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Tim Wellens
Tim Wellens (born 10 May 1991) is a Belgian professional road cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG.
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 five Grand Tour stages – one each at the 2016 Giro d'Italia and the 2018 Giro d'Italia, two at the 2020 Vuelta a España, and one at the 2025 Tour de France – and the Belgian National Time Trial Championships in 2024.
Born in Sint-Truiden, Wellens rode as a junior for the Avia Cycling Team alongside the likes of Dylan Teuns and Gijs Van Hoecke, before riding for two-and-half seasons with the Davo–Lotto development team. He won the young rider classification at the 2012 Circuit des Ardennes, prior to turning professional in the middle of that season, joining the Lotto–Belisol team.
Wellens made his début with the Lotto–Belisol team at the 2012 GP José Dubois, where he finished eighth; he later made his first appearances on the UCI World Tour, by competing in the Canadian pair of races in Quebec and Montreal, attempting to bridge to each race's breakaway during the respective events. Wellens performed strongly in the season-ending Tour of Beijing, finishing each of the race's stages inside the top 25 placings – taking a best of fifth on the final stage – en route to a final overall finish of tenth, and second to Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank rider Rafał Majka in the young rider classification.
In his first full season with the team in 2013, Wellens recorded his best overall finish at the Tour de Wallonie, where he finished in eighth place. He also finished second in both the mountains and young rider classifications, losing out on the latter on countback to compatriot Olivier Chevalier.
In May 2014, and having finished second to Kristof Vandewalle in the Belgian National Time Trial Championships, Wellens made his Grand Tour début at the Giro d'Italia. During the race, he recorded two second-place stage finishes – on stage six behind overall leader Michael Matthews at Monte Cassino, and stage seventeen behind Stefano Pirazzi in Vittorio Veneto. After another second-place finish in the general classification, to Philippe Gilbert, at June's Ster ZLM Toer, Wellens took his first professional victories at the Eneco Tour in August. On the sixth stage, Wellens attacked with around 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) remaining and ultimately soloed to the win in Aywaille, almost a minute clear of his nearest rival. Having assumed the race leader's white jersey, Wellens maintained his seven-second race lead through the final stage for the overall victory. Before the end of the season, Wellens recorded further high placings at the GP Ouest-France (sixth) and the Giro di Lombardia (fourth).
Wellens started the season with finishes of tenth in the Trofeo Andratx–Mirador d'Es Colomer and second in the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana one-day races held as part of the Vuelta a Mallorca, and also finished tenth overall at Paris–Nice. Wellens made his first start at the Tour de France, but he later described his race performance as "really bad". During stage six of August's Eneco Tour, Wellens attacked on the Côte Saint-Roch, then won nine seconds in the sprints in the golden kilometre. The main group was not able to chase Wellens down and his lead extended during the downhill run into Houffalize; he won the stage by 49 seconds ahead of Greg Van Avermaet, with Simon Geschke third. Wellens moved into the overall lead, 1' 03" ahead of Van Avermaet, with Wilco Kelderman dropping to third. Wellens defended his lead on the final stage to win his second successive Eneco Tour. The following month, Wellens won his first one-day race as a professional, winning the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal in a sprint against Adam Yates, after the duo broke clear of the field in the closing stages.
Wellens won the final stage of Paris–Nice; having been a part of the day's breakaway, Wellens was its last survivor and remained clear until the final climb of Col d'Èze, where he was caught by Richie Porte and Alberto Contador. The trio worked together on the descent, as Porte and Contador were chasing the general classification victory, but Wellens ultimately won the sprint on the Promenade des Anglais. Having placed in the top ten at the Amstel Gold Race, Wellens won the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia, attacking from the breakaway, that he had earlier bridged across to, with around 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) remaining before the finish in Roccaraso – for his first Grand Tour stage win.
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Tim Wellens
Tim Wellens (born 10 May 1991) is a Belgian professional road cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates XRG.
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 five Grand Tour stages – one each at the 2016 Giro d'Italia and the 2018 Giro d'Italia, two at the 2020 Vuelta a España, and one at the 2025 Tour de France – and the Belgian National Time Trial Championships in 2024.
Born in Sint-Truiden, Wellens rode as a junior for the Avia Cycling Team alongside the likes of Dylan Teuns and Gijs Van Hoecke, before riding for two-and-half seasons with the Davo–Lotto development team. He won the young rider classification at the 2012 Circuit des Ardennes, prior to turning professional in the middle of that season, joining the Lotto–Belisol team.
Wellens made his début with the Lotto–Belisol team at the 2012 GP José Dubois, where he finished eighth; he later made his first appearances on the UCI World Tour, by competing in the Canadian pair of races in Quebec and Montreal, attempting to bridge to each race's breakaway during the respective events. Wellens performed strongly in the season-ending Tour of Beijing, finishing each of the race's stages inside the top 25 placings – taking a best of fifth on the final stage – en route to a final overall finish of tenth, and second to Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank rider Rafał Majka in the young rider classification.
In his first full season with the team in 2013, Wellens recorded his best overall finish at the Tour de Wallonie, where he finished in eighth place. He also finished second in both the mountains and young rider classifications, losing out on the latter on countback to compatriot Olivier Chevalier.
In May 2014, and having finished second to Kristof Vandewalle in the Belgian National Time Trial Championships, Wellens made his Grand Tour début at the Giro d'Italia. During the race, he recorded two second-place stage finishes – on stage six behind overall leader Michael Matthews at Monte Cassino, and stage seventeen behind Stefano Pirazzi in Vittorio Veneto. After another second-place finish in the general classification, to Philippe Gilbert, at June's Ster ZLM Toer, Wellens took his first professional victories at the Eneco Tour in August. On the sixth stage, Wellens attacked with around 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) remaining and ultimately soloed to the win in Aywaille, almost a minute clear of his nearest rival. Having assumed the race leader's white jersey, Wellens maintained his seven-second race lead through the final stage for the overall victory. Before the end of the season, Wellens recorded further high placings at the GP Ouest-France (sixth) and the Giro di Lombardia (fourth).
Wellens started the season with finishes of tenth in the Trofeo Andratx–Mirador d'Es Colomer and second in the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana one-day races held as part of the Vuelta a Mallorca, and also finished tenth overall at Paris–Nice. Wellens made his first start at the Tour de France, but he later described his race performance as "really bad". During stage six of August's Eneco Tour, Wellens attacked on the Côte Saint-Roch, then won nine seconds in the sprints in the golden kilometre. The main group was not able to chase Wellens down and his lead extended during the downhill run into Houffalize; he won the stage by 49 seconds ahead of Greg Van Avermaet, with Simon Geschke third. Wellens moved into the overall lead, 1' 03" ahead of Van Avermaet, with Wilco Kelderman dropping to third. Wellens defended his lead on the final stage to win his second successive Eneco Tour. The following month, Wellens won his first one-day race as a professional, winning the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal in a sprint against Adam Yates, after the duo broke clear of the field in the closing stages.
Wellens won the final stage of Paris–Nice; having been a part of the day's breakaway, Wellens was its last survivor and remained clear until the final climb of Col d'Èze, where he was caught by Richie Porte and Alberto Contador. The trio worked together on the descent, as Porte and Contador were chasing the general classification victory, but Wellens ultimately won the sprint on the Promenade des Anglais. Having placed in the top ten at the Amstel Gold Race, Wellens won the sixth stage of the Giro d'Italia, attacking from the breakaway, that he had earlier bridged across to, with around 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) remaining before the finish in Roccaraso – for his first Grand Tour stage win.