Ally Wollaston Explained

Ally Wollaston
Fullname:Ally Wollaston
Birth Date:4 January 2001
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Height:170 cm[1]
Discipline:Road
Track
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2020
Amateurteam1:Velo Project
Proyears1:2021–

Ally Wollaston (born 4 January 2001) is a New Zealand professional track racing cyclist and road cyclist riding for .[2] She was a double-medallist at the 2024 Paris Olympics and is the first New Zealand rider to win two titles at the same track World Championships.

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 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]

At the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark, Wollaston become the first New Zealand rider to win two world championship titles at the same track world championships,[14] taking gold medals in the elimination race[15] [16] and the omnium[14] [17] [18] as well as bronze in the scratch race.[19]

Major results

Sources:[20] [21]

Road

2018
  • National Junior Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 2nd Time trial
    2019
  • National Junior Championships
  • 1st Road race
  • 4th Time trial
    2020
  • National Under-23 Championships
  • 3rd Road race
  • 4th Time trial
    2021
  • 5th Overall Watersley Womens Challenge
    2022
  • 1st Road race, National Under-23 Championships
  • 1st Grand Prix du Morbihan Féminin
  • 2nd Road race, National Championships
  • 3rd Overall Belgium Tour
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 3rd Overall Bretagne Ladies Tour
    10th La Classique Morbihan 2023
  • National Championships
  • 1st Criterium
  • 1st Road race
  • 1st Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
  • 1st Overall Festival Elsy Jacobs
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Youth classification
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 1st Schwalbe Classic
    2024
  • Volta a Catalunya
  • 1st Stages 1 & 3
  • 1st Stage 1 Tour Down Under

    Track

    2018
  • 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships
    2019
  • UCI World Junior Championships
  • 1st Individual pursuit
  • 2nd Team pursuit
  • 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Hong Kong
    2023
  • 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
    2024
  • UCI World Championships
  • 1st Elimination
  • 1st Omnium
  • 3rd Scratch
  • Olympic Games
  • 2nd Team pursuit
  • 3rd Omnium

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Ally Wollaston. New Zealand Olympic Committee. 1 May 2023.
    2. Web site: AG INSURANCE – SOUDAL QUICK-STEP TEAM. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 9 February 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230209151102/https://www.uci.org/team-details/18516. 9 February 2023.
    3. Web site: Ally Wollaston . ProCyclingStats . 11 August 2024.
    4. News: McFadden . Suzanne . Kiwi sister trinity conquering the cycling world . 11 August 2024 . . 5 September 2019.
    5. Web site: Three golds for cyclist Ally Wollaston . . 11 August 2024 . 7 March 2023.
    6. Web site: Athletes who choose Fondo l Meet road and track cyclist Ally Wollaston . Fondo . 14 May 2022 . en.
    7. Web site: Ally Wollaston : Bachelor of Laws (LLB) . . 3 September 2020 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20191209201940/https://www.waikato.ac.nz/about/hillary/scholars/AllyWollaston.shtml . 9 December 2019.
    8. News: Gold, silver, bronze for our athletes . 11 August 2024 . Cambridge News . 11 August 2024.
    9. Web site: McFadden . Suzanne . Kiwi sisters conquering the cycling world . . 3 September 2020 . 5 September 2019.
    10. Web site: Archbold and Wollaston criterium honours in Christchurch . Cycling New Zealand . 14 May 2022 . en . 16 January 2022.
    11. News: NZ cycling team suffers cruel injury blow on eve of Comm Games . Brodyn . Knuckey . 27 July 2022 . 1News . 7 August 2022.
    12. News: Sewell . Jane . Recovered cycling star back on track for Paris . 11 August 2024 . . 21 June 2024.
    13. News: Olympics 2024: Ally Wollaston wins omnium bronze medal to bring the curtain down on the Paris Games . 11 August 2024 . Radio New Zealand.
    14. Web site: Wollaston joins select group after winning second world track title. Cycling New Zealand. 19 October 2024.
    15. Web site: Ally Wollaston wins cycling world championship title. . 19 October 2024.
    16. Web site: Wollaston betters cycling superstars to claim elimination race gold medal. Sportzhub. 19 October 2024.
    17. Web site: Wollaston doubles down with second world gold in omnium. 1news. 19 October 2024.
    18. Web site: Kiwi cyclist makes history at world champs. Otago Daily Times. 19 October 2024.
    19. Web site: Ally Wollaston makes bronze medal-winning start on the track. Cycling New Zealand. 19 October 2024.
    20. Web site: Ally Wollaston . www.procyclingstats.com . 14 May 2022.
    21. Web site: Ally Wollaston . FirstCycling.com . 14 May 2022.

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