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.

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.

2024 season
Brown won the Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes in April. In June 2024 Brown announced her plan to retire from professional cycling at the end of the 2024 season.

Major results

 * 2017
 * Oceania Continental Road Championships
 * 5th Time trial
 * 5th Road race


 * 2018
 * Oceania Continental Road Championships
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png 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 MaillotAustralia.PNG 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 MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial
 * 2nd Road race
 * 2nd Time Trial World Championships
 * 2nd Overall The Women's Tour
 * 1st Stage 4
 * Held Jersey yellow.svg 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 MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial
 * 2nd Road race
 * 1st Jersey orange.svg Overall Tour Down Under
 * 1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
 * 1st Stage 3
 * 1st Jersey red.svg 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 Tour féminin international des Pyrénées


 * 2024
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
 * 1st Overall Bretagne Ladies Tour
 * 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
 * 1st Stage 3