The one of 2023 is only his fourth season as a professional cyclist (his second on a World Tour team), but sam welsford (Australia, 27 years old) begins to make a name for himself in the elite. The Australian, Team DSM rider, has been the sensation of the Vuelta a San Juan, where he has been the only rider capable of repeating stage victory. And although the scenario was not the most bombastic, the cast of sprinters he had to face was: Fabio Jakobsen, Sam Bennett, Fernando Gaviria, Peter Sagan, Elia Viviani, Giacomo Nizzolo…
All of them gave up in the last two stages against the top speed of Welsford, an expert pistard, since in the velodromes adds four world champion titles (in addition to an Olympic silver and bronze) between team pursuit and scratch. After playing sports such as football and rugby, Sam took his first steps on a bicycle almost by chance. As a child, he was curious to see where his father went, who disappeared every morning, until one day he got a bike to join his mother’s ‘group’. After his successful career on the track, he decided to focus on the road since last year, where he got his first triumph in turkey against another good team of renowned sprinters: Philipsen, Ewan, Bennett…
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After adding the second and third victories of his still scant record in Argentina, the DSM rider points to the big events on the calendar, since Cees Bol, one of the team’s assets in the sprints, set course for Astana. “This gives me a lot for the process that now begins with the whole season ahead. The success on the track that I have had in the past has given me the experience to be at the level that I am today. I was hoping to be the fastest. It is my third victory as a professional, but I hope there are many more to come if I keep working like this with the team. Winning two days in a row is not easy here because the level is very high”, summed up the aussie at the end of the Argentine round.
In the absence of knowing the rest of his calendar in 2023, Welsford will soon return to his routine in Andorra, where he has lived since 2022 Although it does not have a beach, one of its favorite places. Write down your name, because this gamer amateur (claims to be the best Call of Duty player in the squad), animal lover (Coops, his dog, passed away last year at the age of 16) and the barbecues, can give a lot to talk about this season.