Tim Wellens is one of Lotto Soudal's most reputable riders over the last decade and one of it's most important. Largely due to the relegation possibilities the team faces, the 31-year old is looking for a new squad to represent in the coming years and UAE Team Emirates lead the way.
It had already been rumoured that the Belgian would likely be leaving, however now the rumours seem certain. It has been said by Het Nieuwsblad that Wellens is on the verge of signing for UAE Team Emirates, who are making the effort to diversify their classics lineup.
Wellens has been a prolific winner over the last decade with several dozen wins across the board despite being a baroudeur. He's taken four Grand Tour stage wins at the Giro and Vuelta over the years, aswell as some big wins such as the GP de Montreal and the GC in several World Tour races: Benelux Tour (twice), Tour de Pologne and the Tour of Guangxi all sit on his palmarès.
With Tadej Pogacar's performance in the cobbled classics campaign this year, it's possible that the Belgian has also been hired with the intent of assisting the Slovenian in a field where the team does not yet have a world-class lineup.
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- Funny I've watched that moment a few times when Cancellara powered away and thought was that for real? Now Pogacar does similar regularly and I don't know what to think?roadman5412123-12-2024
- "He's such a good leader and motivator." Really?roadman5412123-12-2024
- Most of these have nothing to do with rider safety or are completely unachievablevappaxbipmv23-12-2024
- Depends on how fast the Cipressa would be beforehand and in what condition Philipsen would bevappaxbipmv23-12-2024
- Some things sound crazy until they aren't, what if he's actually right? 🤷vappaxbipmv23-12-2024
- Why make a comment to state the obvious? Of course MvdP is much better at CX than Pogacar, does anyone doubt that But that wasn't his pointvappaxbipmv23-12-2024
- If you look at road alone obvi Pogacar is the better rider. But maybe MVDP is the better overall rider since he can win in three plus disciplines?mobk23-12-2024
- Correction on 2021 Olympics. It was mainly the Dutch ladies who didn’t know who was leading the race. Other teams like the Germans and Italians knew that Kiesenhofer was out front.mobk23-12-2024
- A champion turning into a sore loser. Or is he on coke again?
UltimateOpportunist23-12-2024 - If you look at the major races they’ve both been in, van der Poel had the early edge as lately Pogacar has had the advantage. It’s all on procyclingstats.RidesHills23-12-2024