Lizzie Williams

Lizzie Williams (born 15 August 1983) is an Australian former racing cyclist,[4] who rode professionally between 2014 and 2018 for the Specialized Securitor, Orica–AIS, Hagens Berman–Supermint andTibco–Silicon Valley Bank teams.

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 Australian rules football.

[5][3] 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.

[9] 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.

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.