Wilfried Nelissen (

Tongeren Tongeren (; french: Tongres ; german: Tongern ; li, Tóngere ) is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg, in the southeastern corner of the Flemish region of Belgium. Tongeren is the oldest town in Belgium, as the onl ...

, 5 May 1970) is a former

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road racing cyclist, who specialised as a sprinter. He was involved in a crash at the end of stage 1 of the 1994

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, when he collided with a policeman. The incident also involved French rider

Laurent Jalabert Laurent Jalabert (born 30 November 1968) is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002. Affectionately known as ''"Jaja"'' (slang for a glass of wine; when he continued drinking wine as a professional, the nickname stuck ...

. Nelissen retired in 1998 due to a knee injury that he suffered in 1996 after falling during the

Gent–Wevelgem Gent–Wevelgem, officially Gent–Wevelgem – In Flanders Fields, is a road cycling race in Belgium, held annually since 1934. It is one of the classic races part of the Flemish Cycling Week, run in late March on the last Sunday before the To ...

race.

Major results

;1991 :

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: Final classification, stage 2 :

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Stage 3 ;1992 :

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: Final classification, stage 2 :

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Stages 3 and 6 : Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Stages 1 and 3 :

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Stage 1 :

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Stage 2 ;1993 : Omloop Het Volk :

Stage 2, wearing the

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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 :

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Stages 1 and 3 :

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Stage 2 :

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;1995 : Belgian road cycling champion : Paris–Nice Stages 1 and 3 : Four Days of Dunkirk Stage 3 : Ronde van Nederland Stage 3 :

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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

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* Belgian male cyclists Belgian Tour de France stage winners 1970 births Living people People from Tongeren Tour de Suisse stage winners Cyclists from Limburg (Belgium) {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1970s-stub