Ally Wollaston (born 4 January 2001) is a New Zealand professional track

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and road cyclist riding for . She was a double-medallist at the

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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

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, New Zealand. She is the youngest of three sisters; her sister Nina has medalled at a Para-cycling road World Cup in 2019. She grew up in Auckland but later moved to the Waikato. She got into cycling through her family as they were helping out with the St Peter's School cycling team. Wollaston was educated at St Peter's School, and as of 2024 is a part-time law student at the

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Career

Wollaston was part of the New Zealand team that won the

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race in Hong Kong as part of the

2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup (also known as the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a multi-race tournament over a track cycling season. It is the 28th series of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by t ...

. She also won gold in the

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at the

2019 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships The 2019 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships are the annual Junior World Championship for track cycling hold at Frankfurt (Oder), Germany from 14 to 18 August 2019. Medal summary Notes * Competitors named in ''italics'' only participa ...

. Wollaston began racing professionally on the road for in August 2021. In January 2022, Wollaston won the National criterium championships. She then went to join her team in Europe and got her first win for the team at the

Grand Prix du Morbihan Grand Prix du Morbihan is a single-day men's road bicycle race held annually in May around Plumelec, in the region of Brittany, France. Since 2020, the race is organised as a 1.Pro event on the UCI ProSeries, also being part of the French Road Cy ...

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 The 2022 Tour de France Femmes (officially 2022 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift) was the first edition of the Tour de France Femmes, a Cycling race, professional women's cycling race which took place from 24 to 31 July. It was the 16th ev ...

, and was unable to compete at the Commonwealth Games. In 2023, Wollaston won her first national title, winning the

New Zealand National Road Race Championships The New Zealand National Road Race Championship is a road bicycle race that takes place inside the New Zealand National Cycling Championship, and decides the best cyclist in this type of race. The first edition took place in 1934. The first winn ...

, as well as winning the

Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs The Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs formerly known as the Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs is an international women's road bicycle race held in Garnich, Luxembourg. The race was first held in 2008 as a one-day race. Between 200 ...

. Wollaston started the 2024 season in good form and won a stage in the

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in February. She developed knee problems, though, that required surgery at the end of March. After having missed the

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, this brought on fears of also missing the

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in Paris, but the recovery went well. In June, she won two stages of the

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in Spain. At the Paris Olympics, Wollaston won silver in the

(alongside

Nicole Shields Nicole Shields (born 9 September 1999) is a New Zealand road and track cyclist. She competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics, winning silver in the team pursuit (alongside Ally Wollaston, Bryony Botha, and Emily Shearman). Early life She grew up ...

Bryony Botha Bryony Botha (born 4 November 1997) is a New Zealand road and track cyclist. On the 7th of August 2024 she won a silver medal in the team pursuit during the 2024 summer Olympic Games with Ally Wollaston, Emily Shearman and Nicole Shields. Ca ...

, and

Emily Shearman Emily Shearman (born 23 February 1999) is a New Zealand racing cyclist. She represented her country at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, winning a silver medal in the team pursuit. On the 7th of August 2024 she won a silver medal in the team pursuit ...

), and a bronze medal in the

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. At the

2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were held from 16 to 20 October 2024, at the Ballerup Super Arena in Ballerup, Denmark. It was the 121st edition of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Schedule A total of 22 events were held, ...

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, Denmark, Wollaston become the first New Zealand rider to win two world championship titles at the same track world championships, taking gold medals in the

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and the

as well as bronze in the

scratch race A scratch race is a track cycling race in which all riders start together and the objective is simply to be first over the finish line after a certain number of laps. UCI regulations specify that a scratch race should be held over 15 km for ...

. In 2025, Wollaston joined

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on a two year contract. In February 2025, Wollaston won her first

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one-day race at the

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. In June 2025, Wollaston won

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Major results

Sources:

Road

;2018 : National Junior Championships ::1st Road race ::2nd

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;2019 : National Junior Championships ::1st Road race ::4th

;2020 : National Under-23 Championships ::3rd Road race ::4th

;2021 : 5th Overall Watersley Womens Challenge ;2022 (2 pro wins) : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Championships : 1st

: 2nd Road race, National Championships : 3rd Overall

Belgium Tour The Lotto Belgium Tour is an elite women's professional road bicycle stage race, held in Belgium since 2012. In the first year the tour consisted of three stages and grew with a team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle rac ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Overall

Bretagne Ladies Tour Tour de Bretagne Féminin is a women's staged cycle racing, cycle race that takes place in Brittany in north-west France. The race was previously known as the Tour de Bretagne International Féminin in 2004 and Tour de Bretagne Féminin from 2007 ...

: 10th

La Classique Morbihan La Classique Morbihan is a women's one-day cycle race which takes place in France and is currently rated by the UCI as category 1.1, having been rated 1.2 in 2015. It is held as the first race of the Grand Prix Morbihan weekend in Grand-Champ, wi ...

;2023 (3) : National Championships ::1st Criterium ::1st Road race : 1st

, National Under-23 Championships : 1st Overall

Festival Elsy Jacobs The Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs formerly known as the Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs is an international women's road bicycle race held in Garnich, Luxembourg. The race was first held in 2008 as a one-day race. Between 200 ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Youth classification ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Schwalbe Classic ;2024 (3) :

::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Stage 1

;2025 (5) : 1st Overall

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: 1st

Surf Coast Classic Surf Coast Classic is a one-day cycling race held in Australia since 2020 initially called Race Torquay. The race is held a few days before the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. It is rated as a 1.1 event on the UCI Oceania Tour The UCI Contine ...

: 1st

Clásica de Almería The Clásica de Almería () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February or March in Almería, Spain, starting and finishing in Almería itself. Established in 1986, the race was run as an amateur event in its first six years. In 1 ...

: 1st Stage 1

Tour Féminin International des Pyrénées The Tour Féminin International des Pyrénées is an elite women's professional multi-day road bicycle race held annually in the of Pyrénées of France. The event was first held in 2022 is currently rated by the UCI UCI most commonly refers to: ...

: 7th Schwalbe Women's One Day Classic

Track

;2018 : 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Junior Championships ;2019 : UCI World Junior Championships ::1st Individual pursuit ::2nd Silver medal uci

Team pursuit : 1st Team pursuit,

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, Hong Kong ;2023 : 2nd Silver medal uci

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

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;2024 :

::1st Elimination ::1st

Omnium An omnium (from Latin ''omnium'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that f ...

::3rd

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::2nd

::3rd

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wollaston, Ally 2001 births Living people People educated at St Peter's School, Cambridge New Zealand female cyclists New Zealand track cyclists People from Cambridge, New Zealand 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for New Zealand Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in cycling Olympic bronze medalists in cycling Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand University of Waikato alumni UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)