World Tour professional Ally Wollaston continued her red-hot start to the international road cycling season claiming her first New Zealand elite women’s road race title near Cambridge.

New Zealand professionals Ella Wyllie and Finn Fisher-Black took out their respective elite time trial honours on the first day of the NZ Road Cycling Nationals near Cambridge.

A record 15 New Zealand riders from UCI World Tour teams to line up in the 2026 Elite Road Cycling National Championships in Te Awamutu on 5-7 February.

New Zealand’s Black Magic Women and Australia’s Meridian Blue Cycling have merged to form an elite women’s cycling programme to create opportunities for female cyclists from Oceania.