Alison Jackson (née Farkash; born 14 December 1988) is a Canadian professional

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, who rides for UCI Women's ProTeam . Since turning professional, Jackson has taken ten victories – including the Canadian National Road Race Championships in 2021 and 2023, the Canadian National Time Trial Championships in 2021, and in April 2023, she won Paris–Roubaix Femmes, described as the "biggest win of her career".

Early life

Jackson was born and raised on a bison farm in rural

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, the second of three children. As a young adult, she competed in

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, subsequently being offered a running scholarship at

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. After graduating in 2014 with a degree in human kinetics, kinesiology and exercise science, Jackson made the decision to focus on cycling.

Career

2015–2019

Jackson signed her first professional contract in 2015 for . During her time at the team, she won stages at the

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and the

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. She also rode for in the women's team time trial at the

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. She moved to for the 2017 season, before moving again in 2018, to . During her time at , Jackson won the second stage of the

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, finishing second to Leah Thomas in the overall general classification.

2020s

Jackson moved to for the 2020 season, competing in only eleven races due to the

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. Jackson moved to for the 2021 season. That July, Jackson received a last minute quota spot to enter the road race competition at the pandemic-delayed

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, with Jackson finishing 32nd. Following her wins in both the Canadian National Road Race Championships and the Canadian National Time Trial Championships, and a sixth-place finish in the women's road race at the

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in Belgium, Jackson signed a contract extension with . She won the points classification at the 2022 Tour of Scandinavia, and finished second in both the Canadian National Road Race Championships and the Drentse Acht van Westerveld, but took no individual victories. At the end of the 2022 season, Jackson returned to the now-named team for the 2023 season, having ridden for the team in 2018 and 2019. That April, Jackson won Paris–Roubaix Femmes in a sprint finish, which was described as the "biggest victory of her career". She also won two medals at the Pan American Road Championships in Panama – finishing third in the time trial and second to Skylar Schneider in the road race – and a second Canadian National Road Race Championships title, won in her home province of

. folded at the end of the 2023 season, with Jackson joining for 2024. Her first victory with the team came when she won the second stage of

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, winning the sprint into Moncofa. She also contested several

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races, including the British National Championships route, in which she was the first rider to finish. In 2025, and after top-ten placings at

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(fifth) and the

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(seventh), Jackson won the

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stage race – her first general classification victory – also winning a stage, and the points classification.

Major results

Source: ;2014 : 1st Overall Tour de White Rock ::1st Stage 1 : Tour de Delta ::2nd MK Delta Criterium ::6th Brenco Criterium : 9th White Spot / Delta Road Race ;2015 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotCan

Criterium ::4th Road race ::7th

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: 1st Heusden : 1st Points classification,

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: 2nd Massemen : 2nd Haasdonk : 3rd Overall Tour de White Rock : 3rd Profronde van Oostvoorne : 4th Ridderronde Maastricht : 5th De Klinge : 6th Overall Chico Stage Race ::1st Stages 1 & 4 : 6th Draai van de Kaai : 6th Maria-Ter-Heide : 7th Overall Tour of California : 7th Gastown Grand Prix : 8th Overall Redlands Bicycle Classic ::1st Stage 1 : 8th Cityronde van Tiel : 10th

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: 1st Stage 1 Chico Stage Race : 1st Stage 2 ( TTT) Tour of California : 2nd Overall Tour de Murrieta : 2nd Overall Tour de White Rock : 3rd White Spot / Delta Road Race : 3rd Giro di Burnaby : 3rd PoCo Grand Prix : 4th Overall Valley of the Sun ::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 5th Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Gastown Grand Prix : 6th

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::1st Stage 3 : 9th Chrono Gatineau : 10th Philadelphia Cycling Classic ;2017 : 1st Romanengo ITT : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

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: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2018 : 1st Oudenaarde–GP de President : 2nd

: 5th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic : 6th Overall Belgium Tour : 6th Erondegemse Pijl : 6th

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: 8th Overall

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: 9th Overall Ladies Tour of Norway : 10th White Spot / Delta Road Race : 10th

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;2019 : 1st White Spot / Delta Road Race : 2nd Overall Tour of Scotland ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Tour of Guangxi : 5th

, National Road Championships : 5th Overall

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: 9th Overall

: 9th

;2020 : 9th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne ;2021 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotCan

Road race ::1st MaillotCan

: 1st

Points classification, Ladies Tour of Norway : 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen : 5th Drentse Acht van Westerveld : 6th Road race,

: 8th Overall Holland Ladies Tour ::1st Stage 1 ;2022 : 1st Jersey green

Points classification, Tour of Scandinavia : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd Drentse Acht van Westerveld : 7th Overall Baloise Ladies Tour : 8th Overall Holland Ladies Tour ;2023 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotCan

Road race ::4th

: 1st

: Pan American Road Championships ::2nd Silver medal america

Road race ::3rd Time trial : 2nd Tour de Gatineau : 2nd Clásica de Almería : 4th Trofeo Oro in Euro : 5th Dwars door de Westhoek : 5th Chrono Gatineau ;2024 : 1st Stage 2

: 4th

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: 8th Flanders Diamond Tour : 10th Trofeo Felanitx–Colònia de Sant Jordi (Ses Salines) ;2025 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st

Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 5th

: 7th

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Alison 1988 births Living people Canadian female cyclists Cyclists from Alberta Olympic cyclists for Canada Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Trinity Western University alumni 21st-century Canadian sportswomen Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Germany