Leo Wellens

{{Short description|Belgian cyclist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Leo Wellens | image = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|3|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hasselt, Belgium | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | currentteam = | discipline = | role = | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = | proteam1 = | majorwins = }}

'''Leo Wellens''' (born 14 March 1959) is a Belgian former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/leo-wellens-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418122725/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/leo-wellens-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Leo Wellens Olympic Results |accessdate=10 May 2015 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref> He is the brother of fellow racing cyclists Paul and Johan Wellens and the father of cyclist Tim Wellens. At the 1981 Tour de France, 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, Leo}} Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian male cyclists Category:Olympic cyclists for Belgium Category:Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:Cyclists from Hasselt Category:20th-century Belgian sportsmen