Grace Brown (cyclist)

Grace Brown (cyclist)
Grace Brown (born 7 July 1992) is an Australian road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . 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.
Career
2015–2018 seasons
Brown started cycling in 2015 after previously being involved in running. 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. Her first race for was the Tour of California, a UCI Women's World Tour event, that was held in mid-May.
2019–2020 seasons
Brown joined the team at the start of the 2019 season. She had a good start to the 2019 season winning the Australian National Time Trial Championships and a stage at the Tour Down Under. She achieved her first major victory in Europe in the autumn of 2020 winning Brabantse Pijl in a solo breakaway. She was awarded AusCycling's Female Road Cyclist of the Year award for 2020.
2021 season
Brown started the 2021 season in Australia with second places in both the road race and time trial at the National Championships.
Brown had strong results in the 2021 Spring classics. She achieved her first victory in the Women's World Tour at Brugge-De Panne. She was also second at Nokere Koerse and third at the Tour of Flanders. She was selected in the Australian team to compete in the road race and time trial at the Tokyo Olympics. She finished fourth in the time trial.
In August 2021 Brown signed a two year contract with French Women's WorldTeam . She ended the 2021 season early to have shoulder surgery.
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 Women's Tour Down Under
9th Overall Womens Herald Sun Tour
2019
1st Time trial, National Road Championships
1st Stage 3 Women's Tour Down Under
8th Overall Womens Herald Sun Tour
10th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
2020
1st Brabantse Pijl
2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
3rd Road race
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 Olympic Games Individual Time Trial
5th La Course by Le Tour de France
6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos Feminas
1st Stage 1
8th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
2022
1st Time Trial Commonwealth Games
1st La Périgord
1st Stage 3 Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
2nd Time Trial World Championships
2nd Overall The Women's Tour
1st Stage 4
Held after Stage 4 & 5
2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
3rd Classic Lorient Agglomération - Trophée Ceratizit
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
1st Stage 4 Tour of Scandinavia (ITT)
2nd Time Trial World Championships
6th Amstel Gold Race
6th Overall
References
External links
Australian female cyclists
Living people
1992 births
Cyclists from Victoria (state)
Olympic cyclists for Australia
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Sportswomen from Victoria (state)