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
Stage races Eneco Tour (2014, 2015) One-Day Races and Classics Grand Prix Cycliste 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]

Palmarès

2007

3rd National Novice Cross-Country Championships

2008

1st National Junior Cross-Country Championships

2009

1st Classique des Alpes

2nd Overall Kroz Istru

1st Stage 1

3rd Overall Tre Giorni Orobica

3rd Limburg Provincial Championships

5th Overall Liège–La Gleize

1st Stage 4

2010

1st La Roche

4th Mémorial Gilbert Letêcheur Rochefort

7th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie

2011

2nd Zuidkempense Pijl

2nd La Roche

3rd Challenge de Hesbaye

5th Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie

2012

1st Borlo Chrono

2nd Overall Toscana-Coppa delle Nazioni

2nd Overall Vuelta a Navarra

3rd Limburg Provincial Championships

4th Circuit de Wallonie

8th Overall Circuit des Ardennes

8th GP 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^[9]

10th Trofeo Andratx-Mirador d'es Colomer^[10]

10th Overall Paris–Nice^[11]

2016

1st Stage 7 Paris–Nice

10th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana

10th Amstel Gold Race

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.
9. "Mallorca Challenge: Valverde solos to victory in Deià". cyclingnews.com. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
10. "Mallorca Challenge: Cummings wins on Mirador d'Es Colomer". cyclingnews.com. 30 January 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
11. "Richie Porte takes Paris-Nice overall victory". cyclingnews.com. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.

External links

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