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Full name | Ally Wollaston | ||||||||||||||
Born | Auckland, New Zealand | 4 January 2001||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | AG Insurance–Soudal–Quick-Step | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road Track | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Amateur team | |||||||||||||||
2020 | Velo Project | ||||||||||||||
Professional team | |||||||||||||||
2021– | NXTG Racing | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
Wollaston got into cycling through her family as they were helping out with the St Peter's School Cycling Team.[3] Wollaston was educated at St Peter's School, and is currently[when?] a law student at the University of Waikato.[4]
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.[5]
Wollaston began racing professionally on the road for NXTG Racing in August 2021. In January 2022, Wollaston won the National criterium championships.[6] 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.[7]