Grace Brown (cyclist)
Personal information | |
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Full name | Grace Brown |
Nickname | |
Born | [3] Camperdown, Victoria, Australia | 7 July 1992
Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) |
Team information | |
Current team | Team BikeExchange |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | All-rounder |
Amateur teams | |
2015–2016 | St Kilda Cycling Club |
2016 | Route 33[4] |
2017–2018 | [5] |
Professional teams | |
2018 | Wiggle High5 |
2019– | Mitchelton–Scott[6][7] |
Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
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Grace Brown (born 7 July 1992) is an Australian road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team BikeExchange.[8] 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.[9][10]
Career[]
2015-2018 seasons[]
Brown started cycling in 2015 after previously being involved in running.[11][12] She started 2018 riding for . She then joined British UCI team Wiggle High5 for the latter part of 2018 season after being selected as the recipient of the Amy Gillett Cycling Scholarship.[13][14] Her first race for Wiggle High5 was the Tour of California, a UCI Women's World Tour event, that was held in mid-May.[15]
2019-2020 seasons[]
Brown joined the Mitchelton–Scott team at the start of the 2019 season.[11] She had a good start to the 2019 season winning the Australian National Time Trial Championships and a stage at the Tour Down Under.[16] She achieved her first major victory in Europe in the autumn of 2020 winning Brabantse Pijl in a solo breakaway.[17] She was awarded AusCycling's Female Road Cyclist of the Year award for 2020.[18]
2021 season[]
Brown started the 2021 season in Australia with second places in both the road race and time trial at the National Championships.[19][20]
Brown had strong results in the 2021 Spring classics. She achieved her first victory in the Women's World Tour at Brugge-De Panne.[21] She was also second at Nokere Koerse and third at the Tour of Flanders.[22] She was selected in the Australian team to compete in the road race and time trial at the Tokyo Olympics.[23] She finished fourth in the time trial.[24]
In August 2021 Brown signed a two year contract with French Women’s WorldTour team FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope.[25] She ended the 2021 season early to have shoulder surgery.[26]
Major results[]
- 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
- 2019
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1st Stage 3 Women's Tour Down Under
- 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 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
References[]
- ^ "Meet The Team". Holden Team Gusto. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
- ^ Malseed, Shannon (28 July 2017). "WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT TEAM BLOG: SHANNON MALSEED – THE INSIDE SCOOP". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Grace Brown at Cycling Archives accessed 14 January 2018
- ^ Vella-Wright, Jarrah (23 July 2016). "GRACE BROWN TRANSITIONS FROM RUNNING TO CYCLING". Cycling Victoria. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Brown's star on the rise in the Subaru NRS". Cycle Sport News. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Mitchelton-Scott women announce 10-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (8 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: Mitchelton-Scott Women". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- ^ "Team BikeExchange". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "Grace BROWN". Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ a b "New rider - Who is Grace Brown?". Mitchelton-SCOTT GreenEDGE Cycling. 6 March 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ Been, José (13 October 2020). "Grace Brown, Aussie aggressor: 'I am not afraid to fail while trying'". CyclingTips. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "NRS TEAM PROFILE: HOLDEN TEAM GUSTO". Ride Media. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ Giuliani, Simone (19 April 2018). "Brown awarded Amy Gillett scholarship, Wiggle High5 provides development spot". Ella CyclingTips. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Wiggle High5 welcomes 2018 Amy Gillett scholarship winner Grace Brown". Wiggle High5. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 8 May 2018.
- ^ "Grace Brown re-signs with Mitchelton-Scott for 2020". CyclingNews. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ^ "Grace Brown wins Brabantse Pijl Dames 2020". CyclingNews. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Porte wins Australian Cyclist of the Year award". Cycling News. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "Gigante defends elite and U23 women's time trial title". Cycling News. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Australian Road Championships: Sarah Roy wins elite women's road race". Cycling News. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Grace Brown wins Brugge-De Panne with solo move". VeloNews. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Grace Brown: You can't be disappointed with a podium at Tour of Flanders". Swiss Cycles. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Australian road cycling team revealed for Tokyo Olympics". Cycling Tips. 21 May 2021. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Aussie heartbreak as Van Vleuten takes Women's time trial gold". SBS Cycling Central. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Grace Brown signs two-year deal with FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope". Cycling News. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ^ "Grace Brown to end season early as shoulder injury requires surgery". Cycling News. 18 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
External links[]
- Grace Brown at Cycling Archives
- Grace Brown at ProCyclingStats
- Australian female cyclists
- Living people
- 1992 births
- Cyclists from Victoria (Australia)
- Olympic cyclists of Australia
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics