Australia · 30 · Sprinter · PCS rank 254
Sam Welsford
How this estimate is made. Netcompany INEOS's riders' wage pool is about €25.5M (budget €52M × 49%, the rider-wage share rising with budget). After fixed reported salaries, the rest is split by a value score — 0.6 × 2026 PCS points + 0.4 × career points per season, raised to the power 1.15 — with an age factor of 1.0 at age 30. Half of the estimate comes from the same allocation run league-wide, so leaders of small teams aren't over-priced. Floor for this rider: €198k. Typical error on a single rider is ±40%, which is the range shown above. Full method.
Career by season
Turned pro in 2022. PCS points, race days and results per season from ProCyclingStats. Prize money is what the rider generated at WorldTour and ProSeries races (PCS per-race prize lists, 2022 onwards) — pooled with the team, not kept. Generated since 2022: €75k.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Netcompany INEOS | WorldTour | 267 | 50 | 1 | 5 | €15k |
| 2025 | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | WorldTour | 289 | 33 | 3 | 4 | €16k |
| 2024 | Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe | WorldTour | 280 | 50 | 4 | 6 | €21k |
| 2023 | Team dsm - firmenich | WorldTour | 698 | 66 | 4 | 11 | €18k |
| 2022 | Team DSM | WorldTour | 193 | 56 | 1 | 3 | €4,265 |
| 2021 | — | club / junior | 0 | 1 | — | — | n/a |
| 2020 | Northern Beaches Cycling Club | club / junior | 7 | 7 | — | — | n/a |
| 2019 | Pro Racing Sunshine Coast | Continental | 0 | 5 | — | — | n/a |
| 2018 | Australian Cycling Academy - Ride Sunshine Coast | Continental | 5 | 8 | — | — | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
Welsford in context
Netcompany INEOS — top earners Team →
- 1Egan Bernal€2.5M Reported
- 2Carlos Rodríguez€2.5M Reported
- 3Thymen Arensman€2.2M Model
- 4Dorian Godon€2M Model
- 5Filippo Ganna€2M Reported
- 15Sam Welsford€578k Model
Same salary band
- Bauke MollemaLidl-Trek · 191 pts€581k
- Léo BisiauxDecathlon CMA CGM · 406 pts€579k
- David GauduGroupama-FDJ United · 91 pts€579k
- Thibaud GruelGroupama-FDJ United · 449 pts€576k
- Luke LampertiEF Education-EasyPost · 293 pts€575k
- Nils PolittUAE Team Emirates-XRG · 341 pts€573k
Snapshot 13 September 2026. Salary is a gross base-salary figure for the 2026 season in euros; it excludes bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors.