Introduction
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. 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 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.
In 2015, he won the Dwars door Vlaanderen by attacking a group of three other riders a kilometer away from the finish line.
Wallays joined Lotto–Soudal for the 2016 season, with a focus on working as part of the team's sprint train. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.
Career achievements
Major results
- 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 Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Beloften
- 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 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 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — |
 Tour de France |
— | — |
 Vuelta a España |
92 | 151 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |