Tim Wellens

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.

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.

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.

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 Saxo Bank–Tinkoff Bank rider Rafał Majka in the young rider classification.

Born in Sint-Truiden, Wellens has competed as a professional since the middle of the 2012 season, joining the Lotto–Belisol team after three seasons with the squad's development team.

Tim Wellens (born 10 May 1991) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer and former mountain bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lotto–Soudal.