.JPG) Wellens at the 2014 Ronde van Limburg | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Tim Wellens |
| Born | 10 May 1991 Sint-Truiden, Flanders, Belgium |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] |
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | UAE Team Emirates |
| Disciplines | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Puncheur Classics specialist |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2009 | Avia Cycling Team |
| 2010–2012 | Davo–Lotto |
| Professional teams | |
| 2012–2022 | Lotto–Belisol[2][3][4] |
| 2023– | UAE Team Emirates |
| Major wins | |
Grand Tours
| |
Tim Wellens (born 10 May 1991) is a Belgian professional road cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.[5]
Since turning professional in 2012, and coming from a family of professional cyclists, Wellens has taken almost forty professional victories including a record four overall victories (2014, 2015, 2023, 2024) – as well as four stage wins – in the Benelux Tour. Further to this, Wellens has taken UCI World Tour victories at the 2015 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, the 2016 Tour de Pologne and the 2017 Tour of Guangxi. He has also won four Grand Tour stages – one each at the 2016 Giro d'Italia and the 2018 Giro d'Italia, and two at the 2020 Vuelta a España – and the Belgian National Time Trial Championships in 2024.
- ^ a b "Tim Wellens". UAE Team Emirates. CGS Cycling Team AG. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
- ^ "Lotto-Soudal". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Lotto Soudal". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Team - UAE Team Emirates". UAE Team Emirates. Retrieved 10 January 2023.