Grace Brown (cyclist) explained

Grace Brown
Fullname:Grace Brown
Birth Date:7 July 1992[1]
Birth Place:Camperdown, Victoria, Australia
Height:168 cm
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:All-rounder
Amateuryears1:2015–2016
Amateurteam1:St Kilda Cycling Club
Amateuryears2:2016
Amateurteam2:Route 33[2]
Amateuryears3:2017–2018
Amateurteam3:Holden Team Gusto Racing[3]
Proyears1:2018
Proyears2:2019–2021
Proteam2:[4] [5]
Proyears3:2022–
Majorwins:One-day races and Classics

Olympic Games Time Trial (2024)

Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2024)

Classic Brugge–De Panne (2021)

Brabantse Pijl (2020)

Grace Brown (born 7 July 1992) is an Australian road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .[6] Brown competed in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She just missed out on a medal in the women’s time trial, finishing fourth. She also competed in the women's road race where she came 47th.[7] [8] At the 2024 Paris Olympics she won the gold medal in the Women's individual time trial event.

Career

2015–2018 seasons

Brown started cycling in 2015 after previously being involved in running.[9] [10] She started 2018 riding for Holden Team Gusto Racing. She then joined British UCI team for the latter part of 2018 season after being selected as the recipient of the Amy Gillett Cycling Scholarship.[11] [12] Her first race for was the Tour of California, a UCI Women's World Tour event, that was held in mid-May.[13]

2019–2020 seasons

Brown joined the team at the start of the 2019 season.[9] She had a good start to the 2019 season winning the Australian National Time Trial Championships and a stage at the Tour Down Under.[14] She achieved her first major victory in Europe in the autumn of 2020 winning Brabantse Pijl in a solo breakaway.[15] She was awarded AusCycling's Female Road Cyclist of the Year award for 2020.[16]

2021 season

Brown started the 2021 season in Australia with second places in both the road race and time trial at the National Championships.[17] [18]

Brown had strong results in the 2021 Spring classics. She achieved her first victory in the Women's World Tour at Brugge-De Panne.[19] She was also second at Nokere Koerse and third at the Tour of Flanders.[20] She was selected in the Australian team to compete in the road race and time trial at the Tokyo Olympics.[21] She finished fourth in the time trial.[22]

In August 2021 Brown signed a two-year contract with French Women's WorldTeam .[23] She ended the 2021 season early to have shoulder surgery.[24]

2024 season

Brown won the Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes in April.[25] In June 2024 Brown announced her plan to retire from professional cycling at the end of the 2024 season[26] and in the following month she won the Olympic time trial on very wet Parisian roads.[27]

Major results

2017
  • Oceania Continental Road Championships
  • 5th Time trial
  • 5th Road race
    2018
  • Oceania Continental Road Championships
  • 1st Time trial
  • 2nd Road race
  • National Road Championships
  • 3rd Road race
  • 4th Time trial
  • 5th Overall Tour Down Under
    9th Overall Herald Sun Tour 2019
  • 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under
  • 8th Overall Herald Sun Tour 10th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
    2020
  • 1st Brabantse Pijl
  • National Road Championships
  • 2nd Time trial
  • 3rd Road race
  • 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
  • 5th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    2021
  • 1st Classic Brugge–De Panne
  • National Road Championships
  • 2nd Road race
  • 2nd Time trial
  • 2nd Nokere Koerse
  • 3rd Tour of Flanders
  • 4th Clasica Femenina Navarra
  • 4th Time trial, Olympic Games
  • 5th La Course by Le Tour de France
  • 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
  • 7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
    2022
  • 1st Time trial, Commonwealth Games
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Time trial
  • 2nd Road race
  • 1st La Périgord
  • 1st Stage 3 Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta
  • 2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
  • 2nd Overall The Women's Tour
  • 1st Stage 4
  • 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
  • 3rd Classic Lorient Agglomération
  • 3rd GP de Plumelec-Morbihan
  • 4th La Classique Morbihan
  • 5th Overall Setmana Ciclista Valenciana
  • 7th Tour of Flanders
    2023
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Time trial
  • 2nd Road race
  • 1st Overall Tour Down Under
  • 1st Points classification
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 1st Overall Bretagne Ladies Tour
  • 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
  • 1st GP de Plumelec-Morbihan
  • 2nd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
  • 5th Overall Tour of Scandinavia
  • 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
  • 6th Amstel Gold Race
  • 6th Overall
    2024
  • 1st Time trial, Olympic Games
  • National Road Championships
  • 1st Time trial
  • 4th Road race
  • 1st Overall Bretagne Ladies Tour
  • 1st Stage 1 (ITT) & 3
  • 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
  • 5th Deakin University Road Race

