Cycling News — Alison Jackson

Monday, August 15, 2022 Liv Racing Xstra rider Alison Jackson took points in intermediate sprints on each of the six stages of the Tour of Scandinavia to secure the green jersey. On the first stage from Copenhagen to Helsingør in Denmark, Jackson won the second and third intermediate sprints, catapulting her into the lead in the points classification. Wearing the green jersey at the start of stage two in Orust, Jackson took first and second in the two intermediate sprints, giving her a three-point lead in the points classification over general classification leader Marianne Vos. When her lead dropped to...

Saturday, March 12, 2022 Alison Jackson secured her first podium of the season Friday at Drentse Acht van Westerveld, sprinting to second from a reduced group. The 15th edition of Drentse Act van Westerveld covered a 134.2 km route, starting and finishing in Dwingeloo with several cobbled sectors. Throughout the race, Jackson fought to stay in the first group by staying alert when echelons formed. The peloton split before the finish, with four riders going to the line for a reduced bunch sprint. Jackson finished second aboard her Langma Advanced SL Disc. “The race was hard from the start with all the wind,” said...

13 September 2021 Liv Racing WorldTeam rider Alison Jackson turned in a dominating performance at the 2021 Canadian Road National Championships, winning both the time trial and road race in elite women’s competition. The 32-year-old Jackson, from Vermilion, Alberta, struck first in the time trial, finishing the 28km race in 39:58. Carrying the top form that saw her win a stage at the Simac Ladies Tour WorldTour race in the Netherlands last month, Jackson was unstoppable on the out-and-back course in Sainte-Georges, Quebec. She finished 43 seconds ahead of 2019 bronze medalist Marie-Soleil Blais, who took second. "It’s always been my goal to...

25 August 2021 After an early breakaway, Alison Jackson rode to her first Women’s WorldTour victory ahead of the peloton in stage one of the Simac Ladies Tour. The win moved Jackson into the general classification leaders jersey as well as two more classification leads: combativity and mountain. Liv Racing WorldTeam athlete Alison Jackson backed up her finishes at last week’s Tour of Norway with her first-ever Women’s WorldTour win on Wednesday. After finishing just 15 seconds off the win in Tuesday’s short time trial prologue, Jackson went on the attack early in stage one of the Simac Ladies Tour. Just 25km into...