Grace Brown has ended her skilled biking profession in the absolute best means, profitable the Crono des Nations particular person time trial in France on Sunday.
“It is completed,” Brown stated as she dismounted from her bike, earlier than hugging members of her group.
“It is time for the remainder of life.”
Brown, 32, indicated earlier within the 12 months that this is able to be her final within the skilled peloton.
And he or she undoubtedly made probably the most of it.
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Beginning her season by profitable the Australian nationwide time trials in Mount Helen, Brown earned the largest win of her profession by claiming the Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes one-day traditional in April.
She backed that up with two stage wins and the general victory on the three-day Bretagne Tour stage race in Might, earlier than her crowning glory in Paris on the Olympic Video games.
Not content material with that, Brown later blitzed the sector on the World Championships in Zurich, changing into the primary rider to ever win each the Olympic Video games and World Championship time trial in the identical 12 months, a feat quickly repeated by Remco Evenepoel.
Brown additionally claimed the group time trial crown as a part of the victorious Australian squad.
After claiming her first world champions jersey within the time trial in Zurich, Brown was informed she needed to proceed now that she was world champion.
“Lots of people are saying that,” she stated with a smile, earlier than confirming that her plan was to nonetheless end up.
“I simply really feel actually, actually fortunate to have had the top of my profession like this. It is particular.”
Brown could not proceed subsequent 12 months, however a minimum of she obtained one likelihood to finish within the rainbow bands of the world champion.
Wanting resplendent on the planet champions jersey — one thing Brown stated could be “particular” to compete in — Brown additionally sported a golden helmet and bike to replicate her Olympic title, and he or she blitzed the course to document her eighth race win of the season.
The 32-year-old beat her FDJ-Suez teammate Vittoria Guazzini by 51 seconds, finishing the 27.23km course round Les Herbiers in 35 minutes and 26.55 seconds, a mean of simply over 46kph.
Within the males’s occasion, Australian Jay Vine completed in second place, simply 4 seconds behind Swiss rider Stefan Küng, who added a 3rd Chrono des Nations title to his tally.