'I’m proud of myself for getting here' - Stephen Williams prepares for Grand Tour debut after tortuous injury luck

Stephen Williams will make his Grand Tour debut alongside fellow British teammates Scott Davies and Fred Wright

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Should Stephen Williams race all 18 of this year’s Vuelta a España stages, the Bahrain-McLaren rider will not just have completed his maiden Grand Tour, but will have raced more than double the number of professional race days in his career.

The Welshman’s inclusion on the startlist is not just of a surprise to himself and those who have followed his cycling journey, but a reward for fighting back from a torturous near-two years of injury, frustration and pain.

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