Wilfried Nelissen

Wilfried Nelissen (Tongeren, 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
 * Held Jersey yellow.svg after Stages 2–3 & 5
 * 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 MaillotBélgica.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
 * 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 MaillotBélgica.PNG Road race, National Road Championships
 * 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