She thanked the team for being there for her when she needed the most. “The team has been really supportive of me through this, and that has helped a great deal with my recovery and motivation for the future.”
She missed this year’s
Tour de France Femmes, but she is determined to compensate the following year. “I know I am capable of so much more than I was able to show in recent years due to being held back by the external iliac artery endofibrosis, and I am so excited to see what I can do now that I am on the other side of the surgery,” concluded Wiles.