Johan Wellens

{{short description|Belgian cyclist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Johan Wellens | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|2|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | currentteam = | discipline = | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = | proteam1 = }} '''Johan Wellens''' (born 14 February 1956) is a Belgian former racing cyclist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=9571 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111072036/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=9571 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=11 November 2012 |title=Johan Wellens |work=Cycling Archives |accessdate=10 September 2020}}</ref> He rode in the 1981 Tour de France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=131410 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823063607/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/ritfiche.php?ritid=131410 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=23 August 2011 |title=Tour de France 1981 |work=Cycling Archives |accessdate=10 September 2020}}</ref><ref name="MdC1981">{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1981.php|title=68ème Tour de France 1981|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121062422/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tdf_1978_2005/tdf1981.php|archivedate=21 January 2012}}</ref> He is the brother of fellow racing cyclists Paul and Leo Wellens and the uncle of cyclist Tim Wellens. At the 1981 Tour, he and his brothers all rode for the Sunair–Sport 80–Colnago team as domestiques for Freddy Maertens.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.proximus.be/pickx/nl/2147609/paul-wellens-de-renner-die-freddy-mercury-inspireerde |title=Paul Wellens: de renner die Freddy Mercury inspireerde |author=Tagtik |date=11 June 2021 |website=proximus.be| language=Dutch |trans-title=Paul Wellens: the rider who inspired Freddy Mercury|access-date=10 July 2022}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wellens, Johan}} Category:1956 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian male cyclists Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:Cyclists from Hasselt Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen