Ally Wollaston of New Zealand wins Gold. Photo: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com
Double world champion Ally Wollaston produced a fast finish to snatch the omnium title at the UCI Nations Cup in Turkey.
Wollaston, who won both the omnium and elimination world titles, won the final double points sprint to claim the victory in the four-event omnium.
She was 14th in the opening Scratch race, before improving to be second in the Tempo race.
Wollaston then won the Elimination race, the event in which she is world champion, to leave her in third place overall, 14 points behind leader Anita Stenberg (NOR).
Ally Wollaston (New Zealand) in action. Photo: Alex Whitehead/SWpix.com
The New Zealander was in a group to gain a lap on the field for 20 bonus points but saved the best until last, winning the double-points final sprint to cement the title at the only Nations Cup event of the year.
She finished on 128 points with the Netherlands Lisa van Belle taking silver and Russia's Vareria Valgonen third.
"It was my first time on the boards since the world champs and the longest I have been off the boards. So to come away with the win is awesome," Wollaston said.
"The key today was having a good mindset and resetting after each race. I was lucky to have great support around me from the Cycling New Zealand team and I am so happy to pull off the win.
"It is the only opportunity for me to wear the rainbows this year. It felt pretty amazing. I wanted to do the rainbows justice and I feel like I did that today.
"Track is important to me and I still hope to race the worlds at the end of the year. Now I am back to the road and race at San Remo this weekend but a busy and exciting calendar."
The men's madison pairing of Tom Sexton and Keegan Hornblow finished sixth place in the 50kms event, picking up a lap on the field and points in nine of the 20 sprints.
Sprinter Sam Dakin was a tick outside his national record in men's qualifying in 9.582 and went out in the first round to Japan's Kento Yamasaki by 0.003s of a second.
Former Australian Matthew Richardson, now representing Great Britain, won the final after setting a new world record of 9.041s in qualifying.
New Zealand's Olivia King missed out of qualifying from the repechage in the women's keirin after two strong rides.
