Back to back wins in San Juan for Team DSM with Sam Welsford

Already impressing with two wins in 12 hours with Sam Welsford sprinting to yesterday’s stage in Argentina and Marius Mayrhofer taking the honours in Australia at Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, Team DSM have taken another phenomenal win, making it three victories in 24 hours, as Welsford finished off the team’s hard work with a second incredible win on the last stage of Vuelta a San Juan.

After the breakaway was caught with a lap to go and the late attackers caught with four remaining to race, it was the last chance for the sprinters to battle it out on the race’s seventh stage. The team once again rode flawlessly, with another great lead out bringing the Australian sprinter into position to finish it off for the team at the line with his hands aloft.

After the finish, an elated Welsford said: “The boys were so good in the last lap again and looked after me so well. We hit the last kilometre and we had five guys left; it is really incredible how well drilled we are coming into the end of this week. This is super special for me and the team. Doing it once is already nice, but doing it again, with the guys winning in Australia too, is even nicer and just shows what we are capable of as a team. This is a great start to our season.”

Team DSM coach Callum Ferguson said: “After yesterday’s race, we told the boys that we need to reset and focus for today. It was stressful all day because it was a small and fast circuit but the boys really had everything under control. We stayed calm and communicated really well throughout the race, also when the two attackers went clear in the finale. The lead-out in the last two kilometres was perfect and they unleashed Sam in a great position. He could take his second win in a row here and made three wins in the last 24 hours for the team, after the great ride of the guys in Australia.”