * 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Asturias
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships


 * 1991
 * 1st MaillotFra.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
 * 1st GP Ouest–France
 * 1st Stage 3 Bicicleta Vasca
 * 1st Bordeaux–Caudéran
 * 2nd Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe


 * 1992
 * 4th Overall Tour de Romandie
 * 1st Prologue
 * 6th Overall Tour de l'Oise
 * 9th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe


 * 1993
 * 1st Jersey orange.svg Overall Étoile de Bessèges
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 1st Grand Prix des Nations
 * 3rd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
 * 4th Overall Paris–Nice
 * 1st Stage 7


 * 1994
 * 1st Jersey violet.svg Overall Vuelta a Burgos
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 1st Clásica de San Sebastián
 * 1st Paris–Camembert
 * 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
 * 1st Prologue
 * 2nd GP du canton d'Argovie
 * 5th Road race, National Road Championships
 * 6th Overall Giro del Trentino
 * 6th Overall Critérium International
 * 9th Overall Giro d'Italia
 * 1st Stage 1b (ITT)


 * 1995
 * 1st Trophée des Grimpeurs
 * 5th GP de la Ville de Rennes
 * 10th Overall Critérium International


 * 1996
 * 10th Subida a Urkiola


 * 1997
 * 1st Clásica de Sabiñánigo
 * 2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
 * 3rd Overall Tour of Galicia
 * 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya


 * 1998
 * 1st Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
 * 1st Jersey orange.svg Overall Route du Sud
 * 1st Stage 2
 * 9th Overall Volta ao Alentejo