Kelly Druyts

Kelly Druyts
Druyts in 2008
Personal information
Full nameKelly Druyts
Born (1989-11-21) 21 November 1989 (age 35)
Wilrijk, Belgium
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Team information
Current teamChevalmeire
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Professional teams
2007Lotto–Belisol Ladiesteam
2008–2017Topsport Vlaanderen–Thompson Ladies Team
2018–2019Doltcini–Van Eyck Sport[1]
2020–Chevalmeire Cycling Team[2]
Major wins
UCI World Scratch Race Championships (2014)

Kelly Druyts (born 21 November 1989) is a Belgian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Chevalmeire.[3] She finished in second place in the Belgian National Road Race Championships in 2010.[4] She won a bronze medal in the scratch race at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and gold in the scratch race at the 2014 Championships.

Druyts is from a sporting family: her father, Ronny, played youth football with Beerschot AC and at the senior level with Dynamo Niel, where he was a champion in the Belgian Provincial leagues, her sister Steffy was a multiple national champion in gymnastics, and she is the sister of racing cyclists Jessy Druyts, Demmy Druyts, Lenny Druyts and Gerry Druyts. Kelly was a national champion in triathlon and duathlon before focussing on cycling.[5]

Major results

Road

2006
1st Grimbergen Juniors
2007
1st Hoogstraten-Wortel
2008
3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
2009
1st Road race, Brabant Provincial Road Championships
1st Incourt
1st Beauraing
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
4th Sparkassen Giro Bochum
9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
2010
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
10th Sparkassen Giro
2012
1st Road race, Antwerp Provincial Road Championships
6th Overall Belgium Tour
6th Omloop van het Hageland
2013
5th Erondegemse Pijl
6th Knokke-Heist – Bredene
7th Omloop van het Hageland
2014
1st Hillegemum
1st Stage 6 Trophée d'Or Féminin
1st Stage 4 Holland Ladies Tour
3rd Diamond Tour
7th Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik
7th Sparkassen Giro Bochum
2015
2nd Diamond Tour
8th La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta
2016
3rd Trofee Maarten Wynants
5th Erondegemse Pijl
8th Le Samyn des Dames
9th Diamond Tour
10th Grand Prix de Dottignies
2017
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
5th Grand Prix de Dottignies
10th Erondegemse Pijl
2018
1st Road race, Antwerp Provincial Road Championships
1st Stage 3 Panorama Guizhou International Women's Road Cycling Race
6th Overall Tour of Zhoushan Island
1st Stage 3
7th Brabantse Pijl
8th Omloop van Borsele
10th Overall Tour of Chongming Island
2019
4th Diamond Tour
5th Erondegemse Pijl
7th MerXem Classic
7th Grand Prix International d'Isbergues

Track

2007
National Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Keirin
1st Team sprint (with Jenifer De Merlier)
1st Points race
2009
1st Omnium, National Track Championships
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships (with Jolien D'Hoore and Jessie Daams)
2010
UEC European Under-23 Track Championships
1st Team pursuit (with Jolien D'Hoore and Jessie Daams)
2nd Scratch
2nd Scratch, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Cali
2011
1st Scratch, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali
2012
3rd Scratch, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2013
National Track Championships
1st 500m time trial
1st Points race
2nd Points race, Grand Prix of Poland
3rd Points race, International Belgian Open
2014
1st Scratch, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Belgian Xmas Meetings
1st Points race
1st Scratch
2nd Points race, UEC European Track Championships
International Belgian Open
2nd Points race
3rd Scratch

References

  1. ^ "Doltcini-Van Eyck met Belgische en Franse aanwinsten naar 2019" [Doltcini-Van Eyck with Belgian and French acquisitions for 2019]. Vrouwenpeloton.be (in Dutch). Vrouwenpeloton. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Chevalmeire Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Bingoal-Chevalmeire Cycling Team". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Kelly Druyts". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
  5. ^ Lemmens, Karel (4 May 2015). "De koersmama deel 1: Hoe groei je uit tot een wielerfamilie?" [The race mama part 1: How do you grow a cycling family?]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 May 2016.