Roy Jans

{{short description|Belgian road cyclist}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Roy Jans

| image = Heist (Knokke-Heist) - De Kustpijl, 13 september 2014 (H22).JPG

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| caption = Jans at the 2014 De Kustpijl

| fullname = Roy Jans

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{bda|1990|9|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bilzen, Belgium

| height = 1.78 m

| weight = 68 kg

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Sprinter

| amateuryears1 = 2009–2010

| amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|LTS U23|2009}}

| amateuryears2 = 2011

| amateurteam2 = UC Seraing Crabbé Performance

| proyears1 = 2012

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|SKT|2012}}

| proyears2 = 2013–2016

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|AJW|2013}}

| proyears3 = 2017

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|WBC|2017}}

| proyears4 = 2018

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|CIB|2018}}

| proyears5 = 2019–2021

| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|COC|2019}}{{cite news|url=http://www.corendon-circus.be/website/single-news.php?id=886|title=Corendon-Circus maakt plannen voor 2019 bekend!|language=Dutch|trans-title=Corendon-Circus announces plans for 2019!|work={{UCI team code|COC|2018}}|publisher=Team Ciclismo Mundial BVBA|date=18 December 2018|accessdate=12 January 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://sporza.be/nl/2020/01/02/alpecin-fenix-selectie/|title=De nieuwe speelkameraadjes van MVDP: "Er zal meer naar ons gekeken worden"|language=Dutch|trans-title=The new playmates for MVDP: "We will be looked at more"|work=Sporza|publisher=Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie|date=2 January 2020|accessdate=3 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15247/1001488/280|title=Alpecin-Fenix|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=29 January 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109194413/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15247/1001488/280|archivedate=9 January 2021}}

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Roy Jans (born 15 September 1990) is a Belgian former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2021.

Personal life

Jans is in a relationship with 2020 world cyclo-cross champion Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado.{{cite news|first=José|last=Been|url=https://cyclingtips.com/2020/11/road-cyclocross-mtb-world-champion-ceylin-alvarado-wants-to-win-it-all/|title=The new triple-threat: World champion Ceylin Alvarado wants to win it all|work=CyclingTips|publisher=CyclingTips Media Pty Ltd|date=23 November 2020|accessdate=19 December 2020|quote=[...] she says from her house in Belgium where she lives with her partner and Alpecin-Fenix teammate Roy Jans.}}

Major results

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;2011

: 9th Grand Prix Criquielion

;2012

: 1st Kattekoers

: 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

: 5th Memorial Van Coningsloo

: 6th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

: 6th Nationale Sluitingsprijs

: 9th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem

: 9th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen

: 9th Grand Prix Criquielion

: 10th Grote Prijs Stad Geel

;2013

: 8th Handzame Classic

: 10th Châteauroux Classic

;2014

: 1st Gooikse Pijl

: La Tropicale Amissa Bongo

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st Stage 3

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

: 3rd Châteauroux Classic

: 3rd De Kustpijl

: 4th Paris–Tours

: 5th Brussels Cycling Classic

: 7th Halle–Ingooigem

: 7th Nationale Sluitingsprijs

;2015

: 1st Stage 2 Étoile de Bessèges

: 2nd Brussels Cycling Classic

: 2nd Münsterland Giro

: 3rd De Kustpijl

: 4th Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic

: 5th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

: 5th Paris–Tours

: 6th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem

: 8th Overall World Ports Classic

: 8th Nokere Koerse

: 8th Paris–Bourges

;2016

: 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs

: 2nd Münsterland Giro

: 5th De Kustpijl

: 8th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

: 9th Brussels Cycling Classic

: 10th Paris–Bourges

;2017

: 1st Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies

: 2nd Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré

: 4th Paris–Troyes

: 5th Grand Prix de Denain

: 5th Nationale Sluitingsprijs

: 5th De Kustpijl

: 6th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

: 6th Grand Prix Pino Cerami

: 7th Handzame Classic

: 8th Münsterland Giro

: 9th Halle–Ingooigem

;2018

: 1st Stage 2 Circuit des Ardennes

: 3rd Cholet-Pays de la Loire

: 4th Nokere Koerse

: 7th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne

: 7th Classic Loire-Atlantique

: 10th Gooikse Pijl

;2019

: 1st Stage 4 Tour of Antalya

: 5th Scheldeprijs

: 6th Tacx Pro Classic

: 9th Gooikse Pijl

: 9th Münsterland Giro

: 10th Omloop van het Houtland

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