Tim Wellens thread

[trevim]

What a champion Wellens is!

Always racing hard to create his own luck in the races instead of waiting around for a meaningless GC position. Looking forward to see him taking a second one just like Gilbert did last season. On a side note, Italy always gives back to the attackers, Giro is the best

 

[robin440]

wellens favorite music is oasis? sheeeeeeesh

 

[Echoes]

Lame celebration, poor music taste but genuine good guy.

Planning to live in Wallonia on top of the Côte de Cherave (that's where he attacked in the Arrow, didn't he?), bought a land to build there. We, Walloons, surely will welcome him heartily. Limburgers have always been closer to the Walloon land than Flanders or Antwerpers.

 

[May0maniac]

He's a true allrounder, good in the hilly classics, a great stagehunter, great on cobbles (won Eneco twice) and he finished 9th in the brutal Monte Gtappa MTT.

 

[Samamba]

HERO!!!

 

[Gigs_98]

That guy just is a beast. Will he ride Rio? I think he could have a chance.

 

[Samamba]

That guy just is a beast. Will he ride Rio? I think he could have a chance.

Yes he will.
He doesn't like the heat though so if it is 30 degrees back there in august you won't see him near the front of the race.

 

[Bardamu]

This kid can go and win quite some great races. I think it will turn out great he realised last year overall GC's in GT's are nothing for him.

 

[HelloDolly]

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This kid can go and win quite some great races. I think it will turn out great he realised last year overall GC's in GT's are nothing for him.

Needs to follow the rain and the cold....no one can touch him in the bad weather

 

[classicomano]

Never stop attacking Tim. Stay awesome.

 

[PremierAndrew]

I wonder what he can do in a 2013-esque MSR

 

[Anderis]

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Needs to follow the rain and the cold....no one can touch him in the bad weather

He didn't shine in very cold LBL this year.

 

[Gigs_98]

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I wonder what he can do in a 2013-esque MSR

He could have ridden the Pompeiana and still would have won

 

[SafeBet]

8 career wins, 8 WT races.
Champion.

 

[Flamin]

I'm so glad he cracked hard on the Paris-Nice MTF this year. If he top 10'd or so there, he might have started to really believe he could be a gt rider in the future and went on sacrificing anything for that. Wasting maybe 2 or 3 years in the process to eventually find out that gt's are not made for him after all.

Now he quickly realized he's a 1-day racer/stage hunter in gt's/contender in 1-week stage races. And what a joy he is to watch in these races _O_

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

Wellens always wins in epic fashion

He's reaching peak form for another Eneco Tour I see

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

Everyone was talking about the hardest day in their life on a bike.
What did Wellens say "In the end I got slightly cold".

This guy....

 

[El Pistolero]

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Everyone was talking about the hardest day in their life on a bike.
What did Wellens say "In the end I got slightly cold".

This guy....

Lol, he's one of the most entertaining bike riders in the world, that's for sure.

 

[El Pistolero]

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Wellens always wins in epic fashion

He's reaching peak form for another Eneco Tour I see

Sadly the route is flat to accommodate the sprinters for Qatar... There's also a TTT and flat TT. There's no Ardennes stage as far as I know.

 

[Samamba]

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Wellens always wins in epic fashion

He's reaching peak form for another Eneco Tour I see

Sadly the route is flat to accommodate the sprinters for Qatar... There's also a TTT and flat TT. There's no Ardennes stage as far as I know.

Seriously? What a BS decision. The Eneco parcours of the last few years was perfect. So now there going back to the Tony Martin *** show?

 

[El Pistolero]

I kinda hope he wins the TT now lol. Not that many riders left, but I think Dowsett is still in there.

 

[GenericBoonenFan]

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Everyone was talking about the hardest day in their life on a bike.
What did Wellens say "In the end I got slightly cold".

This guy....

Your typical Belgium weather, nothing special

 

[El Pistolero]

9 wins, all WT. Pretty impressive for a 25 year old who isn't a sprinter.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

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Sadly the route is flat to accommodate the sprinters for Qatar... There's also a TTT and flat TT. There's no Ardennes stage as far as I know.

Oh yeah I looked up the route it's pretty bad indeed. What a silly decision, the last few editions the Eneco Tour was one of the best stage races on the calendar.

 

[Bardamu]

No semi AGR/LBL/TDF stages this year?