{{Short description|Belgian cyclist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Jelle Wallays | image = Jelle Walays (2023).jpg | caption = Wallays in 2023 | fullname = <!-- if different --> | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|05|11}} | birth_place = [[Roeselare]], [[West Flanders]], Belgium | height = 1.85 m | weight = 77&nbsp;kg | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = Classics specialist | amateuryears1 = 2008–2010 | amateurteam1 = Beveren 2000<ref name=lotto /> | amateuryears2 = 2010 | amateurteam2 = {{UCI team code|TSV|2010}} ''(stagiaire)'' | proyears1 = 2011–2015 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TSV|2011}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://62.50.72.82/UCIBWS/(S(mh3lmmg3gz4f3lkxxqxmvrns))/Teams/detail/en/ROA/3025|title=Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise (TSV)&nbsp;– BEL|access-date=6 February 2014|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|work=[[UCI Continental Circuits]]}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> | proyears2 = 2016–2020 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|LTS|2016}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.directvelo.com/equipe/1048/lotto-soudal#riders-2019|title=Lotto-Soudal|language=fr|work=Directvelo|publisher=Association Le Peloton|access-date=3 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/steff-cras-and-matthew-holmes-complete-lotto-soudals-2020-roster/|title=Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=27 October 2019|access-date=2 January 2020}}</ref> | proyears3 = 2021–2023 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|COF|2021}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15236/1000563/279|title=Cofidis|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=1 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101063704/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15236/1000563/279|archive-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> | majorwins = '''[[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tours]]''' :'''[[Vuelta a España]]''' ::1 individual stage ([[2018 Vuelta a España|2018]]) '''[[Classic cycle race|One-day races and Classics]]''' :[[Paris–Tours]] ([[2014 Paris–Tours|2014]], 2019) :[[Dwars door Vlaanderen]] ([[2015 Dwars door Vlaanderen|2015]]) }}

'''Jelle Wallays''' (born 11 May 1989) is a [[Belgians|Belgian]] former road [[Bicycle racing|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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/cnt/dmf20130306_00494821 |title=Wielermilieu rouwt na overlijden Luc Wallays |last= Tytgat|first=Martin|date=7 March 2013 |website=[[Het Nieuwsblad]]|language=nl|trans-title=Cycling milieu mourns after death of Luc Wallays|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref> 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]].<ref name=lotto>{{cite web|url=http://lottosoudal.be/presentation-new-rider-jelle-wallays/?lang=en|title=Presentation new rider: Jelle Wallays|website=[[Lotto–Soudal]]|access-date=30 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601190323/http://lottosoudal.be/presentation-new-rider-jelle-wallays/?lang=en|archive-date=1 June 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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 {{convert|237.5|km|abbr=on}} race, making him the only rider to win the under-23 and elite men's editions of Paris–Tours.<ref>[http://www.supersport.com/cycling/international/news/141012/Wallays_wins_ParisTours_classic Wallays wins Paris-Tours classic]</ref> He added a second victory in the race in 2019.

In 2015, he won the [[2015 Dwars door Vlaanderen|Dwars door Vlaanderen]] by attacking a group of three other riders a kilometre away from the finish line.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/dwars-door-vlaanderen-2015/results|title=Wallays wins Dwars door Vlaanderen|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=25 March 2015|access-date=26 March 2015}}</ref>

Wallays joined {{UCI team code|LTS|2016}} for the 2016 season, with a focus on working as part of the team's [[sprint train]].<ref name=lotto /> He was named in the startlist for the [[2016 Vuelta a España]].<ref name="Vuelta">{{cite web |url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Vuelta_a_Espana_2016_Startlist |title=71st Vuelta a España |access-date=20 August 2016 |work=ProCyclingStats |archive-date=8 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608213554/http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Vuelta_a_Espana_2016_Startlist |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In October 2020, Wallays signed with the {{UCI team code|COF|2021}} team for the 2021 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.equipecofidis.com/fr/actualites/2020-10-24/jelle-wallays-experience-au-service-de-cofidis|title=Jelle Wallays, l'expérience au service de Cofidis|language=fr|trans-title=The experienced Jelle Wallays, at the service of Cofidis|work={{UCI team code|COF|2020}}|publisher=Groupe Cofidis Participations|date=24 October 2020|access-date=25 October 2020}}</ref>

