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 in 2008 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kelly Druyts |
| Born | 21 November 1989 Wilrijk, Belgium |
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Chevalmeire |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2007 | Lotto–Belisol Ladiesteam |
| 2008–2017 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Thompson Ladies Team |
| 2018–2019 | Doltcini–Van Eyck Sport[1] |
| 2020– | Chevalmeire Cycling Team[2] |
| Major wins | |
| UCI World Scratch Race Championships (2014) | |
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 edit
Road edit
- 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 edit
- 2007
- National Track Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 1st Keirin
- 1st Team sprint (with Jenifer De Merlier)
- 1st Points race
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 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 edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Chevalmeire Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ^ "Bingoal-Chevalmeire Cycling Team". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ "Kelly Druyts". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
- ^ 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.
External links edit
- Kelly Druyts at Cycling Archives
- Kelly Druyts at ProCyclingStats