Tim Wellens

Tim Wellens

Wellens at the 2014 Ronde van Limburg
Personal information
Full name	Tim Wellens
Born	10 May 1991 Sint-Truiden, Belgium
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Team information
Current team	Lotto–Soudal
Discipline	Road mountain biking (former)
Role	Rider
Rider type	Puncheur
Amateur team(s)
2009	Avia Cycling Team
2010–2012	Davo Lotto Davitamon
Professional team(s)
2012–	Lotto–Belisol
Major wins
Grand Tours Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (2016) Stage races Eneco Tour (2014, 2015) Tour de Pologne (2016) One-Day Races and Classics GP de Montréal (2015)
Infobox last updated on 13 September 2015

Wellens (centre) during the final stage of the 2013 Tour Down Under

Tim Wellens (born 10 May 1991) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, and former mountain bicycle racer, who rides for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Soudal.^[1]

Career

Born in Sint-Truiden, Wellens has competed as a professional since the middle of the 2012 season,^[2] joining the Lotto–Belisol team after three seasons with the squad's development team. 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.^[3][4] 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,^[5][6] and second to Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank rider Rafał Majka in the young rider classification.^[7]

In August 2014, Wellens won the General classification and Stage 6 in the Eneco Tour. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.^[8]

Career achievements

Major results

2008

1st National Junior Cross-Country Championships

2009

2nd Overall Tour d'Istrie

1st Stage 1

3rd Overall Tre Giorni Orobica

5th Overall Liège–La Gleize

1st Stage 4

2010

7th Overall Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc

2011

5th Overall Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc

5th National Under-23 Time Trial Championships

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

8th Grand Prix José Dubois

10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

10th Overall Tour of Beijing

2013

8th Overall Tour de Wallonie

2014

1st Overall Eneco Tour

1st Stage 6

2nd Overall Ster Elektrotoer

2nd National Time Trial Championships

4th Giro di Lombardia

6th GP Ouest-France

2015

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

1st Overall Tour de Pologne

1st Mountains classification

1st Intermediate sprints classification

1st Stage 5

Giro d'Italia

1st Stage 6

Held after Stages 7–9

1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice

2nd National Road Race Championships

10th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana

10th Amstel Gold Race

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2014	2015	2016
Giro	54	-	96
Tour	-	129	-
Vuelta	-	-	-

WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress

References

1. "Lotto Belisol (LTB) – BEL". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
2. "Tim Wellens debuts". Lotto–Belisol. Belgian Cycling Company sa. 14 July 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
3. Atkins, Ben (7 September 2012). "Simon Gerrans takes breakaway sprint victory in GP Québec". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
4. Moore, Kyle (9 September 2012). "Lars Petter Nordhaug nails career best win in GP Cycliste de Montréal". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
5. Stokes, Shane (13 October 2012). "Cummings beats Hesjedal to scoop final stage of Tour of Beijing, Martin wins overall". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
6. Ryan, Barry (13 October 2012). "Tony Martin wins second consecutive Tour of Beijing". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
7. "Well done Tim Wellens!". Lotto–Belisol. Belgian Cycling Company sa. 13 October 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2012.
8. "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.

External links

• Lotto-Belisol profile
• Tim Wellens profile at Cycling Archives
• Cycling Quotient profile