Sam Welsford
Australian cyclist (born 1996)
Sam Welsford (born 19 January 1996) is an Australian professional racing cyclist , who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe .[ 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] 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
Road
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend
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Did not compete
DNF
Did not finish
IP
Race in Progress
Track
2013
UCI World Junior Championships
1st
1st
3rd Joshua Harrison ) 2014
UCI World Junior Championships
1st
2nd Oceania Championships
1st
1st Scott Law )
National Championships
2nd Team pursuit
2nd Madison (with Matthew Jackson)
3rd Individual pursuit
3rd Scratch 2015
2nd
National Championships
2nd Points race
2nd Scratch
2nd Omnium 2016
1st Team pursuit , UCI World Championships
1st National Championships
2nd Team pursuit , Olympic Games
2017
1st Team pursuit , UCI World Championships
Oceania Championships
1st
1st
3rd
National Championships
1st Cameron Meyer )
1st
1st 2018
Commonwealth Games
1st Scratch
1st Team pursuit National Championships
1st
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
1st
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
1st Kelland O'Brien ) 2021
3rd Team pursuit , Olympic Games
2024
1st Team pursuit , Olympic Games
References
External links
1908 : Jones , Kingsbury , Meredith , Payne (GBR ) 1920 : Carli , Ferrario , Giorgetti , Magnani (ITA ) 1924 : De Martino , Dinale , Menegazzi , Zucchetti (ITA ) 1928 : Facciani , Gaioni , Lusiani , Tasselli (ITA ) 1932 : Cimatti , Pedretti , Ghilardi , Borsari (ITA ) 1936 : Charpentier , Goujon , Lapébie , Le Nizerhy (FRA ) 1948 : Adam , Blusson , Coste , Decanali (FRA ) 1952 : Campana , De Rossi , Messina , Morettini (ITA ) 1956 : Domenicali , Faggin , Gandini , Gasparella , Pizzali (ITA ) 1960 : Arienti , Testa , Vallotto , Vigna (ITA ) 1964 : Claesges , Henrichs , Link , Streng (EUA ) 1968 : Frey , Asmussen , Lyngemark , Olsen (DEN ) 1972 : Schumacher , Colombo , Haritz , Hempel (FRG ) 1976 : Vonhof , Braun , Lutz , Schumacher (FRG ) 1980 : Manakov , Movchan , Osokin , Petrakov , Krasnov (URS ) 1984 : Grenda , Nichols , Turtur , Woods (AUS ) 1988 : Ekimov , Kasputis , Nelyubin , Umaras (URS ) 1992 : Steinweg , Walzer , Fulst , Glöckner , Lehmann (GER ) 1996 : Capelle , Ermenault , Monin , Moreau (FRA ) 2000 : Fulst , Bartko , Becke , Lehmann , Pollack (GER ) 2004 : Brown , Lancaster , McGee , Roberts (AUS ) 2008 : Clancy , Manning , Thomas , Wiggins (GBR ) 2012 : Clancy , Thomas , Burke , Kennaugh (GBR ) 2016 : Clancy , Burke , Doull , Wiggins (GBR ) 2020 : Consonni , Ganna , Lamon , Milan (ITA ) 2024 : Bleddyn , Welsford , Leahy , O'Brien (AUS )
1990s
1993 : Australia, Brett Aitken , Stuart O'Grady , Billy Shearsby , Tim O'Shannessey 1994 : Germany, Guido Fulst , Andreas Bach , Jens Lehmann , Danilo Hondo 1995 : Australia, Bradley McGee , Stuart O'Grady , Rodney McGee , Tim O'Shannessey 1996 : Italy, Adler Capelli , Cristiano Citton , Andrea Collinelli , Mauro Trentini 1997 : Italy, Cristiano Citton , Mario Benetton , Adler Capelli , Andrea Collinelli 1998 : Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko , Sergiy Matveyev , Oleksandr Fedenko , Oleksandr Klymenko 1999 : Germany, Robert Bartko , Jens Lehmann , Daniel Becke , Guido Fulst 2000s
2000 : Germany, Guido Fulst , Sebastian Siedler , Daniel Becke , Jens Lehmann 2001 : Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko , Serhii Cherniavskyi , Lyubomyr Polatayko , Oleksandr Fedenko 2002 : Australia, Peter Dawson , Brett Lancaster , Stephen Wooldridge , Luke Roberts 2003 : Australia, Graeme Brown , Peter Dawson , Brett Lancaster , Luke Roberts 2004 : Australia, Ashley Hutchinson , Luke Roberts , Peter Dawson , Stephen Wooldridge 2005 : Great Britain, Steve Cummings , Rob Hayles , Paul Manning , Chris Newton 2006 : Australia, Peter Dawson , Matthew Goss , Mark Jamieson , Stephen Wooldridge 2007 : Great Britain, Ed Clancy , Geraint Thomas , Paul Manning , Bradley Wiggins 2008 : Great Britain, Ed Clancy , Geraint Thomas , Paul Manning , Bradley Wiggins 2009 : Denmark, Casper Jørgensen , Jens-Erik Madsen , Michael Færk Christensen , Alex Rasmussen , Michael Mørkøv 2010s
2010 : Australia, Jack Bobridge , Rohan Dennis , Michael Hepburn , Cameron Meyer 2011 : Australia, Jack Bobridge , Rohan Dennis , Michael Hepburn , Luke Durbridge 2012 : Great Britain, Ed Clancy , Peter Kennaugh , Steven Burke , Geraint Thomas , Andy Tennant 2013 : Australia, Glenn O'Shea , Alex Edmondson , Mitchell Mulhern , Alexander Morgan 2014 : Australia, Glenn O'Shea , Alex Edmondson , Luke Davison , Miles Scotson 2015 : New Zealand, Pieter Bulling , Dylan Kennett , Alex Frame , Marc Ryan 2016 : Australia, Sam Welsford , Michael Hepburn , Callum Scotson , Miles Scotson , Alexander Porter Luke Davison 2017 : Australia, Sam Welsford , Cameron Meyer , Alexander Porter , Nick Yallouris , Kelland O'Brien Rohan Wight 2018 : Great Britain, Ed Clancy , Kian Emadi , Ethan Hayter , Charlie Tanfield 2019 : Australia, Sam Welsford , Leigh Howard , Alexander Porter , Cameron Scott , Kelland O'Brien 2020s
2020 : Denmark, Lasse Norman Hansen , Julius Johansen , Frederik Rodenberg , Rasmus Pedersen 2021 : Italy, Liam Bertazzo , Simone Consonni , Filippo Ganna , Jonathan Milan , Francesco Lamon 2022 : Great Britain, Ethan Hayter , Oliver Wood , Ethan Vernon , Daniel Bigham 2023 : Denmark, Niklas Larsen , Carl-Frederik Bévort , Lasse Norman Leth , Rasmus Pedersen , Frederik Rodenberg 2024 : Denmark, Tobias Hansen , Carl-Frederik Bévort , Niklas Larsen , Rasmus Pedersen , Frederik Rodenberg Riders in italics took part in the qualifying rounds.