==Major results== [[File:Paris-Roubaix 2023 - Secteur pavé de Quiévy à Saint-Python - N° 157 Jelle Valley.jpg|thumb|300px|Paris-Roubaix 2023 – Secteur pavé de Quiévy à Saint-Python – N° 157 Jelle Walley.]] {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;2007 : 1st Stage 3b [[Course de la Paix Juniors]] : 4th [[Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde]] ;2009 : 3rd Overall [[Kreiz Breizh Elites]] : 5th [[Belgian National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Under-23 Road Championships : 5th [[Paris–Roubaix Espoirs]] : 8th Overall [[Mi-Août en Bretagne|Mi–Août Bretonne]] ;2010 : 1st [[Grand Prix Criquielion]] : 1st [[Paris–Tours Espoirs]] : 5th [[Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23|Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Beloften]] : 7th [[Circuit de Wallonie]] : 8th [[Ronde van Vlaanderen U23|Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften]] ;2011 : 3rd [[Belgian National Road Race Championships|Road race]], National Road Championships : 4th [[Ghent–Wevelgem U23|Kattekoers]] : 5th [[Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig]] : 7th Overall [[2011 Tour of Britain|Tour of Britain]] : 10th [[Egmont Cycling Race|Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem]] ;2012 : 7th [[2012 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens|Grote Prijs Jef Scherens]] : 9th Overall [[2012 Tour de Wallonie|Tour de Wallonie]] ;2013 : 1st Stage 1 [[2013 World Ports Classic|World Ports Classic]] : 4th [[Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig]] : 7th Overall [[Dwars door West-Vlaanderen|Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen]] : 7th [[Grote Prijs Stad Geel]] : 7th [[2013 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens|Grote Prijs Jef Scherens]] : 8th Overall [[2013 Danmark Rundt|Post Danmark Rundt]] ;2014 : 1st [[2014 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]] : 1st [[Omloop van het Houtland]] : 3rd [[Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig]] : 7th Overall [[2014 Danmark Rundt|Danmark Rundt]] : 7th [[Ronde van Drenthe]] : 9th [[Druivenkoers Overijse]] : 10th [[2014 Chrono des Nations|Chrono des Nations]] ;2015 : 1st [[2015 Dwars door Vlaanderen|Dwars door Vlaanderen]] : 1st [[Grand Prix Criquielion]] : 1st [[Duo Normand]] (with [[Victor Campenaerts]]) : 4th Overall [[2015 Tour de Luxembourg|Tour de Luxembourg]] : 7th [[Schaal Sels]] : 8th Overall [[Ster ZLM Toer]] ;2016 : 1st [[Grand Prix Pino Cerami]] : 4th [[Dwars door het Hageland]] : 9th Overall [[Dwars door West-Vlaanderen|Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen]] ;2018 : 1st Stage 18 [[2018 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] : 1st Stage 6 [[2018 Vuelta a San Juan|Vuelta a San Juan]] : 4th [[Tacx Pro Classic]] ;2019 : 1st [[2019 Paris–Tours|Paris–Tours]] : 9th Overall [[2019 ZLM Tour|ZLM Tour]] ;2020 : 8th [[Antwerp Port Epic]] {{div col end}}

===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grand Tour]] ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey pink.svg|20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey]] [[General classification in the Giro d'Italia|Giro d'Italia]] | style="color:#4d4d4d;" colspan=8|Has not contested during his career |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey]] [[General classification in the Tour de France|Tour de France]] | — | — | — | — | — | [[2021 Tour de France|131]] | — | — |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | [[File:Jersey red.svg|20px|link=|alt=A red jersey]] [[General classification in the Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]] | [[2016 Vuelta a España|92]] | [[2017 Vuelta a España|151]] | [[2018 Vuelta a España|143]] | [[2019 Vuelta a España|144]] | — | — | — | |}

{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | [[Did not finish]] |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{UCI}} * {{Cycling Archives}} * {{ProCyclingStats}} * {{CQ Ranking}} * {{CycleBase}}

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