Tim Wellens

Tim Wellens (born 10 May 1991) is a Belgian professional road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is the son of former racing cyclist Leo Wellens and the nephew of cyclists Paul and Johan Wellens.
Career
Born in Sint-Truiden, Wellens has competed as a professional since the middle of the 2012 season, joining the team after three seasons with the squad's development team.
2012 season
Wellens made his début with the team at the 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 placing of tenth, and second to rider Rafał Majka in the young rider classification.
2014 season
In August 2014, Wellens won Stage 6 in the Eneco Tour with a solo breakaway. The time he gained on this stage meant he ultimately won the race overall.
2015 season
He was named in the start list for the Tour de France. At the Eneco Tour, on Stage 6 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.
2016 season
At the Giro d'Italia, Wellens won Stage 6 after joining the successful breakaway partway through the stage. In July 2016, Wellens won Stage 5 of the Tour de Pologne with a solo breakaway in a rain soaked stage in which 85 riders abandoned. This gave him a lead of over 4 minutes in the general classification, which he successfully defended to the end of the race.
2017 season
Wellens abandoned Stage 15 of the Tour de France because of heat and pollen allergies which he refused to treat with a therapeutic use exemption (TUE), which he does not approve to use. Despite having asthma, Wellens does not use an inhaler and also criticised Chris Froome during his salbutamol case.
2018 season
Wellens' first victory in 2018 came at the Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana where he won the race for a second year in a row. At the Vuelta a Andalucía, Wellens won stage 4 and took the lead of the overall standings, by beating Mikel Landa on the cobbled climb of Alcalá de los Gazules.
2020 season
In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the Vuelta a España. He won two stages during the race, and finished second to Guillaume Martin in the mountains classification.
2021 season
In February 2021, he won stage 3 of the Étoile de Bessèges and finished first in the general classification.
Major results
2008
1st National Junior XC MTB Championships
4th Overall Liège–La Gleize
2009
2nd Overall Tour d'Istrie
1st Stage 1
3rd Overall Tre Giorni Orobica
5th Road race, National Junior Road Championships
5th Overall Liège–La Gleize
1st Stage 4
2010
7th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
2011
5th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
5th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie
2012
2nd Overall Toscana-Terra di Ciclismo
2nd Overall Vuelta a Navarra
4th Circuit de Wallonie
8th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
1st Young rider classification
10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
10th Overall Tour of Beijing
2013
8th Overall Tour de Wallonie
2014 (2 pro wins)
1st Overall Eneco Tour
1st Stage 6
2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Ster ZLM Toer
4th Giro di Lombardia
6th GP Ouest–France
2015 (3)
1st Overall Eneco Tour
1st Stage 6
1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
2nd Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
10th Overall Paris–Nice
10th Trofeo Andratx–Mirador d'es Colomer
2016 (4)
1st Overall Tour de Pologne
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 5
Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 6
Held after Stages 7–9
1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
10th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
10th Amstel Gold Race
2017 (7)
1st Overall Tour of Guangxi
1st Stage 4
1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
1st Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
1st Trofeo Pollenca–Port de Andratx
1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Andalucía
2nd Overall BinckBank Tour
1st Stage 6
3rd Strade Bianche
4th Brabantse Pijl
5th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
9th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
2018 (7)
1st Overall Tour de Wallonie
1st Stage 2
1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stage 4
1st Brabantse Pijl
1st Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
1st Stage 4 Giro d'Italia
3rd Overall BinckBank Tour
3rd Bretagne Classic
5th Overall Paris–Nice
1st Points classification
5th Giro di Lombardia
6th Amstel Gold Race
7th La Flèche Wallonne
7th Trofeo Lloseta–Andratx
2019 (5)
1st Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
2nd Trofeo Andratx–Lloseta
3rd Overall BinckBank Tour
1st Stage 4
3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
3rd Brabantse Pijl
4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
5th Trofeo Campos, Porreres, Felanitx, Ses Salines
8th Bretagne Classic
9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 3 (ITT)
9th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
10th Strade Bianche
10th Tre Valli Varesine
Tour de France
Held after Stages 3–17
Combativity award Stages 3 & 6
2020 (2)
Vuelta a España
1st Stages 5 & 14
Held after Stages 5–6
4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
5th Overall Volta ao Algarve
2021 (2)
1st Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1st Stage 3
4th Overall Benelux Tour
6th Overall Tour de Pologne
6th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
2022 (2)
1st Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
2nd Overall Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var
1st Stage 2
2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
2nd Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
4th Trofeo Calvià
8th Strade Bianche
8th Trofeo Pollença–Port d'Andratx
9th Brabantse Pijl
9th Japan Cup
2023 (2)
1st Overall Renewi Tour
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Andalucía
3rd Clásica Jaén Paraíso Interior
5th Overall Tour of Guangxi
5th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
6th Vuelta a Murcia
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Classics results timeline
References
External links
Belgian male cyclists
1991 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Sint-Truiden
Belgian Giro d'Italia stage winners
Belgian Vuelta a España stage winners
Cyclists from Limburg (Belgium)
Olympic cyclists for Belgium
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
21st-century Belgian people