Kelly Druyts (born 21 November 1989) is a Belgian

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . She finished in second place in the

Belgian National Road Race Championships The Belgian National Road Race Championship is a cycling race which decides who will become Belgian national champion for the year to come. The record for most wins is currently held by one of the most successful Belgian sprinters, Tom Steels, wh ...

in 2010. 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 Koninklijke Beerschot Antwerpen Club (), simply known as Beerschot AC, was a Belgian football club based in southern Antwerp. Beerschot played in the Belgian Pro League from 1999–2000 (as Germinal Beerschot) until 2012–13, when they were r ...

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 Lenny Druyts (born 18 May 1997) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . As a junior rider she competed in the women's junior road race at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships and 2015 UCI ...

and Gerry Druyts. Kelly was a national champion in

triathlon A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of Swimming (sport), swimming, Cycle sport, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall completion time, racing each segment sequentially with the t ...

and

duathlon Duathlon is an athletic event that consists of a running leg, followed by a cycling leg and then another running leg in a format similar to triathlons. The International Triathlon Union governs the sport internationally. Distance and format ...

before focussing on cycling.

Major results

Road

;2006 : 1st Grimbergen Juniors ;2007 : 1st Hoogstraten-Wortel ;2008 : 3rd

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

, 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 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and ...

: 4th

Sparkassen Giro Bochum The Sparkassen Giro Bochum is a road bicycle race which is annually held for both men's and women's around an urban circuit in the German city of Bochum, Germany. Since 2005 the men's race is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as UCI ...

: 9th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2010 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 10th

Sparkassen Giro The Sparkassen Giro Bochum is a road bicycle race which is annually held for both men's and women's around an urban circuit in the German city of Bochum, Germany. Since 2005 the men's race is part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Ci ...

;2012 : 1st Road race, Antwerp Provincial Road Championships : 6th Overall

Belgium Tour The Lotto Belgium Tour is an elite women's professional road bicycle stage race, held in Belgium since 2012. In the first year the tour consisted of three stages and grew with a team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race ...

: 6th

Omloop van het Hageland The Omloop van het Hageland (Tielt-Winge) is an elite women's professional road bicycle race held since 2007 in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europ ...

;2013 : 5th

Erondegemse Pijl Erondegemse Pijl (also known as Erpe-Mere) is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium and is currently rated by the UCI as a 1.2 race. Past winners References Cycle races in Belgium Women's ...

: 6th Knokke-Heist – Bredene : 7th

;2014 : 1st Hillegemum : 1st Stage 6

Trophée d'Or Féminin Trophée d'Or Féminin was a women's European Road bicycle racing, bicycle race held in France. The race was discontinued in 2016. Overall winners Jerseys As of the 2016 edition: : is worn by the overall leader of the race : is worn by the lea ...

: 1st Stage 4

Holland Ladies Tour The Holland Ladies Tourhttp://www.hollandladiestour.nl/ Official site is a women's elite professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in September since 1998 in the Netherlands. It's a tour with 6 or 7 stages. For sponsorship reasons ...

: 3rd

Diamond Tour The Spar Flanders Diamond Tour is a women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium. It is currently rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale The ''Union Cycliste Internationale'' (UCI; ; en, International Cycling Union) i ...

: 7th

Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik was an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held between Gooik and Geraardsbergen in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in ...

: 7th

;2015 : 2nd

: 8th La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta ;2016 : 3rd Trofee Maarten Wynants : 5th

: 8th

Le Samyn des Dames Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1 ...

: 9th

: 10th

Grand Prix de Dottignies The Grand Prix de Dottignies is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country ...

;2017 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 5th

: 10th

;2018 : 1st Road race, Antwerp Provincial Road Championships : 1st Stage 3

Panorama Guizhou International Women's Road Cycling Race The Panorama Guizhou International Women's Road Cycling Race is an annual professional road bicycle race for women in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countr ...

: 6th Overall

Tour of Zhoushan Island Tour of Zhoushan Island is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in China and is currently rated by the UCI as 2.2. Winners References Cycle races in China Women's road bicycle races Spring (season) events in China {{ ...

::1st Stage 3 : 7th

Brabantse Pijl The Brabantse Pijl ( en, Brabant Arrow, french: italic=yes, Flèche Brabançonne or ''Flèche Branconne'') is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant and in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been or ...

: 8th

Omloop van Borsele Omloop van Borsele ("Circuit of Borsele") is an elite List of women's road bicycle races, women's professional road bicycle race held annually since 2002 in Borsele, Netherlands. Since 2012 in women's road cycling, 2012, the event also contains a ...

: 10th Overall

Tour of Chongming Island The Tour of Chongming Island International Cycling Race is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race held in Shanghai, China, named after Chongming Island. The Tour previously consisted of two races: a stage race and a one-day race. ...

;2019 : 4th

: 5th

: 7th

MerXem Classic MerXem Classic is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in Belgium; as of 2022 it is rated by the UCI as a 1.1 race. The race was annulled in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) i ...

: 7th

Grand Prix International d'Isbergues Grand Prix International d'Isbergues (also known as Grand Prix International d'Isbergues - Pas de Calais Féminin) is an elite women's professional one-day road bicycle race held in France France (), officially the French Republic ( ...

Track

;2007 : National Track Championships ::1st MaillotBélgica

Individual pursuit ::1st MaillotBélgica

Keirin ::1st MaillotBélgica

Team sprint (with Jenifer De Merlier) ::1st MaillotBélgica

Points race ;2009 : 1st MaillotBélgica

Omnium, National Track Championships : 2nd Silver medal europe

Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships (with

Jolien D'Hoore Jolien D'hoore (born 14 March 1990) is a Belgian former track and road cyclist, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2021 for the , , , and teams. D'hoore is a 29-time national track champion as well as a four-time national road champion a ...

and

Jessie Daams Jessie Daams (born 28 May 1990) is a Belgian former racing cyclist. She competed in the 2013 UCI women's road race in Florence. Her father is the Dutch cyclist Hans Daams. Major results ;2008 : 3rd Road race, UEC European Junior Road Champio ...

) ;2010 : UEC European Under-23 Track Championships ::1st UEC Champion Jersey

Team pursuit (with

and

) ::2nd

Scratch : 2nd Silver medal blank

Scratch,

2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2010–2011 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics was a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling. The season ran from 2 December 2010 to 20 February 2011. The World Cup is organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. As in the pr ...

, Cali ;2011 : 1st Gold medal blank

Scratch,

2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup (also known as the 2011–2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, presented by Samsung for sponsorship reasons) was a multi-race tournament over a season of track cycling. The season ran from 4 November 2011 to ...

, Cali ;2012 : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Scratch,

UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...

;2013 : National Track Championships ::1st MaillotBélgica

500m time trial ::1st MaillotBélgica

Points race : 2nd Points race, Grand Prix of Poland : 3rd Points race, International Belgian Open ;2014 : 1st Jersey rainbow

Scratch,

: Belgian Xmas Meetings ::1st Points race ::1st Scratch : 2nd Silver medal europe

Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic event for men between 1984–2008 and for women 1996–2008. Starting in 2012, the points race is one of the omnium even ...

UEC European Track Championships The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC ...

: International Belgian Open ::2nd Points race ::3rd Scratch

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Druyts, Kelly 1989 births Living people Belgian female cyclists People from Wilrijk UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women) Cyclists at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Belgium Cyclists from Antwerp Belgian track cyclists 21st-century Belgian women