Jelle Wallays

Jelle Wallays (born 11 May 1989) is a Belgian former road cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2011 to 2023.

Career

Jelle Wallays is the brother and nephew of racing cyclists Jens Wallays and Luc Wallays. 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.

A winner of the Paris–Tours Espoirs in 2010, Wallays won the 2014 Paris–Tours having been in a breakaway that went in the opening kilometres of the race, making him the only rider to win the under-23 and elite men's editions of Paris–Tours. He added a second victory in the race in 2019.

In 2015, he won the Dwars door Vlaanderen by attacking a group of three other riders a kilometre away from the finish line.

Wallays joined for the 2016 season, with a focus on working as part of the team's sprint train.

In October 2020, Wallays signed with the team for the 2021 season.

Major results Paris-Roubaix 2023 – Secteur pavé de Quiévy à Saint-Python – N° 157 Jelle Walley.

2007 1st Stage 3b Course de la Paix Juniors 4th Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde 2009 3rd Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites 5th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 5th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs 8th Overall Mi–Août Bretonne 2010 1st Grand Prix Criquielion 1st Paris–Tours Espoirs 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Beloften 7th Circuit de Wallonie 8th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften 2011 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 4th Kattekoers 5th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig 7th Overall Tour of Britain 10th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem 2012 7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 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 Grote Prijs 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 2018 1st Stage 18 Vuelta a España 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a San Juan 4th Tacx Pro Classic 2019 1st Paris–Tours 9th Overall ZLM Tour 2020 8th Antwerp Port Epic

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish