Former Camperdown resident Grace Brown’s 2018 has hit another new high with her recent move in the cycling world.
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The 26-year-old has signed with Australian World Tour team Mitchelton-SCOTT following an impressive year where she made her debut in green and gold at the World Championships in Austria and podium finishes at the Ocenia Championships (first time trial, second road race) and Cycling Australia’s road nationals (third road race).
“I'm really excited to be stepping up into the professional peloton with Mitchelton-SCOTT. It's going to be a huge learning curve for me, but I'm looking forward to really challenging myself,” she told the team’s website.
“Knowing some of the girls and on the team and having raced with a few makes the transition a lot less daunting.
“It makes it a lot easier to know what to expect in the year ahead when there's going to be a whole lot of other unknowns.
“I know that the team is really hard working but also super supportive of each other's effort.
“I'm really looking forward to being part of that successful equation and doing everything I can for the team.”
Mitchelton-SCOTT’s sport director Martin Vestby said Brown was a good fit for the team.
“We have seen Grace racing mostly in Australia but she is a talented girl with some good all-round skills,” he said.
“She is a rider we see we can develop and take some really good steps in the coming years.
“For her, the biggest challenge next year will be to race a lot more, so a full European season is going to be an adaption for her.”