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Lily Williams is leaving Human Powered Health for UAE Team L'IMAD in 2027 — her first team change in an eight-year professional road career. She arrives not as a leader but as a rider whose track gold and road versatility finally match a top team's infrastructure.
Williams herself frames the move in those terms: «I have been on the same team for my entire career up until this point [...] I needed time to build the skills and race knowledge as a rider before I was ready to make a step to a top team.» The two-year deal runs through 2028. UAE Team L'IMAD are signing a lead-out option, a breakaway contributor, and a rider comfortable in technical and windy races — not a GC replacement. At 31, Williams is a mid-career addition whose value is range, not hierarchy.
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