Jelle Wallays
.JPG) Wallays in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jelle Wallays |
| Born |
11 May 1989 Belgium |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Lotto–Soudal |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics specialist |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2008–2010 | Beveren 2000[1] |
| 2010 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator (stagiaire) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2011–2015 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator[2] |
| 2016– | Lotto–Soudal |
| Major wins | |
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Infobox last updated on 5 December 2016 | |
Jelle Wallays (born 11 May 1989) is a Belgian road cyclist, currently riding for UCI WorldTeam Lotto–Soudal.
Career
Jelle Wallays is the brother and nephew of racing cyclists Jens Wallays and Luc Wallays.[3] He was coached by his uncle in his early racing career and competed in his first race at the age of 14. The start of his first year as a professional in 2011 was marred by a knee injury, however a few weeks after returning to competition he took the best result of his season at the Belgian National Road Race Championships, where he finished third behind Philippe Gilbert and Gianni Meersman.[1]
A winner of the under-23 Paris Tours in 2010, Wallays won the 2014 Paris Tours having been in a breakaway that went in the opening kilometres of the 237.5 km (147.6 mi) race, making him the only rider to win the under-23 and elite men's editions of Paris-Tours.[4]
In 2015, he won the Dwars door Vlaanderen by attacking a group of three other riders a kilometer away from the finish line.[5]
Wallays joined Lotto–Soudal for the 2016 season, with a focus on working as part of the team's sprint train.[1] He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.[6]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2009
- 3rd Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
- 5th National Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 5th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
- 8th Overall Mi-Août Bretonne
- 2010
- 1st Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23
- 8th Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
- 2011
- 3rd National Road Race Championships
- 4th Kattekoers
- 5th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig
- 6th National Time Trial Championships
- 7th Overall Tour of Britain
- 10th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 2012
- 7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 9th National Time Trial Championships
- 9th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 2013
- 1st Stage 1 World Ports Classic
- 4th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig
- 7th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
- 7th GP van de stad Geel
- 7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 8th Overall Post Danmark Rundt
- 2014
- 1st Paris–Tours
- 1st Omloop van het Houtland
- 3rd Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig
- 7th Overall Danmark Rundt
- 7th Ronde van Drenthe
- 9th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 10th Chrono des Nations
- 2015
- 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 1st Grand Prix Criquielion
- 1st Duo Normand (with Victor Campenaerts)
- 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 7th Schaal Sels
- 8th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 2016
- 1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 4th Dwars door het Hageland
- 9th Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2016 |
|---|---|
 Giro |
— |
 Tour |
— |
 Vuelta |
92 |
WD = Withdrew; In Progress = IP
References
- 1 2 3 "Presentation new rider: Jelle Wallays". Lotto–Soudal. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ↑ "Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise (TSV) – BEL". UCI Continental Circuits. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ↑ Tytgat, Martin (7 March 2013). "Wielermilieu rouwt na overlijden Luc Wallays" [Cycling milieu mourns after death of Luc Wallays]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). Retrieved 30 April 2016.
- ↑ Wallays wins Paris-Tours classic
- ↑ "Wallays wins Dwars door Vlaanderen". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ↑ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
External links
- Jelle Wallays profile at Cycling Archives
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