Ally Wollaston will depart AG Insurance-Soudal after signing a brand new two-year contract with FDJ-SUEZ starting in 2025 by means of to the top of 2026. The New Zealander’s aims might be to hunt stage wins and help the workforce’s leaders within the main occasions on the WorldTour.
“I’m extraordinarily grateful for the chance to affix FDJ Suez and am actually trying ahead to the following two years as I proceed to develop on the highway, exploring my full potential and studying from the workforce leaders, Wollaston mentioned.
“I imagine we may be aggressive throughout all parcours subsequent 12 months, and I’m excited to play my half.”
Wollaston signed her first skilled contract with the event workforce NXTG Racing in August of 2021 the place she then spent one full season in 2022 earlier than workforce modified names to AG Insurance-Soudal in 2023 after which acquired a WorldTour licence for the primary time this season.
The 23-year-old from Auckland, New Zealand, has had a profitable profession with eight skilled wins within the final three seasons. Her achievements embody the general victory at Festival Elsy Jacobs and general podiums on the Lotto Belgium Tour and Bretagne Ladies Tour.
She has additionally secured a stage win on the Women’s Tour Down Under in January, which was her first WorldTour victory, and a podium on the Giro d’Italia Women final 12 months. She additionally gained the New Zealand highway race title in 2023.
In June, Wollaston gained two phases of Volta Ciclista a Catalunya forward of Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike), the place she additionally gained the most effective sprinter classification.
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Ally Wollaston wins stage 1 on the Santos Women’s Tour Down Under (Image credit score: Getty Images)
A multi-discipline rider in highway and monitor racing, Wollaston represented New Zealand through the Olympic Games in Paris, the place she gained the silver medal within the Team Pursuit and bronze within the Omnium.
Stephen Delcourt, basic supervisor at FDJ-SUEZ, mentioned the workforce has been protecting a detailed eye on Wollaston’s progress over the past three seasons and so they imagine that she is a “pure expertise.”
“FDJ-SUEZ may be very proud to announce the arrival of Ally Wollaston beneath the workforce’s jersey for the following two seasons,” Delcourt mentioned.
“We have been watching Ally’s rise over the previous couple of seasons, impressed by her pace, versatility and attacking spirit. Ally has demonstrated her capability to shine at the most effective degree and can have an amazing function to play for us.”
