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Wilfried Nelissen
Belgian cyclist
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.
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