Sam Welsford
Sam Welsford (born 19 January 1996) is an Australian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.[1][2]
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| Full name | Sam Welsford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 January 1996 Perth, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Bora–Hansgrohe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2018–2019 | ACA–Ride Sunshine Coast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Team DSM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Bora–Hansgrohe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cycling career edit
Welsford's father was a keen cyclist, and Sam began joining him on rides when he was seven. Welsford worked hard at his cycling and won team pursuit junior world titles in 2013 and 2014.[3]
He rode in the men's team pursuit at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships winning a gold medal.[4][5] Welsford won the 2019 UCI Men's elite Scratch race world championships less than an hour after breaking the Men's team pursuit World Record in a time of 3 minutes 48.012 seconds.[6]
Welsford qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Kelland O'Brien, Leigh Howard and Alexander Porter. They secured a bronze medal after overlapping New Zealand who had crashed. Welsford also competed in the Men's Madison where the team finished fifth with a time of 3:48.448 and therefore did not qualify for the final.[7]
After spending much of his career as a track specialist with occasional forays onto the road, Welsford signed with UCI WorldTeam Team DSM in November 2021, for two years.[8]
Welsford participated in the 2024 Tour Down Under, where he won in three group sprints on the first, third, and fourth stages.
Major results edit
Road edit
- 2011
- 2nd Time trial, National Novice Championships
- 2014
- 1st Stage 1 Goldfields Classic
- 2016
- 2nd National Under-23 Criterium Championships
- 2017
- 1st Overall Tour of Gippsland
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
- 2nd Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic
- 2018
- 1st Noosa International Criterium
- 2nd Oita Ikoinomichi Criterium
- 3rd National Under-23 Criterium Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of the King Valley
- 1st Stage 2
- 4th Overall Tour of the Great South Coast
- 1st Stage 3
- 2019
- 1st Wal Smith Memorial - Casterton 50
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of the Riverland
- 3rd Overall Tour of the Great South Coast
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 2020
- 1st National Criterium Championships
- 1st Overall Bay Classic Series
- 1st Stage 1
- 2022 (1 pro win)
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Turkey
- 3rd Scheldeprijs
- 4th Bredene Koksijde Classic
- 2023 (4)
- 1st Grand Prix Criquielion
- Vuelta a San Juan
- 1st Stages 6 & 7
- 1st Stage 4 Renewi Tour
- 2nd Overall ZLM Tour
- 2nd Scheldeprijs
- 3rd Bredene Koksijde Classic
- 3rd Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic
- 2024 (4)
- Tour Down Under
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1, 3 & 4
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Hongrie
- 7th Scheldeprijs
Grand Tour general classification results timeline edit
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | Race in Progress |
Track edit
- 2013
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Omnium
- 3rd Madison (with Joshua Harrison)
- 2014
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Omnium
- Oceania Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Madison (with Scott Law)
- National Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 2nd Madison (with Matthew Jackson)
- 3rd Individual pursuit
- 3rd Scratch
- 2015
- 2nd Scratch, Oceania Championships
- National Championships
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Scratch
- 2nd Omnium
- 2016
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit, National Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
- 2017
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
- Oceania Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Points race
- 3rd Omnium
- National Championships
- 1st Madison (with Cameron Meyer)
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Scratch
- 2018
- Commonwealth Games
- 1st Scratch
- 1st Team pursuit
- National Championships
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 2nd Team sprint
- UCI World Cup
- 1st Omnium, Berlin
- 1st Team pursuit, Berlin
- 2019
- UCI World Championships
- 1st Scratch
- 1st Team pursuit
- Oceania Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Scratch
- National Championships
- 2nd Madison (with Cameron Scott)
- 3rd Team pursuit
- UCI World Cup
- 2nd Madison, Hong Kong (with Kelland O'Brien)
- 3rd Madison, Glasgow (with Leigh Howard)
- 2nd Six Days of Melbourne (with Cameron Scott)
- 3rd Six Days of Brisbane (with Cameron Scott)
- 2020
- Oceania Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Madison (with Kelland O'Brien)
- 2021
- 3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
References edit
- ^ "Bora–Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
- ^ "Sam Welsford AUS Team RIO 2016". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ^ "Sam Welsford". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ Start list
- ^ Final Results
- ^ "Welsford wins two golds within 30 minutes at UCI Track Cycling World Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Leigh HOWARD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "Sam Welsford signs with Team DSM for two years". Cycling News. Retrieved 30 November 2021.