Tim Wellens
Tim Wellens (born 10 May 1991 in Sint-Truiden, Belgium) is an experienced all-rounder known for his strength on both rolling terrain and cobbled roads. Racing for UAE Team Emirates – XRG, he has multiple WorldTour wins. In addition to his own results, Wellens plays a valuable domestique role in Grand Tours, supporting team leaders deep into the mountains and across tough stages. Find Tim Wellens’s latest results, stats and race calendar on this page.
Biography of pro cyclist Tim Wellens
Wellens has built a career on aggression, racecraft and a willingness to attack from distance. Few riders read a race as well, and fewer still combine personal ambition with such a complete commitment to the team cause.
Now in his thirties, he has evolved from an opportunistic Classics winner into one of the most respected road captains in the sport, while still capable of winning the biggest races himself.
Early life and rise
Born in Sint-Truiden in the cycling heartland of Flanders, Wellens turned professional in 2012 and quickly made his mark with Lotto–Soudal, the team where he would spend a decade. His breakthrough came at the 2014 Eneco Tour, where he soloed to a stage win in Aywaille and held on to take the overall title, the first of his many professional victories.
Classics and stage-race wins
Through his Lotto years Wellens established himself as a punchy, attacking rider who thrived in hilly one-day races and week-long stage races. He racked up close to forty professional wins, including WorldTour victories at the 2015 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal, the 2016 Tour de Pologne and the 2017 Tour of Guangxi, and a record four overall titles at the Benelux Tour (2014, 2015, 2023, 2024). He also became a Grand Tour stage winner, taking a stage at the 2016 Giro d'Italia, another at the 2018 Giro, and two at the 2020 Vuelta a España.
Move to UAE and the domestique role
Wellens joined UAE Team Emirates from the 2023 season, where his role shifted toward supporting the team's Grand Tour ambitions. He became a trusted lieutenant for Tadej Pogačar, helping shepherd the leader through mountain stages and tough terrain, work that rarely shows up in the results sheet but is central to the team's success.
The years at UAE also brought fresh personal honours. Wellens won the Belgian national time trial title in 2024, then claimed the Belgian national road race championship in June 2025, taking the tricolour jersey ahead of Remco Evenepoel. Weeks later, wearing those national colours at the 2025 Tour de France, he produced a spectacular long-range solo to win stage 15 into Carcassonne, attacking from the breakaway and finishing well clear. The win completed his set of stage victories across all three Grand Tours.
Rider profile: strengths and style
Wellens is a true all-rounder: strong on rolling and cobbled terrain, capable in the mountains, and one of the peloton's shrewdest tacticians. His signature move is the long-range solo attack, and his ability to read when a breakaway will succeed has won him races throughout his career. That same experience and durability make him an elite domestique, able to ride hard at the front of a Grand Tour bunch and still deliver for his leader deep into a stage.
Records and milestones
- 2014, 2015, 2023, 2024 — Overall winner, Benelux Tour / Eneco Tour (record four titles)
- 2015 — Winner, Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 2016 — Stage winner, Giro d'Italia; overall winner, Tour de Pologne
- 2017 — Overall winner, Tour of Guangxi
- 2018 — Stage winner, Giro d'Italia
- 2020 — Two stage wins, Vuelta a España
- 2024 — Belgian National Time Trial Champion
- 2025 — Belgian National Road Race Champion
- 2025 — Stage 15 winner, Tour de France (completing stage wins in all three Grand Tours)
What's next for Tim Wellens?
With his Grand Tour stage-win set complete and the national jersey on his back, Wellens enters the next phase of his career as both a sought-after road captain and an opportunist still capable of winning from the break. Expect him to continue anchoring UAE's Grand Tour campaigns while picking his moments to chase personal glory in the Classics and on selective stages.
