A capital surprise that was experienced in the current edition of Paris-Roubaix for women. Against all odds, in a race where almost all the protagonists of the international peloton were present, Alison Jackson ended up prevailing.
The likeable Canadian earned the respect of the whole world for her character both on and off the bike. In the race, she carried the weight of the winning escape and finished off with a formidable sprint that is already the history of the event, in addition, her great charisma in her networks has managed to captivate the general public. The Jackson phenomenon is already a reality.
Born in the Canadian municipality of Farkash in 1988, Jackson has spent a lifetime linked to cycling. She started down the path of pro in 2015 but it wasn’t until 2020 that she got signed by a World Tour squad. She thus made the leap from her to Europe together with the German Team Sunweb.
Her great abilities as a roller ensured her to be linked in 2021 and 2022 with Liv Racing, but her record was not too spectacular. Of course we can talk about Jackson as one of those secondary actresses so important for any team despite the fact that she appears in fewer headlines than her leaders.
In 2023 the opportunity came to make the leap to Education First and for the moment he is taking advantage of it to perfection. Hers He has accumulated four top 10 finishes in her last four races with her very important victory in Paris-Roubaix that triggered her interest in her.
Not only for the victory, Alison Jackson dominates the celebrations and what better time to show it than after winning the ‘Hell of the North’. The cyclist had already viralized some of her dances before this triumph, but her celebration in Roubaix reached unsuspected heights.
Now his name and his dances are going around the world. That this happens is great news for cycling, which is taking steps in the right direction to equate the female categories to the male ones. This year’s women’s Paris-Roubaix was a five-star show that had nothing to envy to the men’s race and it was thanks to stars like Alison Jackson. It’s cyclists like her who push the women’s categories to where they should be.
