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Imogen Wolff

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Imogen Wolff
Wolff in 2023
Personal information
Born (2006-03-26) 26 March 2006 (age 18)
Team information
Current teamVisma–Lease a Bike (stagiaire)
Disciplines
RoleRider
Rider typeAll-rounder
Amateur team
2023–2024Shibden Hope Tech Apex
Professional teams
2024Visma–Lease a Bike (stagiaire)
2025–Visma–Lease a Bike
Medal record
Representing  United Kingdom
Women's track cycling
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Luoyang Points race
Gold medal – first place 2024 Luoyang Team pursuit
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Cottbus Team pursuit
Women's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Zurich Junior time trial
Women's cyclo-cross
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Pontchâteau Team relay

Imogen Wolff (born 26 March 2006) is a British cyclist who rides as a stagiaire for UCI Women's WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike. She won two gold medals at the 2024 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships and won bronze in the junior time trial at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships.[1]

Career

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In March 2024 she won The Piccolo Trofeo Binda, the opening race of the junior women's Nation's Cup, with a solo attack.[2] She won the British national junior time trial in June 2024.[3]

She won two gold medals at the 2024 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships in Luoyang, China. As part of the British women's team pursuit team alongside Cat Ferguson, Carys Lloyd and Erin Boothman she set a new world record time of 4:20.811 to beat France in the final. She also won the women's points race at the Championships in August 2024.[4][5]

In September 2024, she came third in the junior time trial at the 2024 UCI Road World Championships in Zurich.[6] That month, she signed for UCI Women's World Tour Team Visma–Lease a Bike, signing a contract until 2027.[7][8][9]

Personal life

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She is from Silkstone Common in South Yorkshire.[10]

Major results

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Road

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2023
5th Road race, UCI World Junior Championships
7th Ronde van Vlaanderen Juniors
10th Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge
2024
1st Piccolo Trofeo Alfredo Binda
2nd Road race, National Junior Championships
UCI World Junior Championships
3rd Time trial
6th Road race
3rd Lincoln Grand Prix
4th Overall Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie
4th Gent–Wevelgem Juniors
4th Ronde van Vlaanderen Juniors

Cyclo-cross

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2022–2023
1st National Junior Championships
2023–2024
National Junior Trophy Series
1st South Shields
2nd Thornton in Craven
UEC European Championships
2nd Mixed relay
5th Junior race
Hope Supercross Junior
2nd Herrington Country Park
2nd Bradford
2nd Junior Hulst
4th Overall UCI Junior World Cup
2nd Antwerp
3rd Dublin
4th Benidorm
5th Troyes

Track

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2024
UCI World Junior Championships
1st Points race
1st Team pursuit
2nd Team pursuit, European Junior Championships

References

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  1. ^ "Imogen Wolff". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Briton Imogen Wolff wins Piccolo Trofeo Binda with 33km solo attack". Cycling News. 17 March 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Ferguson and Dawson Storm to National Titles at the National Junior Road Championships". British Cycling. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Daily Updates: 2024 UCI Junior Track World Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  5. ^ "Double world junior champ Imogen targets top cycling career". Barnsley Chronicle. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  6. ^ Fotheringham, Alasdair (24 September 2024). "UCI World Championships: British rising star Cat Ferguson wins junior women's time trial". Cycling News. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  7. ^ Moultrie, James (7 September 2024). "Visma-Lease a Bike Women sign top young talents Imogen Wolff and Viktória Chladonová until 2027". Cycling News. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  8. ^ "Team Visma - Lease a Bike Women welcomes young talents Wolff and Chladoňová". teamvismaleaseabike.com. 7 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Cycling prodigy Imogen Wolff signs with Dutch giants". Barnsley Chronicle. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  10. ^ "World junior bronze for Imogen in Zurich". Barnsley Chronicle. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
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