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Australian bicycle racer
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Male
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Birth:
19 January 1996(Subiaco, City of Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Sam Welsford (born 19 January 1996) is an Australian professional racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Pro Racing Sunshine Coast. He rode in the men's team pursuit at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships winning a gold medal. 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.
Major results
Track
- 2018
- Commonwealth Games
- National Track Championships
- UCI Track World Cup – Berlin
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Team Pursuit
- 2019
- UCI Track World Championships
- Oceania Continental Track Championships
- National Track Championships
- 2nd Madison
- 3rd Team Pursuit
- UCI Track World Cup – Madison
- 2nd Hong Kong
- 2nd Glasgow
- 2nd Melbourne Six Days
- 3rd Brisbane Six Days
- 2020
- Oceania Continental Track Championships
- 2021
- 3rdTeam pursuit, Olympic Games
Road
- 2011
- 2nd Time trial, National Novice Road Championships
- 2014
- 1st Stage 1 Goldfields Classic
- 2016
- 2nd Under-23 race, National 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 Under-23 race, National 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