Chrono des Nations: World, Olympic Champion Grace Brown victorious in final race before retirement

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FDJ-Suez teammate Vittoria Guazzini second, Anna Kiesenhofer third in 27.23km race against the clock in Les Herbiers

Australia's Grace Brown on her way to winning the women elite time trial race at the 2024 UCI Road and Para-Cycling Road World Championships
Australia's Grace Brown on her way to winning the women elite time trial race at the 2024 UCI Road and Para-Cycling Road World Championships (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Grace Brown has capped off a sparkling season with a victory at the Chrono des Nations, her final race with FDJ-Suez before retiring from professional cycling.

"It couldn’t have been a better ending," FDJ-Suez posted to Instagram following her victory in Les Herbiers.

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Kirsten has a background in Kinesiology and Health Science. She has been involved in cycling from the community and grassroots level to professional cycling's biggest races, reporting on the WorldTour, Spring Classics, Tours de France, World Championships and Olympic Games.

She began her sports journalism career with Cyclingnews as a North American Correspondent in 2006. In 2018, Kirsten became Women's Editor – overseeing the content strategy, race coverage and growth of women's professional cycling – before becoming Deputy Editor in 2023.

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