Wilfried Nelissen

Wilfried Nelissen (born 5 May 1970) is a Belgian former road racing cyclist, who specialised as a sprinter.

Nelissen took over 50 professional wins in his career, including a stage of the 1993 Tour de France and the Omloop Het Volk in 1993 and 1994, in addition to two national road race championships. He was involved in a crash at the end of stage 1 of the 1994 Tour de France, when he collided with a policeman. The incident also involved French rider Laurent Jalabert. Nelissen retired in 1998 due to a knee injury that he suffered in 1996 after falling during the Gent–Wevelgem race.

Major results

1988 3rd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten 1990 1st Seraing–Aachen–Seraing 1st Stage 7 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell 1991 (3 pro wins) 1st Overall Tour de Picardie 1st Stage 2 1st Flèche Hesbignonne 1st Stage 3b (ITT) Tour de Luxembourg 7th Omloop Het Volk 10th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 1992 (11) 1st Overall Paris–Bourges 1st Stage 2 1st Scheldeprijs 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde 1st Stage 4 (TTT) Tour de France 1st Stages 3 & 6 Tour de Suisse 1st Stages 1 & 3 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1st Stage 1 Ronde van Nederland 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Andalucía 1st Stage 1 Tour of Ireland 5th Dwars door België 7th Omloop Het Volk 1993 (7) 1st Omloop Het Volk 1st Le Samyn Tour de France 1st Stage 2

1st Stages 1, 2 & 4 Ronde van Nederland 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Andalucía 2nd Scheldeprijs 6th Binche–Tournai–Binche 8th Gent–Wevelgem 1994 (11)

1st Omloop Het Volk 1st Grand Prix d'Isbergues 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde 1st Binche–Tournai–Binche 1st Stages 1 & 2 Four Days of Dunkirk 1st Stages 1 & 3 Étoile de Bessèges 1st Stage 2 Tour Méditerranéen 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Asturias 2nd Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise 5th Classic Haribo 6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 8th GP de Fourmies 9th Paris–Tours 1995 (15)

1st Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden 1st Stages 1 & 3 Paris–Nice 1st Stage 3 Four Days of Dunkirk 1st Stage 3 Ronde van Nederland 1st Stage 2 Grand Prix du Midi Libre 1st Stages 1, 3 & 5 Étoile de Bessèges 1st Stages 1 & 2 Tour de Picardie 1st Stages 1a, 2 & 4 Route du Sud 4th Omloop Het Volk 4th Paris–Brussels 4th GP de Fourmies 5th Dwars door België 6th GP du canton d'Argovie 7th Gent–Wevelgem 8th Brussel–Ingooigem 10th Overall Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde 10th Scheldeprijs 1996 (7) 1st Clásica de Almería 1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 Étoile de Bessèges 1st Stages 1 & 4 Vuelta a Andalucía 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen 5th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne