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

## Major results
### 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

| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Giro d'Italia | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career | Has not contested during his career |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | — | 131 | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | 92 | 151 | 143 | 144 | — | — | — | |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |