Rider Profile
Tim Wellens
UAE Team Emirates-XRG

Personal Details:
Teams history:
- 2025 - UAE Team Emirates-XRG
- 2024 - UAE Team Emirates
- 2023 - UAE Team Emirates
- 2022 - Lotto Soudal
- 2021 - Lotto Soudal
- 2020 - Lotto Soudal
- 2019 - Lotto Soudal
- 2018 - Lotto Soudal
- 2017 - Lotto Soudal
- 2016 - Lotto Soudal
- 2015 - Lotto Soudal
- 2014 - Lotto Belisol
- 2013 - Lotto Belisol
- 2012 - Lotto Belisol Team
Biography:
Key Results
1st overall Eneco Tour 2014-15
1st overall Tour de Pologne 2016
1st overall Tour of Guangxi 2017
1st overall Ruta del Sol 2018
1st Giro d'Italia stages 6, 2016
1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal 2015
1st Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana 2017-18
1st Trofeo Pollenca–Port de Andratx 2017
1st Grand Prix de Wallonie 2017
1st De Brabantse Pijl - La Fleche Brabanconne 2018
2nd overall Binck Bank Tour 2017
2nd overall Ster Elektrotoer 2014
2nd Belgian national time trial championships 2014
2nd Belgian national road race championships 2016
2nd Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana 2015
3rd Strade Bianche 2017
Related Articles

'Matteo and I were kind of stuck together' – Tim Wellens explains how unspoken Visma-UAE tension extended into Tour de France stage 20 breakaway with Matteo Jorgenson
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Belgian and American cross the line in eighth and ninth place on transition stage to Pontarlier

'Quinn could have attacked first if there was help' – Tour de France stage winner Tim Wellens responds after Simmons called out motorbike slipstreaming in breakaway
By James Moultrie published
News US champion and Michael Storer vent frustrations at help from in-race vehicles and lack of collaboration from Visma's Campenaerts after stage 15

'I would swap this victory in an instant for yellow with Tadej in Paris' - Tim Wellens celebrates Tour de France stage win but says Pogačar GC victory remains his top priority
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Belgian snatches UAE's fifth stage of 2025 Tour after spectacular 43-kilometre lone break

'Our only goal is yellow in Paris' – Tim Wellens explains why he 'captured' Tour de France mountain classification lead from teammate Tadej Pogačar
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Belgian swaps national champion's jersey for polka dots on stage 4

There are all the new national champions jerseys at the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia Women
By Dani Ostanek last updated
News Riders show off their new national jerseys with 46 national champions racing in France and Italy this July

'You don't win a Championships like that' – Remco Evenepoel slams Lotto and other rivals for Belgian Nationals road race tactics
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Strongest rider of day has to settle for second, 38 seconds down behind lone winner Tim Wellens

Belgian Road Championships: Tim Wellens secures men's road race title with 41km solo attack
By Matilda Price published
Results Remco Evenepoel second, Jasper Philipsen third in Binche as UAE rider proves the strongest in long race

'The team is very strong' - Narváez and Vermeersch join Tadej Pogačar for Tour of Flanders
By Dani Ostanek published
News Nils Politt, Mikkel Bjerg and Tim Wellens also in seven-rider squad to back world champion

'We didn't win, but we tried' - Tim Wellens attempts mission impossible at Kuurne with long late break
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
News Break with UAE Team Emirates-XRG racer caught 12 kilometres from the line

‘We will be one of the main favourites in these races’ - UAE Team Emirates-XRG confident ahead of Opening Weekend
By Joseph Lycett published
News Tadej Pogačar is absent from the first Spring Classic of the season as UAE Team Emirates-XRG announce their lineups for Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne
Blogs
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The fascination of the three amigos GC battle - Philippa York Vuelta a España analysis
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Nathan Haas blog: Has the UCI done enough for gravel pros at the Gravel World Championships?
Sponsored gravel riders appear to be losing interest in the rainbow jersey battle -
Lauren De Crescenzo and her tough decision to miss UCI Gravel World Championships
In her own words, the gravel star explains the complex picture of the Gravel World Championships for the US team -
A proper women's race – Historic day in Emporia at Unbound Gravel
Extended gaps around women's start end with unprecedented sprint finish though 'it’s still imperfect, but it’s the best we can do for now' -
Road prep and adapting to new rules as Life Time Grand Prix begins at Fuego XL mountain bike event
Lauren De Crescenzo uses The Growler for confidence boost ride ahead of prestigious off-road series