{"id":333068,"date":"2025-12-07T16:04:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T16:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/333068\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T16:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T16:04:10","slug":"ineos-grenadiers-new-sprinter-spotted-at-training-camp-but-reports-say-no-contract-has-been-signed-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/333068\/","title":{"rendered":"INEOS Grenadiers new sprinter spotted at training camp \u2013 but reports say no contract has been signed yet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>However, within hours he added a sharp update reflecting the uncertainty surrounding the situation: \u201cHold on\u2026 he\u2019s at the camp 100% but now the word on the mean streets of Denia is it\u2019s still not signed\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A transfer story that refuses to settle<\/p>\n<p>Welsford had appeared set for INEOS as far back as June, when multiple reports suggested a two-year agreement was in place. Yet no official contract ever materialised, and by October there remained no confirmation from either side.<\/p>\n<p>The ambiguity created space for another contender. Team Jayco AlUla \u2014 needing a new sprinter after Dylan Groenewegen\u2019s departure \u2014 were understood to have moved for Welsford with a competitive one-year offer. That briefly looked like the most likely destination, before insiders suggested INEOS still intended to hold the 29-year-old to the terms originally agreed in June.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with Welsford arriving at the INEOS camp in Spain, the move appears closer than ever \u2014 but Benson\u2019s second update underlines that nothing is formally concluded until ink meets paper.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/samwelsford-6794a3639ee83.jpg@webp.webp\" class=\"w-auto h-auto\" alt=\"samwelsford\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Will Sam Welsford be racing in INEOS colours in 2026? The deal is reportedly still yet to be completed<\/p>\n<p>INEOS want a new sprint leader \u2013 but the wait continuesThe team has been in the market for a top-end finisher following their split with Caleb Ewan, and Welsford fits the profile: powerful, versatile, and still improving after his stint with <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclinguptodate.com\/red-bull-bora-hansgrohe\" title=\"Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Red Bull &#8211; BORA &#8211; hansgrohe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For now, though, he remains in limbo \u2014 training alongside the British superteam, yet not officially part of their roster.<\/p>\n<p>The coming days should finally deliver clarity to a transfer story that has stretched across half the season. INEOS may well have their new sprint spearhead in camp already\u2026 but until the contract is signed, the saga isn\u2019t over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; However, within hours he added a sharp update reflecting the uncertainty surrounding the situation: \u201cHold on\u2026 he\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,79612,66980,39733,177165,85,175637],"class_list":["post-333068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-geraint-thomas","tag-ineos-grenadiers","tag-red-bull-bora-hansgrohe","tag-sam-welsford","tag-sports","tag-transfers-negotiations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}