Ally Wollaston will leave FDJ United-SUEZ at the end of 2026 and join Lidl-Trek on a three-year contract running through 2029.
The 25-year-old New Zealander gives Lidl-Trek another major option for sprints and selective one-day races, having developed into one of the strongest fast finishers in the Women’s WorldTour during two seasons with FDJ United-SUEZ.
Wollaston said the move offered the chance to continue developing in a different environment.
“This is a really exciting new chapter in my career, and I can’t wait to join Lidl-Trek for the next three years,” she said.
Wollaston has won four times in 2026
Wollaston began this season by winning the opening two stages of the Women’s Tour Down Under, including the stage 1 sprint in Willunga and a harder uphill finish on stage 2 in Paracombe.
She then successfully defended her Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race title and won the New Zealand road championship for the second time.
Those results followed a breakthrough 2025 road season in which Wollaston won the Cadel Evans race for the first time, the Surf Coast Classic and the overall classification at the Tour of Britain Women.
Her British victory showed the broader racing range that Lidl-Trek are recruiting. Wollaston began the final stage three seconds behind Cat Ferguson before repeatedly taking intermediate bonus seconds and eventually overhauling Ferguson to win the 2025 Tour of Britain Women by four seconds.
Her full record is available on ProCyclingUK’s Ally Wollaston rider profile.
Lidl-Trek see more than a pure sprinter
Wollaston will enter a Lidl-Trek squad that already contains Elisa Balsamo, but the team do not see the New Zealander simply as another conventional sprint option.
Women’s team manager Frank Schleck highlighted her combination of speed, power and race instinct, saying Wollaston’s ability to win from different situations would give Lidl-Trek more tactical possibilities.
“She has the ability to win from a sprint, but she is much more than a pure sprinter,” Schleck said.
That versatility has been strengthened by Wollaston’s track background. She won Olympic silver in the team pursuit and bronze in the omnium at Paris 2024 before becoming world champion in both the omnium and elimination race later that year.
On the road she has increasingly been able to carry that speed through harder races, making reduced sprints and selective Classics particularly suitable targets.
Wollaston said Lidl-Trek’s existing strength in those areas was part of the attraction of the move, with the New Zealander expecting to contribute to the team’s sprint and Classics programme while continuing to pursue her own opportunities.
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Her signing also continues a busy period of recruitment for Lidl-Trek’s women’s squad. Arlenis Sierra has already signed through 2028, adding experience and further sprint support around Balsamo.
Wollaston brings a different role. At 25 and with victories already ranging from bunch sprints to WorldTour one-day races and an overall stage-race title, Lidl-Trek are signing her as a rider capable of becoming one of their leaders over the next three seasons.
