Belgium · 35 · GC rider · PCS rank 127
Tim Wellens
How this estimate is made. UAE Team Emirates-XRG's riders' wage pool is about €31.0M (budget €60M × 52%, the rider-wage share rising with budget). After fixed reported salaries, the rest is split by a value score — 0.6 × 2026 PCS points + 0.4 × career points per season, raised to the power 1.15 — with an age factor of 0.9 at age 35. Half of the estimate comes from the same allocation run league-wide, so leaders of small teams aren't over-priced. Floor for this rider: €213k. Typical error on a single rider is ±40%, which is the range shown above. Full method.
Career by season
Turned pro in 2012. PCS points, race days and results per season from ProCyclingStats. Prize money is what the rider generated at WorldTour and ProSeries races (PCS per-race prize lists, 2022 onwards) — pooled with the team, not kept. Generated since 2022: €101k.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | WorldTour | 405 | 48 | 2 | 5 | €20k |
| 2025 | UAE Team Emirates - XRG | WorldTour | 675 | 66 | 2 | 6 | €28k |
| 2024 | UAE Team Emirates | WorldTour | 1007 | 69 | 3 | 7 | €26k |
| 2023 | UAE Team Emirates | WorldTour | 675 | 55 | 2 | 5 | €18k |
| 2022 | Lotto Soudal | WorldTour | 568 | 59 | 2 | 7 | €9,650 |
| 2021 | Lotto Soudal | WorldTour | 649 | 59 | 2 | 2 | n/a |
| 2020 | Lotto Soudal | WorldTour | 441 | 41 | 2 | 2 | n/a |
| 2019 | Lotto Soudal | WorldTour | 1196 | 76 | 5 | 10 | n/a |
| 2018 | — | club / junior | 1496 | 64 | 7 | 12 | n/a |
| 2017 | Lotto Soudal | WorldTour | 1213 | 75 | 7 | 9 | n/a |
| 2016 | Lotto Soudal | WorldTour | 676 | 75 | 4 | 5 | n/a |
| 2015 | Lotto Soudal | WorldTour | 814 | 69 | 3 | 5 | n/a |
| 2014 | Lotto Belisol | WorldTour | 759 | 73 | 2 | 7 | n/a |
| 2013 | Lotto Belisol Team | WorldTour | 129 | 61 | — | — | n/a |
| 2012 | Lotto Belisol Team | WorldTour | 90 | 16 | — | — | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
Wellens in context
UAE Team Emirates-XRG — top earners Team →
- 1Tadej Pogačar€8.2M Reported
- 2Adam Yates€2.7M Reported
- 3João Almeida€2.5M Reported
- 4Isaac del Toro€2M Reported
- 5Brandon McNulty€1.6M Model
- 11Tim Wellens€891k Model
THE·TEAM (ex-Wasserman) Agency →
- Lenny MartinezBahrain Victorious1556 pts
- Tobias Halland JohannessenUno-X Mobility1367 pts
- Tim MerlierSoudal Quick-Step975 pts
29 WorldTour clients · 7.3% of all points · Belgium
Same salary band
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- Tiesj BenootDecathlon CMA CGM · 280 pts€901k
- John DegenkolbPicnic PostNL · 105 pts€900k
- Quinn SimmonsLidl-Trek · 646 pts€872k
- Axel LauranceNetcompany INEOS · 382 pts€859k
- Pello BilbaoBahrain Victorious · 617 pts€850k
Snapshot 13 September 2026. Salary is a gross base-salary figure for the 2026 season in euros; it excludes bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors.