Paul Wright (New Zealand cyclist)

Paul Wright (born 3 February 1998) is a New Zealand racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Factor Racing. He was educated at Mount Aspiring College and Warren Wilson College, attending the latter on a mountain bike scholarship.^[4] In 2025, he won the New Zealand National Road Race Championships.^[5] He is the older brother of biathlete Campbell Wright.^[6]

Paul Wright

Personal information
Born	(1998-02-03) 3 February 1998 (age 27) Wānaka, New Zealand
Team information
Current team	Factor Racing
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2018	Cycling Southland
2019	Team Skoda–Fruzio[1]
2019	Team Rauland
2020	Holdsworth Zappi Team[2]
Professional teams
2021–2022	MG.K vis Colors for Peace VPM
2023	Bolton Equities Black Spoke[3]
2024	Rembe Pro Cycling Team Sauerland
2024–	Factor Racing
Major wins
One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2025)

Major results

Road

2019

3rd Overall Manx International Grand Prix

2020

6th Overall In the footsteps of the Romans

2023

3rd Gravel and Tar Classic

5th Criterium, National Championships

2025

1st Road race, National Championships

3rd GP Brda-Collio

3rd Poreč Classic

6th Overall Istrian Spring Tour

6th GP Slovenian Istria

MTB

2015

3rd Cross-country eliminator, Oceanian Championships

2018

3rd Under-23 cross-country, Oceanian Championships