Lizzie Williams (born 15 August 1983) is an Australian former

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, who rode professionally between 2014 and 2018 for the Specialized Securitor, , and teams.

Career

Williams originally quit the sport in 2004 and returned ten years later at the end of 2013, spending the time before her comeback as a teacher whilst playing

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. In a gap in the 2014 NRS calendar, Williams was a guest rider in the USA with Jono Coulter-managed team Vanderkitten for a couple of months. Coulter suggested she apply for the Amy Gillett Cycling Scholarship, she was awarded the 2014 scholarship to race with the Australian National team in Europe the next month. She rode at the

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. Williams would be offered a contract with Australian UCI Women's Team for 2015, achieving her first UCI win that year. With the pressure of an Olympic year in 2016, an injury plagued spring classics season proved to be the breaking point for Williams and she left the Australian base in Europe unannounced. Williams reconnected with Jono Coulter to ride for his co-managed US-based UCI team in 2017. Williams had signed with for 2018 taking more of a leadership role in the higher UCI-ranked team. In between the 2017 and 2018 road seasons, Williams would not return to racing with Tibco, citing the isolation from family of athlete life overseas, choosing to retire to preserve her mental health.

Major results

;2003 : 1st MaillotAustralia

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, National Road Championships ;2014 : 4th Overall

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: 6th

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: 7th Overall

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: 8th Road race, Oceania Road Championships ;2015 : 1st SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn : 2nd Silver medal Oceania

Road race, Oceania Road Championships : 3rd Overall

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: 5th

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: 5th

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: 8th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs : 9th Overall

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: 9th Overall

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: 9th

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;2016 : 2nd

, National Road Championships : 6th Overall

::1st Stage 3 ;2017 : 4th

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Lizzie 1983 births Living people Australian female cyclists Cyclists from Victoria (state) Sportswomen from Victoria (state)