Sam Welsford Explained
Sam Welsford (born 19 January 1996) is an Australian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam .[1] [2]
Cycling career
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 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
Road
- 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 ScheldeprijsGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
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IP | Race in Progress | |
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Track
- 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
- 2024
1st Team pursuit, Olympic GamesNotes and References
- Web site: Bora–Hansgrohe . UCI.org . 6 January 2024.
- Web site: Sam Welsford AUS Team RIO 2016 . 19 January 2017 . Cycling Australia.
- Web site: Sam Welsford. 2021-12-31. Australian Olympic Committee. en-AU.
- http://www.tissottiming.com/File/Download?id=00030D0001010463FFFFFFFFFFFFFF01 Start list
- http://www.tissottiming.com/File/Download?id=00030D0001010401FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 Final Results
- Web site: Welsford wins two golds within 30 minutes at UCI Track Cycling World Championships. 28 February 2019. www.insidethegames.biz. 1 May 2019.
- Web site: Leigh HOWARD. 2021-12-23. Olympics.com.
- Web site: Sam Welsford signs with Team DSM for two years . 30 November 2021 . Cycling News. 24 November 2021 .