Alison Jackson (née Farkash; born 14 December 1988) is a Canadian professional racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's Continental Team EF–Oatly–Cannondale.[6] In April 2023, Jackson won Paris–Roubaix Femmes, described as the "biggest win of her career".[7]
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| Full name | Alison Jackson | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | Alison Farkash 14 December 1988 Vermilion, Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | EF–Oatly–Cannondale | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Twenty16 p/b Sho-Air | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Bepink–Cogeas | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Team Sunweb[2] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Liv Racing[3][4] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | EF Education–Tibco–SVB[5] | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024– | EF Education–Cannondale | |||||||||||||||||
| Major wins | ||||||||||||||||||
| One-day races and Classics
National Road Road Championships (2021) National Road Race Championships (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editJackson was born and raised on a bison farm in rural Alberta, the second of three children. As a young adult, she competed in triathlon,[8] subsequently being offered a running scholarship at Trinity Western University. After graduating, Jackson made the decision to focus on cycling.[9]
Career
editJackson signed her first professional contract in 2015 for Twenty16 p/b Sho-Air. During her time at the team, she won stages at the Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche and the Trophée d'Or Féminin.[10][11] She rode for Canada in the women's team time trial at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships.[12]
She moved to Bepink–Cogeas for the 2017 season, before moving again to Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank in 2018.[1] During her time at Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank, Jackson won the second stage of the 2019 Women's Tour of Scotland,[13] finishing second to Leah Thomas in the overall general classification.[14] Jackson moved to Team Sunweb for the 2020 season.[2]
In July 2021, Jackson received a last minute quota spot to enter the road race competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics,[15] with Jackson finishing 32nd.[16] Jackson moved to Liv Racing for the 2021 season.[4] Following her wins in both the Canadian National Road Race Championships and the Canadian National Time Trial Championships, Jackson signed a contract extension with Liv Racing.[17] In September 2021, Jackson finished 6th in the women's road race at the 2021 UCI Road World Championships.[18]
At the end of the 2022 season, Jackson returned to the now-named EF Education–Tibco–SVB team for the 2023 season, having ridden for the team in 2018 and 2019.[5] In 2023, Jackson won Paris–Roubaix Femmes in a sprint finish, which was described as the "biggest victory of her career".[7]
Major results
editSource: [19]
- 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 Criterium
- 4th Road race
- 7th Time trial
- 1st Heusden
- 1st Points classification, Tour of the Gila
- 2nd Massemen
- 2nd Haasdonk
- 3rd Overall Tour de White Rock
- 3rd Profronde van Oostvoorne
- 4th Ridderronde Maastricht
- 5th Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 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 Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau
- 2016
- 1st Stage 6 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche
- 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 Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Gastown Grand Prix
- 6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
- Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
- 6th Road race
- 6th Criterium
- Tour de Delta
- 6th Brenco Criterium
- 6th MK Delta Criterium
- 8th Overall Cascade Cycling Classic
- 8th Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin
- 1st Stage 3
- 9th Chrono Gatineau
- 10th Philadelphia Cycling Classic
- 2017
- 1st Romanengo ITT
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 7th Time trial
- 8th Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2018
- 1st Oudenaarde–GP de President
- 2nd Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
- National Road Championships
- 4th Road race
- 5th Time trial
- 5th Winston-Salem Cycling Classic
- 6th Overall Belgium Tour
- 6th Erondegemse Pijl
- 6th GP de Plouay – Bretagne
- 8th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
- 9th Overall Ladies Tour of Norway
- 10th White Spot / Delta Road Race
- 10th Tour of Guangxi
- 2019
- 1st White Spot / Delta Road Race
- 2nd Overall Women's Tour of Scotland
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Tour of Guangxi
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
- 9th Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
- 9th Amstel Gold Race
- 2020
- 9th Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
- 2021
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st Points classification, Ladies Tour of Norway
- 5th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 5th Drentse Acht van Westerveld
- 6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 8th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 1st Stage 1
- 2022
- 1st Points classification, Tour of Scandinavia
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Drentse Acht van Westerveld
- 7th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
- 8th Overall Holland Ladies Tour
- 2023
- National Road Championships
- 1st Road race
- 4th Time trial
- 1st Paris–Roubaix
- Pan American Road Championships
- 2nd Tour de Gatineau
- 2nd Clasica de Almeria femenina
- 4th Trofeo Oro in Euro
- 5th Dwars door de Westhoek
- 5th Chrono Féminin de la Gatineau
- 2024
- 1st Stage 2 La Vuelta Feminina
- 8th Diamond Tour
- 10th Trofeo Felanitx-Colònia de Sant Jordi (Ses Salines)
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References
edit- ^ a b Frattini, Kirsten (27 February 2019). "Tibco-SVB unite in California for pre-season training camp - Gallery". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ a b "Team Sunweb". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Liv Racing". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Alison Jackson completes 2021 Liv Racing roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
- ^ a b O'Shea, Sadhbh (19 January 2023). "Alison Jackson going full circle with return to EF Education-TIBCO-SVB". VeloNews. Outside Media. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
- ^ "EF Education - Cannondale". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Here's What You Missed from 2023 Paris-Roubaix Femmes". Bicycling. 8 April 2023. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ "Prairie competitor wins Canmore Triathlon". Rocky Mountain Outlook. Great West Newspapers. 7 July 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ Bridgman, Helen (24 July 2021). "Café Talk with Alison Jackson". Voxwomen. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
- ^ Helman, Maurice (6 September 2016). "Tour de l'Ardèche (F) - Alison Jackson devant S. Eraud" [Tour de l'Ardèche (F) - Alison Jackson in front of S. Eraud]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Trophee d'Or Feminin: Stage 3 victory for Alison Jackson". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "UCI Road World Championships". UCI. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ Rogers, Owen (10 August 2019). "Alison Jackson takes victory at stage two of the Women's Tour of Scotland". Cycling Weekly. TI Media. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Leah Thomas wins inaugural Women's Tour of Scotland title". BBC Sport. BBC. 11 August 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ Hansen-McKall, Terry (14 July 2021). "Alison Jackson gets last minute Olympic invite". www.cyclingmagazine.ca/. Gripped Publishing Inc. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Omega SA. 25 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Alison Jackson heads into Paris-Roubaix Femmes with Liv contract extension". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 2 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Road Cycling World Championships: Italy's Elisa Balsamo wins gold in elite women's race". BBC Sport. 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ "Alison Jackson". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
External links
edit- Alison Jackson at UCI
- Alison Jackson at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Alison Jackson at ProCyclingStats
- Alison Jackson at Cycling Quotient
- Alison Jackson at CycleBase