Ally Wollaston
New Zealand track racing cyclist (born 2001)
 Wollaston in 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ally Wollaston | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2001-01-04) 4 January 2001 (age 23) Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020 | Velo Project | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2021– | NXTG Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ally Wollaston (born 4 January 2001) is a New Zealand professional track racing cyclist and road cyclist riding for AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step.[2] She was a double-medallist at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Early life
Wollaston was born on 4 January 2001 in Auckland, New Zealand.[3] She is the youngest of three sisters; her sister Nina has medalled at a Para-cycling road World Cup in 2019.[4] She grew up in Auckland but later moved to the Waikato.[5] She got into cycling through her family as they were helping out with the St Peter's School cycling team.[6] Wollaston was educated at St Peter's School, and as of 2024 is a part-time law student at the University of Waikato.[7][8]
Career
Wollaston was part of the New Zealand team that won the team pursuit race in Hong Kong as part of the 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup. She also won gold in the individual pursuit at the 2019 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships.[9]
Wollaston began racing professionally on the road for NXTG Racing in August 2021. In January 2022, Wollaston won the National criterium championships.[10] She then went to join her team in Europe and got her first win for the team at the Grand Prix du Morbihan on 14 May 2022.
Wollaston was selected to represent New Zealand at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. However, she crashed and injured her wrist during stage two of the 2022 Tour de France Femmes, and was unable to compete at the Commonwealth Games.[11]
Wollaston started the 2024 season in good form and won a stage in the Tour Down Under in February. She developed knee problems, though, that required surgery at the end of March. After having missed the 2022 Commonwealth Games, this brought on fears of also missing the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, but the recovery went well. In June, she won two stages of the Volta a Catalunya in Spain.[12]
At the Paris Olympics, Wollaston won silver in the team pursuit (alongside Nicole Shields, Bryony Botha, and Emily Shearman), and a bronze medal in the omnium.[13]
Major results
Sources:[14][15]
Road
- 2018
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st
Road race - 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 2019
- National Junior Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 1st
- 2020
- National U23 Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 6th Elite National Championships Road race
- 2021
- 5th Overall Watersley Womens Challenge
- 2022
- 1st Under-23 National Road race Championships
- 1st Grand Prix du Morbihan Féminin
- 2nd Elite National Championships Road race
- 3rd Overall Bretagne Ladies Tour
- 3rd Overall Belgium Tour
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 10th La Classique Morbihan
- 2023
- 1st Schwalbe Classic
- 1st National Criterium Championships – New Zealand
- 1st Under-23 National Time trial Championships
- 1st Elite National Road race Championships
- 1st
Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs - 1st Points classification
- 1st
Youth classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 2024
- Women's Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 1
- Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stages 1 and 3
Track
- 2019
- 1st Team Pursuit (Hong Kong) 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
References
- ^ "Ally Wollaston". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
- ^ "AG INSURANCE – SOUDAL QUICK-STEP TEAM". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
- ^ "Ally Wollaston". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ McFadden, Suzanne (5 September 2019). "Kiwi sister trinity conquering the cycling world". Newsroom. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Three golds for cyclist Ally Wollaston". University of Waikato. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Athletes who choose Fondo l Meet road and track cyclist Ally Wollaston". Fondo. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "Ally Wollaston : Bachelor of Laws (LLB)". University of Waikato. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Gold, silver, bronze for our athletes". Cambridge News. 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ McFadden, Suzanne (5 September 2019). "Kiwi sisters conquering the cycling world". Stuff. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Archbold and Wollaston criterium honours in Christchurch". Cycling New Zealand. 16 January 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ Knuckey, Brodyn (27 July 2022). "NZ cycling team suffers cruel injury blow on eve of Comm Games". 1News. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
- ^ Sewell, Jane (21 June 2024). "Recovered cycling star back on track for Paris". Newsroom. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Olympics 2024: Ally Wollaston wins omnium bronze medal to bring the curtain down on the Paris Games". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "Ally Wollaston". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
- ^ "Ally Wollaston". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
External links
- Ally Wollaston at UCI
- Ally Wollaston at Cycling Archives
- Ally Wollaston at ProCyclingStats
- Ally Wollaston at CycleBase
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Riders on AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step
- Mireia Benito
- Leonie Bentveld
- Maaike Boogaard
- Julia Borgström
- Justine Ghekiere
- Sarah Gigante
- Marthe Goossens
- Kimberley Le Court
- Anya Louw
- Gaia Masetti
- Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio
- Ilse Pluimers
- Maud Rijnbeek
- Nicole Steigenga
- Julie Van de Velde
- Ally Wollaston
- Manager: Natascha Knaven-den Ouden
