Stephen Williams (born 6 June 1996) is a Welsh professional cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProSeries Team . His career wins include the

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overall and stage one of the

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Career

After racing for and as an amateur, he joined as a

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in August 2018 and became a full member of the team in 2019. Along with Mark Cavendish, he had planned to join for the 2023 season but the team collapsed before the season began. He later accepted an offer for 2023 from on a one-year contract.

Race wins

Williams made his breakthrough in the 2018

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, an under-23 event in France. Williams dominated the four-stage race, winning the first and second stages on his way to victory in both the general and mountain classifications. He also won stage five of the Giro Ciclistico d'Italia or "Baby Giro" in the same year. His first full victory at tour level was stage five of the

, a result that also gave him the lead of the race. He rode to the line in a three-rider breakaway on the sixth and final stage, finishing second on the day but sealing overall victory by seventeen seconds. Williams achieved his first victory at

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level on stage one of the

, sprinting to first in a strong group ahead of Maximilian Schachmann and

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Grand Tour participation

Williams was selected by to ride his first

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at the

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. He was in 155th place after stage 10 and withdrew from the race prior to stage 11. His next appearance in one of cycling's showpiece three-week races was at the

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. Despite relegation from the

and failure to pre-qualify as one of the two best ProSeries teams in the previous year's points list, was given an unexpected invitation after both and declined their guaranteed wildcards. Williams finished the race in 93rd place and recorded his highest Grand Tour stage result to date, sprinting to 12th place in the final stage around

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Major results

;2016 : 3rd Overall

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;2017 : 2nd

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;2018 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

::1st

Mountains classification ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : 4th Ronde van Zuid-Holland : 5th Overall Giro Ciclistico d'Italia ::1st Stage 7 : 9th

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;2021 (2 pro wins) : 1st Jersey red

Overall CRO Race ::1st Stage 5 ;2022 (1) : 1st Stage 1

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;2023 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 8th Eschborn–Frankfurt

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Stephen 1996 births Living people British male cyclists Sportspeople from Aberystwyth Welsh male cyclists Tour de Suisse stage winners