
Ineos Grenadiers have announced the signing of Australian sprinter Sam Welsford on a two-year contract.
The 29-year-old, who has been at the Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe team for the past two seasons, won the first WorldTour race of this year when he took stage one of the Tour Down Under. He went on to add two more in this year's race, bringing his career total to six in the Australian stage race. He has also won the points classification there for the past two seasons.