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Lyne Lamoureux

Women's Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race: Ally Wollaston takes back-to-back win from small group sprint

Ally Wollaston Cadel Evans Ocean "Garcia Geelong Magdeleine Vallieres Rosita Reijnhout Amber Kraak FDJ UnitedSuez Human Powered Health
GEELONG, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 31: Ally Wollaston of New Zealand and Team FDJ United - SUEZ celebrates at finish line as race winner during the 10th Mapei Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race 2026, Women's Elite a 141.2km one day race from Geelong to Geelong / #UCIWWT / on January 31, 2026 in Geelong, Australia. (Photo by Con Chronis/Getty Images).

No one could match Ally Wollaston’s acceleration on Saturday as she launched her sprint in the closing metres to take the win at the women's Mapei Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race for a second year in a row.

On the run-in, Mavi García (UAE Team ADQ) was the first to lift the pace for the 12-rider lead group, working for a teammate, but the FDJ United-SUEZ rider with number one on her back quickly came to the front and powered to the line to to take the victory.

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