    Notes and References

    1. accessed 14 January 2018
    2. News: Vella-Wright. Jarrah. GRACE BROWN TRANSITIONS FROM RUNNING TO CYCLING. 8 May 2018. Cycling Victoria. 23 July 2016. 10 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160810144707/http://vic.cycling.org.au/News/grace-brown-transitions-from-running-to-cycling. dead.
    3. News: Brown's star on the rise in the Subaru NRS. 8 May 2018. Cycle Sport News. 31 March 2017.
    4. News: Mitchelton-Scott women announce 10-rider roster for 2019. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 19 November 2018. 24 February 2019.
    5. News: 2020 Team Preview: Mitchelton-Scott Women. Laura. Weislo. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 8 January 2020. 15 January 2020.
    6. Web site: Team BikeExchange. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 13 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210113232428/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15277/1001741/281. 13 January 2021.
    7. Web site: Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021. 2021-11-29. The Roar. en-US.
    8. Web site: Grace BROWN. 2021-11-29. Olympics.com.
    9. News: New rider - Who is Grace Brown? . 7 October 2020 . Mitchelton-SCOTT GreenEDGE Cycling . 6 March 2019.
    10. News: Been . José . Grace Brown, Aussie aggressor: 'I am not afraid to fail while trying' . 13 October 2020 . CyclingTips . 13 October 2020.
    11. News: NRS TEAM PROFILE: HOLDEN TEAM GUSTO. 8 May 2018. Ride Media. 12 March 2018.
    12. News: Giuliani. Simone. Brown awarded Amy Gillett scholarship, Wiggle High5 provides development spot. 8 May 2018. Ella CyclingTips. 19 April 2018.
    13. News: Wiggle High5 welcomes 2018 Amy Gillett scholarship winner Grace Brown. 8 May 2018. Wiggle High5. 19 April 2018.
    14. News: Grace Brown re-signs with Mitchelton-Scott for 2020 . 8 October 2020 . CyclingNews . 11 October 2019.
    15. News: Grace Brown wins Brabantse Pijl Dames 2020 . 7 October 2020 . CyclingNews . 7 October 2020.
    16. News: Porte wins Australian Cyclist of the Year award . 18 February 2021 . Cycling News . 17 February 2021.
    17. News: Gigante defends elite and U23 women's time trial title . 23 May 2021 . Cycling News.
    18. Web site: Australian Road Championships: Sarah Roy wins elite women's road race . 7 February 2021 . Cycling News . 23 May 2021.
    19. News: Grace Brown wins Brugge-De Panne with solo move . 23 May 2021 . VeloNews . 25 March 2021.
    20. News: Grace Brown: You can't be disappointed with a podium at Tour of Flanders . 23 May 2021 . Swiss Cycles . 5 April 2021.
    21. News: Australian road cycling team revealed for Tokyo Olympics . 23 May 2021 . Cycling Tips . 21 May 2021.
    22. News: Aussie heartbreak as Van Vleuten takes Women's time trial gold . 30 July 2021 . SBS Cycling Central . 29 July 2021.
    23. News: Grace Brown signs two-year deal with FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope . 18 September 2021 . Cycling News . 4 August 2021.
    24. News: Grace Brown to end season early as shoulder injury requires surgery . 18 September 2021 . Cycling News . 18 August 2021.
    25. News: Grace Brown wins Liège-Bastogne-Liège . 22 June 2024 . AusCycling . 22 April 2024.
    26. News: 'I really miss my life in Australia' – Grace Brown to retire from professional cycling at end of 2024 Grace wins the gold medal at the olympics 2024 . 22 June 2024 . Cyclingnews . 22 June 2024.
    27. News: Media . P. A. . 2024-07-27 . Anna Henderson survives storm to take silver for Team GB in women's time trial . 2024-07-27 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.

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