Wilfried Nelissen (Tongeren, 5 May 1970) is a former Belgian road racing cyclist, who specialised as a sprinter. 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
- 1991
- Tour de Picardie: Final classification, stage 2
- Tour de Luxembourg Stage 3
- 1992
- Paris–Bourges: Final classification, stage 2
- Tour de Suisse Stages 3 and 6
- Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Stages 1 and 3
- Ronde van Nederland Stage 1
- Vuelta a Andalucía Stage 2
- 1993
- Omloop Het Volk
- Tour de France Stage 2, wearing the yellow jersey for three days
- Ronde van Nederland Stages 1, 2 and 4
- 1994
- Belgian road cycling champion
- Omloop Het Volk
- Four Days of Dunkirk Stages 1 and 2
- Étoile de Bessèges Stages 1 and 3
- Tour Méditerranéen Stage 2
- Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 1995
- Belgian road cycling champion
- Paris–Nice Stages 1 and 3
- Four Days of Dunkirk Stage 3
- Ronde van Nederland Stage 3
- Midi Libre Stage 2
- Étoile de Bessèges Stages 1, 3 and 5
- Tour de Picardie Stages 1 and 2
- Route du Sud Stages 1A, 2 and 4
- 1996
- Paris–Nice Stage 2
- Étoile de Bessèges Stages 1, 2 and 3
External links
- Wilfried Nelissen at Cycling Archives